Young Pushes Gas-Tax Hike
The plan would index the gas tax to inflation going back to 1993, causing an immediate increase of 5.4 cents, with the proceeds going toward the renewal for another six years of 1998’s bill.
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The plan would index the gas tax to inflation going back to 1993, causing an immediate increase of 5.4 cents, with the proceeds going toward the renewal for another six years of 1998’s bill.
</p> The Club for Growth raised about $500,000 for California GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bill Simon last year, but that was a state race.
City Council recently moved to generate attention to the District’s lack of Congressional representation by passing a bill that would make the city’s presidential primary the first in the nation.
</p> Unfortunately, Congress failed to ask that question before passing the bill.
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</p> “It set the Internet on fire,” he said of his letter.</p> And so Poets Against the War was born.
Bill Owens (R) copied his successful get-out-the-vote operation last fall from none other than … Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)!
</p> “I was hit in the head by a state trooper with a night stick.
</p> He then embarked on a campaign against then-Sen.
</p> But in an ironic twist, Flake’s mission may inadvertently be derailed because of McCain.
</p> After speaking to Breaux, a spokesman said the Senator had no comment on the private meeting. </p> Upsetting the Apple Cart. It didn’t take Rep.
</p> “Bill Pickle is the right person for the job of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms,” Frist said in a statement.
</p> But the coalition is pushing for clarification in the wording to make sure programs receive maximum funding from the bill.
</p> Johnson is a five-year veteran of the show. She’s risen from a researcher for political analyst Bill Schneider to aide-de-camp for anchor Judy Woodruff.
</p> One GOP aide indicated that the new tactic calls for Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to file cloture Tuesday afternoon, leading to the Thursday vote.
</p> Republicans say they will test various legislative language in an attempt to get around rules that prevent them from offering more than one reconciliation bill that deals with tax cuts.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and D.C.
</p> Nevertheless, Stoddard quickly listed a number of GOP consultants on NCTA’s payroll, such as former Rep. Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.) of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Mark Buse, a former aide to Sen.
</p> Transit Benefit. Effective March 1, the House has increased the subsidized fare in transit benefit program for staffers from $65 to $100 per month.
He’s also considering the idea of creating special ad hoc task forces which would deal with a specific bill or issue and then dissolve.