Senate May Limit July Fourth Recess
“If we work the whole month of January, we might actually get out of here on Oct. 1,” an optimistic Grassley said.
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“If we work the whole month of January, we might actually get out of here on Oct. 1,” an optimistic Grassley said.
A poll released Tuesday by a conservative-leaning Wisconsin-based think tank found that Feingold, who was re-elected with 51 percent in 1998, had a 2-1 favorability rating in the state.
along, but Members are already planning to start partying like it’s 1999 — you know, back in the day when Congress at least came close to passing those pesky appropriations bills reasonably near Oct. 1.
He has proven to be a prodigious fundraiser, with more than $1 million in the bank as of Sept. 30.
[IMGCAP(1)] Leavitt’s nomination had been on hold for several weeks, as Democrats sought to use it to express displeasure over President Bush’s environmental policies.
[IMGCAP(1)] Weil also has substantial experience in broadcast and print media.
Portman reminded his Democratic colleagues that the World Trade Organization has ruled that the European Union can sanction U.S. corporations $4 billion starting Jan. 1 unless Congress acts.
Elizabeths was the focus of the Oct. 1 hearing. Several witnesses from the committee, the federal government and the District of Columbia gave testimonies.
-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) visit to Capitol Hill today may reach its high (or low) point at 1:30 p.m. That’s when Schwarzenegger will swing by for a photo-op with his uncle-in-law, Sen.
[IMGCAP(1)] Among my colleagues in the program that year was Tom Mann, a fellow graduate student at the University of Michigan.
Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.), as McConnell put it, he successfully spearheaded a move to “bust the budget” to get an additional $1 billion in funding for the law added to the Senate’s 2004
Brad Carson, the likely Democratic nominee, in a virtual dead heat with likely Republican nominee Kirk Humphreys, who is stepping down as Oklahoma City mayor on Nov. 1.
Wellstone’s Legacy, 1 Year After -
From July 1 to Sept. 30, Farmer raised $428,000 and ended the period with $348,000 in the bank. Bond, however, raised $1.5 million during that time and had $4 million left to spend on the race.
[IMGCAP(1)] As the first session of the 108th Congress lumbers toward adjournment and Senate Democrats threaten more filibusters of key Republican legislative initiatives, polls show most Americans
[IMGCAP(1)] In taking this approach, Dean has melded wedge politics with shameless opportunism since the record makes it clear that he has a mixed opinion on whether it is OK for Democrats to side
The panel heard from Akhil Amar, a constitutional law professor at Yale University who has studied the issue for more than a decade, and argued that the reference in Article II, Section 1 to Congress’
[IMGCAP(1)] The following cycle Republicans bounced back, retaking the Senate seat they lost two years earlier (by a mere 21,000 votes out of 1.8 million cast), winning control of the state House
Its 527 raised $35,000 from Jan. 1 to June 30. The New House PAC focused solely on raising hard dollars, raking in $101,000.
[IMGCAP(1)] Klumpner returns to the committee from a five-year stint as the chief economist for the House Budget Committee.