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Just three weeks after the murder of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., Heitkamp said the gun- violence-prevention proposals being floated by the White House were “way in extreme of what I think is necessary
The majority could proceed to legislation without risk of an initial filibuster if it guaranteed that each party is allowed to offer a pair of amendments.
“Unlike my opponents Debbie Halvorson and Toi Hutchinson, who both received support from the NRA, I got an F rating and frankly, I could not be more proud,” Kelly wrote in a statement last week.
Without the benefit of the well-funded political operation of a sitting president, some state Republican parties struggled to supply the vital infrastructure and leadership that candidates at all levels
“His poor father must be so embarrassed about his son,” Reid said to Huffington Post about Romney, with a kind of cruelty that I hope isn’t typical of the people who live in, or grew up in, Searchlight
“I didn’t see those requests, they didn’t come to me, I didn’t approve them, I didn’t deny them,” Clinton told lawmakers. Sen.
It’s as simple as that,” he said. Rep.
We’ll consider changes to the Senate rules,” Reid said.
But while the Democratic majority in the Senate is happy that Republicans are at least temporarily giving ground on the debt limit without insisting upon corresponding spending cuts, Democrats say they
“I’m happy to extend the debt ceiling without entitlement cuts or dollar-for-dollar [cuts], so that’s a step in the right direction,” Reid said after his weekly caucus luncheon.
“The selection of our staff without regard to party wasn’t — it’s not like it was an office policy. It was just what we did,” King said.
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she understands that a proposal will be made Tuesday and she hopes the two parties can reach a compromise without Democrats needing to resort to the “nuclear” option.
Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the president said, “I hope you know it’s a complete coincidence that we put the chairman of the Joint Chiefs next to the House Armed Services chairman.”
Black said. “This is Kentucky bluegrass. You need to talk about, you know, the nature of this venue.” “I just think it’s great to celebrate a re-election,” he said.
“This is a very controversial ethics measure that quite frankly I know will disappear as soon as the Obama administration leaves,” Holman said.
Four years ago, Obama and Roberts flubbed the 35-word oath of office as specified in the Constitution, but this time, they pulled it off without a glitch.
“I started looking at the debate through the employees’ eyes,” recalled Bailey, who founded The Texas Immigration Solution.
“When you do the math, it’s a very narrow path to victory in a presidential year without significant improvement among Hispanics,” Republican pollster Glen Bolger said.
“There will be nothing done in my Senate … without a pathway to citizenship,” Reid said.
can pay the bills it has already accrued,” Murray spokesman Eli Zupnick said.