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</p> Townsend did not respond to a message left on her cellphone this week.
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</p> Townsend did not respond to a message left on her cellphone this week.
Yep, an old fashioned GOP fundraiser in former President Bill Clinton’s old backyard. At the dinner, the general was quoted as praising the leadership of President Bush and his team.
</p> The gathering focused strictly on Bush’s request for an $87 billion supplemental bill on continuing military operations and reconstruction in two major war fronts, Iraq and Afghanistan.
</p> But Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) swatted down Santorum’s proposal and pushed through the six-month extension on Friday.
of a Federal Aviation Administration bill in doubt.
</p> The provision would amend the U.S.
</p> The Senate’s version of the bill would repeal a longtime prohibition on the use of locally raised funds to lobby for statehood or full Congressional representation.
</p> Former President Bill Clinton also floated the idea during his first term in the White House, but opted ultimately not to include it in a suggested package of campaign reform ideas because of constitutional
omnibus spending bill.
</p> “It’s very hypocritical for them to be critical of Republicans when this was a bipartisan bill and both [party] committees engage in telemarketing,” Forti said.
</p> But they’re not gearing up for a big hearing or a House floor confrontation over an appropriations bill.
</p> Sierra Goes on the Attack.
</p> “I started working on it last session,” Rehberg said of his Appropriations bid.
</p> Sen.
But Roll Call is always out to protect the American taxpayers, so we pored over every appropriations bill and found what some people might classify as “pork.” Judge for yourselves.
on the energy bill.
Taxpayers may end up paying the bill for a potential wrongful death claim against Rep.
Dunn (R) got her first — and potentially strongest — opponent in the 2004 cycle, a Washington-based environmental group released a 2-month-old poll showing that 71 percent of her constituents favor a bill
</p> The Next Visitors Center?