Puerto Rico: Resident Commissioner’s Seating May Be Delayed
percent, the matter is headed for federal court today and may not be resolved in time for the inauguration.
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Promise on Immigration Could Affect Iraq Funds Vote
At a press conference today, Sensenbrenner said that Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) have committed to attaching three immigration provisions to “the
Democrats Press Charges of Irregularities
Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe vowed today to “spend whatever it takes” to investigate potential voting irregularities during the 2004 election in Ohio and said he has the backing
Collins, Lieberman Stand Firm on Intelligence Bill
don’t want to say I would never make any changes [to the bill], but I feel as if we’ve gone as far as we can go, that we’ve compromised as much as we can,” Collins told reporters in the Senate Daily Press
DeLay Spotlights Rebuke of Bell
Bell’s complaint included inflammatory language, exaggerated charges and serious misstatements of both fact and law,” DeLay said at a Friday press conference.
Intelligence Talks Advance, Slowly
Still, as of press time Wednesday, talks appeared so precarious that it was not clear whether an agreement would be forthcoming last night, today, or at all.
Can Congress Finish Work in One Week?
In the meantime, the Senate may act as soon as today on a bill to increase the $7.4 trillion debt limit by about three-quarters of a trillion dollars.
Domenici: Once Sagging, Now Back in Form
In the meantime, he’s also begun to focus again on a comprehensive energy policy bill that could pass in the upcoming 109th Congress.
Trash Talk Precedes Elections
He later added: “I feel bad that Nancy Pelosi’s press shop has continually sent out a nice man in Bob Matsui to have to try and sell this stuff.
Senators Work To Boost Ranks
“If our candidates can move past the smears and distractions, they can focus voters on the disastrous record of the Republican Congress,” Clinton wrote.
DCCC Will Aid Costa in Now-Competitive Race in Calif.
Don Nickles (R), who called a news conference in Tulsa last week to denounce the Carson attack.
A War of Words in Oklahoma
Nickles, who has held a fairly low profile role in the race after initially getting behind Coburn’s establishment-backed primary opponent in the GOP primary, held a press conference Friday morning
Al Gore, Telemarketer?
But at press time, less than 20 Congressional staffers had RSVP’d in the affirmative, along with a handful of people from off the Hill.
Kennedy May Stall FSC/ETI Over Outsourcing, Overtime
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), a conferee, plans to offer an amendment in conference today to insert the overtime regulation restrictions, his spokesman, Maureen Knightly, said.
Ballenger, CAIR to Meet With Judge on Lawsuit
suit have asked a federal judge for a protective order shielding the government from having to produce specific information about the 77-year-old Congressman’s wife, work and statements he made to the press
Members to Tout Anti-Kerry Film
Bolstered by appearances by current and former Republican Members of Congress, a filmmaker is scheduled to unveil a new documentary today that explores how anti-war comments made three decades ago by Sen
Kobach Locks Up Nomination to Face Moore
“Time and again, election after election, Dennis Moore proves himself one of the strongest campaigners in Congress,” said Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman Greg Speed.
Senate Historian Will Lead Brown Bag Lecture
Capitol Historical Society’s eighth annual Brown Bag Lecture Series, “The Capitol and Congress in Depression and War, 1929-1945.”
Hastert Steps Up His Role With ‘Speaker’
infidelities he would not stand for the post, Hastert writes that Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who had earlier announced his own decision to resign, told him “you’re the only guy who can pull this conference
Democrats Set to Assail Do-Nothing GOP Congress
big political gift — a “do-nothing” Congress.