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“On the first day of the new Congress, I intend to introduce a bill stopping the sale, transfer, importation and manufacturing of assault weapons as well as large ammunition magazines, strips and
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she will reintroduce a version of the expired 1994 assault weapons ban and a proposal to ban magazine clips “of more than 10 bullets.” Sen. Joseph I.
“People are meant to be innocent until proven guilty,” Reddit user Tipaa said to Lofgren.
Because Norton is the only representative for D.C. residents — albeit without the ability to vote for their interests — her office is the only place for them to turn for tickets to the 57th inaugural
Durbin said he would not support an age increase without a guarantee of affordable coverage for the affected seniors.
Aides for both parties said Obama had not accepted Boehner’s offer, although published reports said White House officials had characterized the offer that apparently was made Friday as progress.
“It just seems to me that Boehner isn’t going to want to use up chits to pass a supplemental” by itself, said Lilly, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Local governments may find it difficult to contract for rehabilitation of a damaged subway tunnel, for instance, without some assurance that the funds will be available in future fiscal years.
“Send them a dead fish,” another said. “I would write back to the first [email] I ever got and say I did not agree to that,” a co-worker said.
Senate Democrats have said they hope to have the measure on the floor as early as this week.
The aides said both Levin and Arizona Sen.
“I am very happy where I am,” Whitehouse said Tuesday when asked if he would be interested in the position. “This is press invented,” Whitehouse said regarding the possibility.
Even without a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, there’s no shortage of ornaments for a year-end legislative Christmas tree, but senators seeking a vehicle for their favorite bills may be left without one
“A lot of people know that the president and I met on Sunday. It was a nice meeting, it was cordial,” the speaker said.
Blunt and other Republicans argue that further changes would be inevitable beyond what Democrats currently propose, if the rules are changed without support of two-thirds of the chamber in January.
“They have had an influence, they will have an influence and there’s no way in this form of democracy that you can have major policy changes or keeping the status quo without having groups and therefore
As I said in last week’s column, is it really possible that anyone who has watched any of the previous episodes of “As the Budget Turns” over the past two years could be even slightly miffed that the fight
Two years of fighting over how to rein in the federal debt is now coming down to two weeks of deal-making at best and he-said/she-said at worst.
“I think we’ve learned that it’s incredibly important that our program be seamless and year-round and not just spike around Election Day,” said Mike Podhorzer, political director of the AFL-CIO.
“They are saying they want it, but it’s a legal decision on whether or not they can have it without congressional action.” Proponents of the referendum, including the D.C.