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In an interview with CBS News on Wednesday morning, Camp echoed concerns expressed by other Republicans, but nonetheless said that the president’s movement on the corporate tax issue was “encouraging
in return, in an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters.
influence the outcome.
Nixon opined that while the Senate is a continuing body and its rules carry forward from one Congress to the next, “the right of a current majority of the Senate at the beginning of a new Congress to adopt
Stephen Colbert, shown here at the Federal Election Commission offices in 2011, is no stranger to the Capitol. (File photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki R.
Inouye was at the George Washington Unviersity hospital that day and was said to remain at the GWU facility until Sunday, when he was taken to the complex in Bethesda.
Even if the New Jersey Democrat runs, the odds he will face a primary from a restive group of ambitious Democrats in the state seem good.
before the election.
In a February 2011 interview with ABC News, Paul said his calls to end aid to Israel were part of his larger push for fiscal restraint. “I’m not singling out Israel.
The name that quickly floated to the top of the prospective appointee list is Rep.
He remains on track to be back when the Senate convenes on Jan. 3 for the 113th Congress,” a Kirk spokesman said in an emailed statement.
Jim DeMint will resign from the Senate early next month to take the helm of the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, The Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday morning.
He also met with President Barack Obama at the White House. Menendez acknowledged passing the supplemental before the lame duck ends would not be easy.
The marriage of Sen. Jim DeMint and The Heritage Foundation looks poised to raise the political influence of both the man and the think tank.
The former New Mexico Republican Party chairman and 2010 gubernatorial candidate said in a telephone interview with CQ Roll Call on Tuesday that he expects to decide by spring of next year.
The fight over extending the government’s borrowing capacity has been the source of each major budget fight this Congress, including the current negotiations to avert the Jan. 1 expiration of massive
For the most part, Republicans are content to keep the interim map used for the 2012 elections — if the courts allow it.
The White House chose to have Obama sit for the interview with the financial news outlet Bloomberg Television in the Map Room.
Bennet, who turned down the job two years ago, was the top choice, and Reid was expected to inform Senate Democrats of the decision Tuesday during the party’s weekly lunch.
In an interview with The Tennessean newspaper’s editorial board, Bredesen said he didn’t think he would mount a bid against Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander.