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↵↵Duncan Hunter, once a congressman from California, said he would tell the secretary of defense, "Get the information," an order Pete Hegseth, the current "secretary of War," as it's noted on his office
↵↵"Mainers are working harder than ever and still falling behind because Washington is rigged against them," Wood said in a statement.
↵↵"This was the only deal on the table," Shaheen said.
Angus King, I-Maine, suggested that there was no path for getting expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits extended without ending the partial government shutdown.
↵↵"I have long said that to earn my vote, we need to be on a path toward fixing Republicans' health care mess and to protect the federal workforce," Kaine said in a statement.
↵↵"There's no way our conference is going to vote on what Chuck proposed," said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. "I don't see anything changing, if at all, for a while."↵↵Even before the conference, Sen.
you probably know, because the Democrats have gone, they're crazy, they're crazy, but they don't care if they hurt the country. … We've approved an opening up 14 times, and they keep rejecting it, and I
Her biggest policy win came arguably in 2010 during the Obama administration, when she muscled through the sweeping Affordable Care Act without any Republican votes.
↵↵"This is a similar debate that I saw happen when I was first elected. And at the end of the day, I don't think that our party needs to have one face.
And I said, 'No, I don't believe so.' And now I heard it's after the [Tuesday] election. I don't believe so," he said during a breakfast meeting with Republican senators at the White House.Â
Jared Golden said Wednesday that he won't seek reelection next year, opening up a Republican-leaning seat in Maine that could be tough for his party to retain without him on the ballot. Â
↵↵Among the limits sought in the brief are restrictions on searching nonpublic areas of construction sites without a warrant and detaining workers even after they show evidence of lawful presence in the
Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., said in an email Tuesday.
A bipartisan deal to end the shutdown is likely to require some Democrats to agree to reopen government without an extension of the health subsidies that has been their top demand.
I say ’allegedly’ because the department has not formally conveyed to this committee that it is actually undertaking such a review," Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said in his opening statement.
When the government reopens, the nonpartisan agency is likely to have its hands full reviewing the actions of an administration that's taken more liberties with Congress' Article I power of the purse than
Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on the Fox News Channel’s "Sunday Morning Futures" program. The momentum on Capitol Hill last week did appear to be toward an agreement.
"I think it would sort of put the ball back in Congress’ court. Congress would have to decide if it wants to legislate and decide whether it wants to codify what Trump has asked for," Reynolds said.
"I haven’t seen [a need] for anything like that. The president’s already said … it’s not going to need any taxpayer money," said Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. "And he’s not." Another close Trump ally, Sen.
"I am absolutely disgusted that they would come and have a briefing only to Republicans and keep it secret from Democrats on the justification for these attacks in Venezuela," Duckworth later said.