Congress · 116th Congress
New hearing on D.C. statehood, same old partisan lines
“Of course I support voting rights, but let’s be clear: HR 51, even if signed into law, could not turn Washington, D.C. into a state,” Jordan said.
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“Of course I support voting rights, but let’s be clear: HR 51, even if signed into law, could not turn Washington, D.C. into a state,” Jordan said.
hearing, muddling potential comeback] In going forward with the hearing, Risch broke with decades of bipartisan tradition in the committee, which normally would not schedule confirmation hearings without
“I have worked long & hard with Robert. He will do a great job!” Trump tweeted from California, where he is holding fundraising events.
Murphy also acknowledged it was somewhat awkward to have the attorney general on Capitol Hill without assurances he would be speaking for Trump.
“I would let them come,” he said hours after announcing new sanctions on Tehran.
“I’m concerned that this undermines the Appropriations Committee, which I dedicated my Senate career to,” Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said on the floor.
The provision would provide the CCC with roughly $20.5 billion to make more payments under the so-called Market Facilitation program, congressional aides said, shy of the $30 billion sought by the
to produce far less expensive cars for the consumer, while at the same time making the cars substantially SAFER,” he tweeted Wednesday morning, adding “Automakers should seize this opportunity because without
Without the increase in the cap, the White House wrote in an “anomalies” request to lawmakers, the agency “would have to stop making payments as soon as the borrowing ceiling is reached,” which was
“I did not see anything,” she said.
“I’m looking for that reference on page 91, congressman,” Lewandowski said. “I’m trying to adhere to the White House’s request I answer questions that are provided in the Mueller report only.”
“I was born without representation,” Bowser said. “I will not die without representation. We pay taxes” like other states.
“If you talk to any pesticide regulator and they would look at those action levels … I don’t think you would find one person that thinks they would be protective of public health,” Kachadoorian said
“But I do think the intent of what they want to accomplish with legislation and their work with the Hill is clear,” the former OLA official said.
Brian Schatz warned the president in a tweet, “There is no imminent threat and the U.S. military is not authorized to retaliate on behalf of another country,” adding: “When you say ‘the Kingdom’ I assume
Cogswell, said the department is “doing everything we can” to make sure people are compliant by next year.
“I would say yes,” he replied.
“DOD will surely be able to spend the additional $1.1 billion, but I don’t have a lot of confidence it will be able to show a marked improvement in readiness as a result.”
“I think he’s going to exert — improperly exert — executive privilege on some of the questions we’ll ask him, but we’ll see,” the New York Democrat said.
“We can go into all of those districts that we lost — so many of them President Trump won the 2016 that I think he’ll do even better in in 2020,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said.