Immigration Bill’s Passage Belies Senate’s Enduring Dysfunction (Updated)
Schumer, a leader of the “gang of eight,” said just before the vote.
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Schumer, a leader of the “gang of eight,” said just before the vote.
Schumer, a leader of the “gang of eight,” said just before the vote.
On Monday, in an interview with conservative podcast “Wallbuilders Live” — first widely publicized by the blog — first widely publicized by the blog “Right Wing Watch” of the liberal think
make up the triad.
And the seven-term congresswoman is not exactly confident about her party’s chances of holding the seat.
to prove the party is not just filled with “graying, older white men,” as she said in a recent interview.
to prove the party is not just filled with “graying, older white men,” as she said in a recent interview.
But the conclusions highlighted in the IOM report muddy that picture, to the concern of some health advocates but the agreement of producers.
It was not that way the past couple of years. Kirkpatrick was on the team in its earliest days, as female members of Congress battled the women of the Washington press corps.
Durbin is also the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that funds Defense, taking over after the death of Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii.
Of course, he didn’t say much in the five-minute interview and boasted as much at its conclusion.
Schweitzer, who campaigned on Tester’s behalf in 2006, was noticeably absent from the trail last year, as the first-term senator engaged in one of the toughest re-election campaigns in the country.
Outside the Capitol, a tea-party-fueled rally on immigration put the spotlight on the dilemma facing Speaker John A. Boehner.
When CQ Roll Call asked Boxer in an interview if she had communicated with members of the Lautenberg family about the bill, the California Democrat said, “My relationship with the Lautenberg family is
That would be someone different to become chairman of the Federal Reserve in the new year.
But the fate of the bill is now largely in the hands of Boxer, the chairwoman of the committee of jurisdiction.
The House on Tuesday evening voted 228-196 on legislation banning abortion after 20 weeks — with the bill’s champion conspicuously absent from the debate.
see the farm bill as a big government boondoggle, including the Heritage Foundation and the Club for Growth, and liberal groups opposed to the cuts to food stamps.
the exchanges.
Rod Grams keeps a close watch on the goings-on in Washington from his place on the family farm and the familiar confines of the media world he was in before being elected to Congress.