Congress · 116th Congress
In defiance of Trump, Senate overrides defense veto
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., which led to procedural roadblocks for the defense veto override. Georgia GOP Sens.
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Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., which led to procedural roadblocks for the defense veto override. Georgia GOP Sens.
“We have been told there will be increased security on January 6th for any potential demonstrations,” said Ashley Phelps, a spokesperson for House Administration Committee ranking member Rodney Davis
They had a provision in there that pro-life didn’t want, and I don’t know the reason for that. I just know that they acted as a group,” the Oklahoma Republican told CQ Roll Call.
As the two sides talked, caucus members remained engaged, trading ideas and paper without choosing a corner. “We became the Switzerland,” New York Rep.
Wyden said he agreed with the sentiment that energy policy should be “technology neutral” without subsidies for favored industries, but that it wasn’t time yet to revoke support for the wind electricity
“I do have optimism that it will pass,” he said. “I am very hopeful that we get this done today.”
“I believe we’ll be able to, yes.” Schumer said late Saturday when asked if lawmakers would be ready to vote on a package Sunday. “House and Senate.”
“In fact, I am even more optimistic now than I was last night that a bipartisan, bicameral framework for a major rescue package is close at hand.”
“I was thinking the best-case scenario of getting something voted on was going to be Sunday, but it might be later than that,” he said.
“I think it’s a good government move that Congress should really think about,” Eggleston said in a phone interview about limiting ownership to truly passive index funds.
“I don’t want to have to do a second compromise at the expense of the people who are suffering the most,” he said.
McConnell and Pelosi for the past week have said lawmakers wouldn’t leave town without a coronavirus relief deal in hand, as well as completed fiscal 2021 spending bills.
“He’s talked to me about it, and I think certainly he’s going to press it,” the Maryland Democrat said. “I don’t know what the committee will do with it, but I think we’ll take it up.”
A day later, Maloney said she would vote against the measure.
“When we get briefed, I don’t get the sense of urgency that I feel,” Roberts said about intelligence briefings he has received regarding threats to agriculture. “I understand that I’m biased.
“I am prepared to withdraw my objection for this moment, but I will not be prepared to withdraw my objection next week,” Sanders said on the floor.
“I think there’s a way to work that out,” Shelby, R-Ala., told reporters.
Also in the NDAA is a requirement that the Pentagon write “Safe to Report” regulations, which would enable military personnel who allege they were sexually assaulted to report it without fear of
President Donald Trump hasn’t expressed a view but said Saturday in Georgia that “I like the higher number rather than the lower number.”
“I like to remind everybody that the way you get a result is you have to have a presidential signature, so I felt the first thing we needed to do was to find out what the president would in fact sign,”