7 Republicans Lift ENDA Past Filibuster (Updated)
“I believe the Employment Non-Discrimination Act contains very important provisions,” he said in a statement.
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“I believe the Employment Non-Discrimination Act contains very important provisions,” he said in a statement.
“I think it’s important for the Republican Party to step up on an issue like this and make it clear that we opposed discrimination any form,” Dent said.
President Barack Obama may be willing to accept a deal that replaces part of the sequester without revenue, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dismissed the idea Wednesday.
And Winston, without missing a beat, went back and said, ‘You. You are ugly. You are very ugly. You are very, very ugly. And what’s more — tomorrow, I shall be sober.’”
“The House is trying to break a decades-old bond between farms and those Americans who are hungry,” said farm bill conferee Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.
Let me repeat that: the so-called ‘Schumer-Obama Plan’ is a plan to permanently hand the president a credit card without spending limits, and without lifting a finger to address the national debt,” McConnell
Without revenue or other incentives, getting the Democratic votes needed to pass a compromise budget could prove difficult.
I’m disappointed some senators aren’t going to be here,” the Nevada Democrat said when the Senate convened Monday afternoon. “I think we’ve become complacent in not worrying about Monday night votes.”
“Right now, the Senate is preparing to debate and confirm the new Obama nominee to chair the Federal Reserve,” Paul said.
I don’t mean that 435 are going to vote for the bill, but we have worked together on this bill.”
“I’m a process guy, I believe in the process … and it goes for naught,” said appropriator Steve Womack of Arkansas.
“It’s certainly not achievable without revenues, in my view,” Hoyer told reporters at his weekly pen-and-pad briefing, “and we [Democrats] are for revenues.”
They starting dinging on my BlackBerry and woke me up at 2:00 this morning, and I had to silence the ringer before I could get back to sleep,” one Democratic aide said of the disruptive experience.
“I would ask these immigration proponents, ‘Does our party look like it’s doing a good job of actively managing our favorables?’” one GOP aide questioned.
Virginia enacted a plan this year that is projected to bring in $5.9 billion for transportation projects over the next five years — without increasing the per-gallon gasoline tax.
Security,” Obama said.
I’ll use all of those tools and opportunities to demand a clear up-or-down vote on my bill,” Vitter said. “This issue isn’t going away.”
“I was very disappointed that Paul Ryan voted against keeping the government open and paying our bills. It was a tough vote, but this time he took a hard-line path,” Hoyer said.
“I was very disappointed that Paul Ryan voted against keeping the government open and paying our bills. It was a tough vote, but this time he took a hard-line path,” Hoyer said.
Democrats largely got the clean extensions of both the continuing resolution and debt limit that they wanted without having to give major ground on their signature health care law, despite the tea