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“Just increasing the debt, adding on to the debt without a plan to pay it off other than our children or grandchildren is problematic,” he said. Fellow North Carolina GOP Rep.
“I sure don’t think it hurts from that standpoint,” Manchin said, when asked if his push for miners’ health care could help his 2018 re-election bid. “What did you expect?
“If it’s so important to the American people, I would go for it. I would be guided by that,” he told The New York Times last month.
“We have a strong commitment from our caucus right now, I can tell you that. … We’re staying here tomorrow, we’re staying here tomorrow to get ‘er done,” he said.
“I sat in all the recruitment meetings that were run by Cheri Bustos and Denny Heck, and I thought they did a great job,” said New York Rep.
Joe Manchin III said Wednesday he was hopeful that his fellow Democrats would provide the votes needed to block a stopgap spending bill without a long-term solution to keep the benefits funded.
“The people on the train had no idea who I was,” Durbin said. “But they knew if the vice president was carrying my ticket, I must be somebody important.”
“I delivered to the president-elect, his senior adviser and his chief of staff a letter signed by 14 mayors put together from across the country about DAPA students,” Emanuel said, later adding,
The film’s director, Pablo Larraín, explained in a panel discussion at the D.C. premiere at the Newseum on Thursday night that he cut the scenes without Jackie Kennedy in them from the screenwriter
“Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences,” Trump said, in a cadence reminiscent of his populist campaigning style.
“Donald Trump [said] over the weekend that several million people voted illegally,” ProPublica deputy managing editor Scott Klein said. “We have data that shows it’s simply not true.
Constitution or install another law that would land flag-burners in jail or without citizenship.
“Let’s be clear: It is not good enough to save some of these jobs,” the Vermont independent said in a statement on Saturday.
Without many opportunities to recruit challengers, open seats became more important. Indeed, the two female recruits who won this year were in seats without an incumbent.
“We’re going to put on term limits, which a lot of people aren’t happy about, but we’re putting on term limits,” he said during his “60 Minutes” interview right after the election.
“I would say maybe she did [have two-thirds] at that point, when no one was in the race,” he said. “But I don’t know that’s the case right now.”
There, I said it, and you’re welcome, because I know you’re thinking the same thing. Yes, it’s political suicide to say the words.
“Any president who doesn’t believe in science is dangerous — I am concerned about funding for public health, medical and scientific research that will impact all people,” Wong said in an email.
“I understand what needs to be done to fix the economy.
“It almost did me a favor by asking before I even ask for support,” Pelosi said, adding that she believes she has the two-thirds majority to be re-elected.