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</p> But the GOP picks were hardly flukes.
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</p> But the GOP picks were hardly flukes.
</p> That’s not the only quirky thing about this 35-year-old. </p> “I wear bow ties on Thursdays,” Dujon said.
</p> “I recommended at the beginning a year ago that we not go in that direction, but we did.”
</p> By a 60-34 vote margin, the Senate defeated on Thursday afternoon a Senate Judiciary Committee bill that would have reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without retroactive immunity
</p> Wells said he’s been assured that if the bill passes on Feb. 5, it can be implemented in time for baseball season. </p> “I’ve not proposed anything DDOT says it can’t do,” Wells said.
</p> Under legislation introduced in mid- December by Rep.
</p> In a “Dear Colleague” letter sent to Member offices on Wednesday afternoon, Reps.
</p> Blunt’s Homeric Rhetoric. Missouri Gov.
</p> Democrats plan to help out states by temporarily boosting reimbursements under Medicaid.
</p> For instance, the agenda outlined in the meeting drew from bills identified by Alexander’s legislative director, David Morgenstern.
</p> Meanwhile, it appears that in the waning hours of the previous session, lawmakers crafting the massive fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill eliminated a number of prized earmarks that were pushed
</p> Meanwhile, it appears that in the waning hours of the previous session, lawmakers crafting the massive fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill eliminated a number of prized earmarks that were pushed
</p> Martinez was expected to announce his candidacy this week.
</p> Monday’s fire destroyed Jimmy’s Tire Shop, located at 1215 K St. NE, in a blaze that took about four hours to contain.
to warn Pelosi and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) of the imperative for the House to pass something that would garner wide support in the Senate, given that 41 Senators can filibuster a bill
</p> Cynics will say, “Well, yes. When it comes to spending money to shower on people, Democrats and Republicans can always agree.”
</p> And with the possibility that Sen.
</p> But that’s not to say that judicial nose counting isn’t going on.
appropriators on the other, the White House has remained tight-lipped about whether President Bush will end up addressing the more than 10,000 earmarks included in the fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill
(In 2007, the first year of Democratic control, Bush vetoed the Labor-Health and Human Services appropriations bill, citing “excessive” spending.)