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Shuster: Don’t Regulate Freight Rail System
According to recent statistics, if just 10 percent of freight was switched from long-haul trucks to rail, greenhouse gas emissions would fall by more than 12 million tons.
Webb Disappointed’ by Moves to Repeal Don’t Ask’
“I was really disappointed in the way that this process was accelerated,” the Virginia Democrat said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Vitter to Obama: Don’t Leave Louisiana
President Barack Obama is touring the devastation caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Friday, which the Louisiana Republican suggested was too little too late.
Members Strain for Catchy Legislative Titles
He was constrained from doing so, he said, only by First Amendment considerations.
House Adopts Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal
House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton (Mo.), who has said Congressional action should not precede the Pentagon review, was also among the Democratic opponents.
Pelosi Confident House Will Vote to Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Pelosi did not directly respond to a question about whether she was concerned that the repeal represented a politically tough vote for members of her Caucus.
Senate Committee Approves Don’t Ask’ Repeal
Susan Collins (Maine) was the lone Republican to vote in favor of the amendment, while Sen. Jim Webb (Va.) was the only Democrat to vote against it.
Nelson Says He Will Support Repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Regardless of the outcome in committee, Reid said Wednesday that he was committed to trying to include the repeal language in the bill that passes the Senate.
McConnell Blasts Health Care Brochure as Government Propaganda’
recent flier from the Department Health and Human Services that does the very thing the administration didn’t want private companies to do,” McConnell said, just two hours before President Barack Obama was
K Street Warms Up to Would-Be Speaker
That’s not deterring Boehner, however. who is also regularly headlining events outside of Washington, D.C., something that was less common in the previous cycle, according to Republican lobbyists
Votes Looming on Don’t Ask’ Repeal
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday was back in her San Francisco district — the birthplace of the gay rights movement — addressing the group Equality California when she reaffirmed her commitment to moving
Pelosi to GOP: Don’t Nationalize Elections
But especially we don’t lose a special that was held by Jack Murtha.”
Rand Paul Finds Few Defenders in Senate
“I think that was settled a long time ago and the country is better off,” the Alabama Republican said of the law. “Things that welcome the public should welcome everybody,” he added.
Boehner Warns of Consequences for GOP Members Seeking Earmarks
Boehner reminded Members that leadership issued guidance shortly after the ban was adopted that instructed them to file letters withdrawing any earmark requests that had previously been submitted
Heard on the Hill: Walking the Congressional Runway
The film premiered last year in Rhode Island and was shown on local television, receiving a nomination for a regional Emmy in April.
K Street Files: Carmakers Get All Revved Up Over Safety Bill
The bill was introduced in early May by Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).
The Motion to Recommit, Hijacked by Politics
A motion to recommit with instructions, as the great rules guru Don Wolfensberger has pointed out, goes back at least to 1891 and Speaker Thomas Reed (R-Maine).
Members Need Basic Training in Decorum
What was the world’s greatest deliberative democracy coming to?
West: Beating Reid Would Be the Title Prize for GOP
House At-large Incumbent: Don Young (R) 19th term (50 percent) Outlook: Safe Republican It’s hard to believe that the same Republican who the national party thought would not win his primary