GOP Blocks Cordray, Limits CFPB
, acknowledging that the new agency will be hamstrung without a director.
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, acknowledging that the new agency will be hamstrung without a director.
“I want to figure out how to really get the economy back up and running,” she said, “and I want to bring good jobs back up to California.”
“It has always been my intention to serve out my term,” Boren said in the statement. “Nothing has changed.”
“We have to be on record, and I think a lot of us wish this vote came earlier,” Shimkus said.
But he said it’s possible Democrats and some Republicans could pass something without his group.
Tom Coburn said Sunday he was “unlikely” to vote for any iteration of the McConnell plan.
“Listen, we’re in the fourth quarter here,” Boehner said. “I think it is time for the Democrats to get serious as well. We asked the president to lead.
“If they show me a serious plan, I’m ready to move,” he said.
“After careful consideration, I have decided to retire at the end of this term to enjoy more time with my wife, three children and ten grandchildren,” Kildee, 81, said in a statement from his office
Without a debt limit increase by the Treasury’s Aug. 2 deadline, budget experts say the country’s budget woes could actually get worse by raising borrowing costs.
The plan also would require a series of three votes on raising the nation’s debt ceiling without guaranteed spending cuts.
The PAC gives donors who want to contribute beyond federal limits “an outlet to do that,” one organizer said.
are brought to the floor without action on a budget plan.
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is up for re-election next year, said the business community should air some television ads of its own on what will happen without a debt limit increase.
Members of Congress had gone three years without their beloved baseball game after Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) put a stop to the event, citing a rash of injuries. That year, Rep.
“The Speaker and I are on the same page. We don’t believe we should be raising taxes,” the Virginia Republican said during his weekly meeting with reporters.
“The Speaker and I are on the same page. We don’t believe we should be raising taxes,” Cantor said during his weekly meeting with reporters.
So it’s not clear that it’s easier to do less,” he said. “Like I said, the president is going to try to do the largest possible deal we can.”
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned that the U.S. faces a potentially catastrophic default on Aug. 2 — the date Treasury has said the U.S. will no longer be able to service its debts without
In an interview on CSPAN’s Newsmakers program, scheduled to air Sunday morning, the Ohio Republican bluntly warns that without a balanced budget vote, he and more than 30 of his fellow conservatives