GOP Run Over in Game of Chicken
Republicans counter that despite their modest numbers, they are not going to let Reid prevent them from offering proposals without a fight.
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Republicans counter that despite their modest numbers, they are not going to let Reid prevent them from offering proposals without a fight.
“She said, We have to go through your things so when you leave, you can’t say I took anything of yours and you can’t take anything of mine,’— Dorman-Colby recalled.
Boxer sounded equally resolute, arguing that “we are working at reporting this bill out of committee.— She said GOP complaints about a lack of sufficient analysis of the bill were without merit.
But, he said, “there is no agreement and I will oppose bringing the bill to the floor until an amendment can be offered or language agreed to that will prevent public funding for abortion.— [IMGCAP
Throughout the book, Dobbs maintains a conversational tone that allows him to recall some of his most memorable moments on the job without taking himself too seriously.
“We’ve continued to listen to Senators as diverse ideologically as they are geographically, as we craft a final bill,— Reid said Monday in remarks on the Senate floor.
“I told her a long time ago that if we don’t get this analysis we weren’t going to be there for the markup,— ranking member James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said, adding that “this hurts their case.
He said the provision has dominated the debate while there is broader bipartisan support for a reform package without one.
Social networking sites can make communicating a little bit easier, he said — plus, “constituents expect you to be there and conversations are happening even without your presence.
He said on The Rachel Maddow Show,’ which I didn’t watch — but I was told he said that he thought that there was a way of doing a public option. As I indicated here yesterday, Sen.
So, I think this is going to go on for a while,— National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) said Thursday.
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.— He said — no surprise, for a lawyer and a Democrat — that he opposes caps but that he wanted to “explore a range of ideas— for reform.
“He was the go-to person in the Senate on issues of civil rights,— Neas said.
“Without the robust plan, based on Medicare plus 5 [percent], there is no competition, there is no mechanism to drive down costs for insurance companies and you hurt coverage,— Grijalva said.
— Ryan said at a poetry reading introducing the program last week: “I know what’s great, but I don’t know where great comes from.
Q: I am a lobbyist with a question about the new restrictions on lobbying for TARP funding.