Messaging Blame Game on Budget Continues in House
First, Speaker John A. Boehner repeatedly tried to pin the automatic sequester cuts on President Barack Obama in a Monday floor speech.
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Biden Continues Upbeat Mission on Gun Control
Words come easier to Biden in a mob of reporters, however, than they do to Senate Democratic leaders when they craft legislative text.
Political Spending Sets New Records During Tumultuous Year
Lower court rulings sided first with one side, then with the other, creating confusion for political players.
Lee: Obamacare’s Backward Approach to the Constitution
Tellingly, Obamacare marks the first time in our country’s constitutional history that the federal government has asserted such an extraordinary power.
New Chapter in Culture Wars
The Ohio Republican, who is Catholic, pulled no punches: “In imposing this requirement, the federal government is violating a First Amendment right that has stood for more than two centuries.
In a First, Senate Posts Disbursements Online
The Senate published its semiannual account of all salaries, committee expenses and other disbursements online for the first time today.
Pegoraro: Online Piracy Act Is Copyright Overreach
Without the speed bump of a court hearing to judge the merits of these demands, most of them would have to capitulate or close first. 3.
Riddick’s Tome Unlocks Quirky Senate Powers
Insiders have come to call this a “clay pigeon” amendment because the amendment shatters into pieces like a clay pigeon used in skeet shooting.
Cole Thwarts Obama, Bill by Bill
Cole’s first two amendments, to bills funding the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security — which awarded $367.4 billion and $13.6 billion, respectively, in contracts last year, according to
Small Size, Enormous Importance
During a recent interview, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pulled out his copy to cite the 14th Amendment on public debt, while Sen.
Wang: A Time for Reflection, Not Legislation
(The bill’s text was not available when this article went to print.)
Renaud: Business Leaders Have Opening to Sway Voters
Leaders of businesses large and small should not overlook a strong and easy-to-implement option available to them for the first time — direct communications to rank-and-file employees expressly about the
House Leaders Strike Deal With NRA
ASAE President John Graham wrote to House Members outlining four pieces of the bill “that could impede upon the First Amendment rights of private associations.
Formal Conference on Wall Street Bill Starts Thursday
Leaving a Tuesday afternoon leadership meeting in the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Frank said the first of several open House-Senate conference meetings to reconcile competing versions
Interest Groups Log On for Fight Over Kagan
The progressive group has used the Internet to promote a constitutional amendment that would overturn a recent Supreme Court decision lifting corporate and union spending restrictions in elections.
Health Care Reform Survives Final Vote
House Democrats voted 220-207 Thursday night to approve a package of fixes to the underlying law after the Senate made two minor changes to the version the House first passed on Sunday night.
Reid Looks to Shield Caucus on Health Vote
The Senate routinely brings up House bills and then immediately inserts its own text, and originally Reid had planned to bring up the House-passed measure to do just that.
Court Strikes Down BCRA Regulations
We remand these regulations in the hope that, as the nation enters the thick of the fourth election cycle since BCRAs passage, the commission will issue regulations consistent with [BCRAs] text and
Earmark Showdown Looms
The House Armed Services Committee is setting up what could be the first showdown with President Bush over Congressional earmarks.
The Lesser-Known Adams
In addition to serving as a detailed and well-researched account of Adams’ career, Wheelan’s text provides a glimpse of the motivational forces that drove the Massachusetts Congressman’s lifelong