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“Nobody is going to bring a bill before Christmas, and maybe not even then — if this ever happens,— Feingold said. “The divisions are so deep. [I’ve] never seen anything like that.
“I know there are some plants and some Democratic operatives in the room, but I’m not scared of you,— he boasted.
“There will be no decisions until early to mid-September,— said one senior Senate Democratic aide.
The Boston Globe first reported on the missive.Kennedy wrote that he supports the law requiring an election, but adds, “I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices speaking for
“He gave us a lifetime of dedication to the work he loved, and it is hard to imagine Washington without him,— Boehner said in a statement.
But he said he hasn’t heard back from either of them.“I’m getting a little frustrated with the administration,— Hoekstra said.
“I was one of those Blue Dog Democrats that slowed the process down a little bit so we can have this conversation,— Carney said, according to the newspaper. “We need to do something.
“I am not interested in passing health care reform in name only.
“I think they are doing it out of courtesy more than the need of people,— he said.
My guess is about 90 percent of it will be reflected from what is in the Senate Finance Committee bill,— he said, adding that the House bill needs more work: “I think we probably need to see a few more
“Without my vote on the stimulus, Philadelphia and the state would be in much, much worse shape,— Specter said.
“I expect the cloture vote to occur on a modified version of the [EFCA] legislation,— Specter said in a statement. “And I will support that cloture vote.
can come up with a plan that would get both Republican and Democratic support.— But then he noted what he perceived as the urgency of the health care crisis and said: “I say, we have to get it done.
a star basketball player at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, one-time basketball coach and currently a Las Vegas real estate developer, issued a statement to the local press on Aug. 7 announcing that “without
“Tonight, we are proud to declare our support for Bill Owens,— the Democratic chairmen said in a joint statement Monday evening.
Americans are concerned about it,— McConnell said on “Fox News Sunday.— “I suspect a lot of these people are elderly people who are concerned about half-a-trillion dollar cut in Medicare to pay, not to
“I am certainly not a Washington insider, but speaking just as a Nevadan, I’m very concerned about the direction Senator Reid is taking us in Washington,— Tarkanian said in a statement.
“I think the American people understand that the status quo works very well for insurance companies,— he said, adding: “I’m not going to disparage people.
I told him we are. And, we may reach a point, though, when we get back — we’ll take stock when we get back, and at that point, if things are going great, fine.
This is the dream we all speak about when we campaign … we’ve made it real,— Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said afterward.