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Barr, who was the Libertarian Party’s White House nominee in 2008 and had been mulling a bid, said he wasn’t in a position to leave his law firm without substantially hurting its bottom line.
Although the president will not accept the appropriations measure without a deal on the payroll tax cut extension, one senior administration official said Obama would back a stopgap spending bill
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Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Armed Services panel, said Monday: “I feel that we have a good bill, certainly not everything in it as I would have done it, but that’s the nature of a
“I said to him as serious as I could, ‘We’re not going to finish the work of our country this year unless we work together.
“I think Democrats need to stay away from embracing OWS. We can acknowledge their frustrations without embracing their movement,” he said.
When asked whether he thought it had a realistic chance of passage, the Ohio Republican said, “I think we have a good shot. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be in there.”
“I don’t know where I’m going to run,” freshman Rep. Blake Farenthold (R) said in a phone interview today. “I don’t know where to file, what district I live in, or what district goes where.”
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“I assured them that everything I said was a joke.” As part of his fictitious yarn, Ritchie cited examples of what Members shared in sessions past. Kentucky bourbon, say, from Henry Clay.
Greenert, said “sequestration” would cause “irreversible damage” to our nation’s naval forces. The U.S. Navy faces its smallest force since before World War I.
If the remaining appropriations bills pass without issue, the criticism might be holstered until after the 2012 elections.
“I have the right and the obligation to intervene if something is grossly wrong,” he said, “but I also have an obligation to realize that if I try to run [the District], I’ll certainly run it poorly
“I just want to send a message to the Senate. We are not giving up on this,” Obama said. He added, “We’re going to keep pushing on this issue.”
“I like both senators tremendously, but for conservatives Ron Johnson is a no brainer here.
I wish I could say the same for the super committee.” That was also the voters’ sentiment — as House Members and Senators found out over Thanksgiving recess.
“I had the least amount of money of any of the major candidates by far, but I had a great organization,” he said. “Campaigns are much better done with direct voter contact: person to person.
The day went mostly without incident — the sit-ins were peaceful and many of them resulted in meetings with Members such as GOP Reps.
“I think it’s a serious mistake to try to revive it,” Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), ranking member of the tax panel, said Tuesday. “It would essentially ruin the unemployment structure.”