SCHIP Passes House but GOP Can Sustain Veto
</p> Forty-five Republicans crossed party lines to support the bill, which is paid for by a 61-cents-a-pack tobacco tax hike and is expected to get a veto-proof 68 votes in the Senate.
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DeMint Bill Gains Support
</p> Under DeMint’s bill, a CR would be put in place automatically so long as individual appropriations bills remain outstanding.
The Railroading of America
</p> Support for the railroad antitrust bill has been more geographic than partisan. Two Republican Representatives and Sen.
Senate Looks to Fix Travel Rule
</p> Bennett said that, barring an interpretation or clarification by the Rules Committee, “I am willing to introduce or co-sponsor a bill to say that double booking is not a gift.
Fiscal Irresponsibility
Then, or maybe in January, it will roll several measures into a series of “minibus” funding measures or one huge omnibus bill.
It’s a Deal: Visitor Center to Open in November 2008
</p> Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.), ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, has offered a measure to officially change the name in the spending bill.
Bipartisan House Group Offers Iraq Plan
With the House expected to return soon to debating the Iraq War as it considers another supplemental spending bill, a cadre of moderate Democrats and Republicans proposed guidelines Tuesday aimed at producing
Chamber Music
It is real and it is happening,” the chamber’s Bill Kovacs on Tuesday told a small group of reporters gathered to hear the business group’s collective wisdom.
Mukasey Confirmation Offers Chance to Fix Justice Department
</p> Some scholars, like John Yoo, really believe this theory.
SCHIP Fight Is Now ‘Bush Versus the Congress’
[IMGCAP(1)]</p> The $35 billion bill enjoys wide bipartisan support in both chambers and is poised to pass by comfortable margins.
Kilpatrick Guiding a More Powerful CBC
</p> “We’re considered. We’re in the room. We help shape the policy. We have input in actually what comes out in the bills, and whether or not hearings are held on the bill.
Franking Critics Want Full Disclosure of Costs
</p> But LaHood argues that despite regulations, most Members send out mass mailings simply as a way to promote themselves for free. </p> LaHood’s bill would amend the U.S.
Bill Would Freeze Fraudulent Lenders
</p> The bill targets the unsavory and predatory practices that have accelerated the problems in the mortgage industry.
The Tax Man Cometh, Perhaps, for Private Equity
The bill also could harm small businesses and pension funds, some argue.
Congress Is Primed to Address Crisis Over Mortgages
</p> Their bill, which the full House approved last week, would add provisions that increase loan limits in higher-income areas, where lawmakers contend that the FHA has been driven from the market, forcing
GOP: Earmark Rules Too Lax
</p> During closed-door talks with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on this year’s ethics bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) eliminated language in the earmark disclosure rules that required
CVC Watch
</p> ••• </p> Two CVC-related hearings will be held today.
Regulations Raise Fairness Question
</p> They all receive risky, performance-based compensation for their services. </p> What separates them?
Pollsters: Lobbying’s Next Frontier
</p> Rep.
Stronger Consumer Protections Needed
</p> College students are particularly susceptible to credit card debt.