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.
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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
Nearly 9,000 Earmark Requests in Omnibus
Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.) has been a Member of Congress for only two months, but she is about to get her first earmark.
Net Neutrality Is Coming Back
Last year’s bill gained 23 co-sponsors, and when Markey offered a net neutrality amendment to the broader telecom overhaul on the floor, it was soundly defeated, 269-152.
Groaning the Capitol
The schooling ensued when Dorgan lashed out at DeMint, accusing him of lifting the text of legislation that he had authored with Sen.
D.C. Budget Autonomy Bill Held Up by Amendments
Norton, who co-sponsored the bill with Oversight ranking member Tom Davis (R-Va.), compared Thursday’s markup to the delay when the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act first hit the House
Changing Iraq Strategies Reflect Power Shift to House Leadership
be to consider a nonamendable amendment to add the text of H.R. 2451 to the bill.
How the Lobby Bill Sailed In
Leaders wanted the provision added to the broader package as an amendment but, according to an aide, won no new support in the meeting.
House Unveils Lobbying Bill
Rank-and-file House Democrats argued strenuously against major provisions of their leaders’ lobbying rules overhaul after getting a first look at the reform package Tuesday.