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The loudest cheers as well as piercing wolf whistles came from the galleries, filled with some of the U.S.’s roughly 4 million Indian Americans. Guests in the galleries chanted ’Modi! Modi!
Before Nixon’s fight over impoundment, other presidents of both parties tangled with Congress over the practice, including Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.
Christopher S. Murphy. The Connecticut Democrat wasted no time reminding the audience of Biden’s long advocacy for stricter gun control laws.
CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss dissect the partisan battles brewing over appropriations and tax cuts.
Republican runner Rep. William R. Timmons IV of South Carolina is tagged out at home plate by Democratic catcher Sen. Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut during the 2021 Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park.
The 233-197 vote did not reach the two-thirds majority needed to disapprove of D.C.’s law changing police policy.
First played in 1909, the Congressional Baseball Game has been a welcome distraction from lawmaking labors each summer since 1962 (except for 2020’s COVID-19 cancellation), when Roll Call founder Sid Yudain
Rule changes in the House only partially explain why caucuses spread like kudzu, said Steven S. Smith, a political science professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley examine the protest over spending levels that brought House business to a halt.
CQ Budget dissects the deal's political ramifications and what it means for the appropriations process this year.
Bob Sakaniwa and David S. Kim bonded almost from the moment they arrived in Washington.
In December the corps and the EPA finalized a rule that relied on that test. ’Deeply disappointed’ In the wake of the ruling, EPA Administrator Michael S.
“I thought I was hot s—,” he said. The following year, he ran a state Senate campaign and lost. After the results came in, he called a political friend.
Christopher S.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s nonvoting representative in the House, has sharply slammed D.C. disapproval resolutions, calling them "profoundly undemocratic, paternalistic legislation."
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press" program. "That’s why I’m pretty skeptical that there’s going to be an agreement in the next two weeks."
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Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said Thursday. "At some point, you have to gauge whether a negotiation is possible based upon your partner, and our partner here is in a daily meltdown."