Pelosi: No Stimulus Bill, No February Recess
“If we don’t have a bill before the Presidents [Day] recess, there will be no Presidents recess,” which is the week of Feb. 16, she said.
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“If we don’t have a bill before the Presidents [Day] recess, there will be no Presidents recess,” which is the week of Feb. 16, she said.
Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), was likely to undermine hopes for bipartisanship in the early days of the 111th Congress.
Don Young (R) ahead of Democratic challenger Ethan Berkowitz, and most had him trailing by at least 5 points. Young, who is under investigation, was re-elected 50 percent to 45 percent.
Asked about Reid and DurbinÂ’s seeming change of heart on seating him, Burris was careful to note that they had made no firm decisions.
was worthy of continued inclusion and that he was going to increase the size of the military,” he said.
“Now I want each of you to put this on, and I don’t want to hear a thing about it,” she told the group, gesturing her hand to calm the oohs and ahs.
“As someone who was on the ballot last year, I saw first-hand how effective Mike’s leadership at the RNC could be in a challenging cycle,” McConnell said.
Obama himself declined to set a final figure on Wednesday, saying he was still conferring with Members of Congress, and that it could be hard to contain a bill with so many legislative mouths to
And thus Journopalooza was born.” Jon Landay, senior national security and intelligence correspondent for McClatchy and lead guitarist for Nobody’s Business, said he and some friends — who at the
The controversial maybe- Senator was spotted at the Monocle, just steps away from Senate office buildings.
I hope we donÂ’t have a single flare-up with Obama, but we might.
“For so long, physicians felt politics was beneath them, that it was something that might get them a little dirty,” he said.
“I don’t want to be a nattering nabob of negativity,” Ellis said. “It’s something we’ve wanted.
And while many, particularly incumbents, ultimately heeded his call, his tenure was marred by constant difficulties in raising funds from his colleagues.
In the House, a leadership aide said the bill was “early in the priority” but had not yet been put on a schedule.
Local lore has it that the term “lobbying” was first coined to describe loiterers looking to buttonhole President Ulysses S.
The meeting was offered to Burris as a courtesy, and the former Illinois attorney general is not expected to change the minds of the Senate Democratic leaders — at least not today.
Correction Appended When President-elect Barack ObamaÂ’s transition team put the clamp down on corporate and lobbyistsÂ’ contributions for official inaugural activities, the move was praised as another
Don Young (R) could be in for another tough re-election race in 2010. A Research 2000 poll gave Young a 6-point lead over Lt. Gov.
Several government reform advocates praised the mend — “At least what they did was good,” said Sarah Dufendach, Common Cause’s vice president for legislative affairs — while lamenting the rule package