No Love Lost Between Pelosi and Cantor
“I see it as making a very articulate case for a point of view … which by the way, represents after the last election a pretty good chunk of America and being forceful about it and direct about it
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“I see it as making a very articulate case for a point of view … which by the way, represents after the last election a pretty good chunk of America and being forceful about it and direct about it
And I hope the president will work with us on achieving them soon.”
The rules will allow Issa to request subpoenas without a vote by the full committee. Issa said at the hearing that he would consult Cummings personally before issuing subpoenas.
Kristi Noem, a tea party favorite and a member of the House GOP leadership, criticized Obama without engaging in over-the-top rhetoric.
“But the book tour will amount to a fundraising tour,” Ryan said of Brown’s proposed plan to intertwine campaign fundraising events with his book tour.
Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space Race.
The New York Democrat has proposed an ERA bill in seven of her nine completed terms in hopes of repassing the amendment without a time limit for state ratification.
“I expect them to be pretty receptive,” the Illinois Republican said Thursday.
In my case, I remember him well. I was his press secretary for the final four and a half years of his life, and it was my responsibility to announce his death on Jan. 21, 1971.
“What we’ve said is our Congress is going to be a ‘cut and grow’ Congress.
“Now that we get to compare and contrast with what Republicans do — not what they say they want to do, not what they say they would have done, but what they do … I think our story stands up very
Both the November meeting and the Air Force One trip were announced without taking Boehner’s schedule into account, he said.
“I don’t think it’s right. Why should Members of Congress have a very opaque process put in place where the COLA happens without any vote?” Matheson asked.
“I know that we can be productive,” the Vermont Democrat said. “I worked with a Republican House chairman to enact the first Justice Department authorization in 25 years.
In the weeks after the November elections that left Democrats without control of the House and with a tighter majority in the Senate, Obama cut a deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.
“I hope the Senate will soon follow suit with a vote of its own,” he said. “The Democratic leadership in the Senate doesn’t want to vote on this bill. But I assure you, we will.”
“For me, it was time to work somewhere with more regular hours, and I just wanted to try something new,” Daly said, conceding that the 24-hour news cycle contributed to his decision
Of course, it wouldn’t be an anniversary celebration without a chance to explore JFK’s life and term in office.
He’s able to do his job very effectively but without a lot of fanfare. … He has very good contacts over in the House, both on the R and D side.”
I worked in the Senate for four years from 2005 to 2009, and hardly a week would go by without some type of security alert: a suspicious package in one building, a truck that was being searched or