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</p> The bill, sponsored by Governmental Affairs Chairwoman Susan Collins (R-Maine), would allow the District to enact its locally funded budget, even if Congress has not approved the D.C. appropriations
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</p> The bill, sponsored by Governmental Affairs Chairwoman Susan Collins (R-Maine), would allow the District to enact its locally funded budget, even if Congress has not approved the D.C. appropriations
</p> “I think it’s unacceptable to link votes with [bill] contents,” LaHood said.
</p> “We know we have a traffic problem,” said Rep. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), a co-sponsor of the bill. “It’s not just a commuting problem. It makes sense to plan in case of an emergency.”
</p> The legislative session that came to a close last week saw lawmakers establish a new benchmark in one reliable index of Congressional industry: bill-writing.
They included:</p> • “Fat, Dumb and Constipated — My Story of Addiction,” by Rush Limbaugh with Jeff Nussbaum.</p> • “Driving Miss Demeanor,” by Bill Janklow with Jeff Nussbaum.
</p> “Basically Congress has a track record of going on into December,” Kaufmann said.
By Suzanne Nelson Roll Call Staff Language in the omnibus appropriations bill would give the Attending Physician the authority to “enact quarantine and to declare death” in response to a bioterrorism event
The department’s plans appear to be moving forward: The building mentioned by Gainer is one of two that the House approved leasing when it passed the fiscal 2004 omnibus spending bill last Monday.
</p> Dennis Hastert The Republican-controlled House has very quietly delivered everything that it promised, while the Senate couldn’t deliver an energy bill or a handful of controversial judges.
</p> Strickland left the GOP race when former Secretary of State Bill Jones jumped in it.
</p> While the bulk of the construction is complete, Bill McLeod, executive director of Barracks Row Main Street, cautioned there were still “a lot of little details” that needed to be finished by year
</p> Bush may think that passage of a Medicare prescription drug bill has solved his political “health problem” — the tendency of voters to trust Democrats more on health issues than Republicans.
</p> The last time Rep.
</p> “This is just the beginning and not the end.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)] Judging by where Gore has been and where he’s heading, “remaking” the party means tearing it away from the winning formula established by his old mentor, former President Bill Clinton
</p> “The question,” one lobbyist insists persuasively, “is whether he can excel at being Majority Leader when a bill isn’t of personal interest or importance to him. That’s still an open question.”
</p> After Democratic opposition this morning prevented Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) from considering the omnibus before adjournment, Daschle announced that he would continue to urge his fellow
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Bill Janklow’s (R) conviction on manslaughter charges and subsequent decision to resign from Congress, all eyes now turn to former Rep.
</p> Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered her second privileged resolution of the year to challenge the Republican leaders’ handling of the bill, which Members approved 220-215 in the early