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</p> According to Rules Committee Democrats, Mollohan himself offered the amendment to the bill, which reads, “None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Canaan Valley Institute (CVI) in
possibility Thursday afternoon that he would block quick passage of any changes to warrantless wiretapping laws, despite enormous pressure from both the Democratic and Republican leadership to approve a bill
</p> “To be honest, I was never going to be here a great while,” Renzi told Roll Call on Thursday. “I’m a businessman at heart.”
</p> “Unfortunate as it is, this bill will be passed,” Coburn said.
</p> By any reasonable measure, this bill is a very strong response to the American people’s call for reform.
</p> The bill passed 225-204 Wednesday evening, although it faces a veto threat and must be conferenced with a simpler, bipartisan Senate package.
</p> “Regardless of what they think of the attorney general, if we want to avoid the possibility of another 9/11 attack, we need” to pass this bill, Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Kit Bond (R-Mo.)
</p> Iraq will dominate the Congressional schedule in September, as Congress must pass another supplemental war spending bill and the Defense appropriations bill will be on the floor.
</p> In a widely reported speech, Young lashed out on July 18 at conservatives — and Rep.
</p> Peterson admits to HOH that he’s had to miss some of the Second Amendments’ jam sessions because of his work on the farm bill, which has translated into the group playing more “heavy metal” songs
</p> But talk to the candidates themselves — state Rep.
</p> And that’s not all.
</p> The bill also has exposed a rare fissure in a usually united gun control lobby.
</p> The bill also applies to the Senate, albeit in somewhat weaker form, the gift and travel bans imposed on House Members by a rules change in January.
</p> Conservatives arguing that the ethics bill ignores the central role earmarking plays in corruption scandals pointed to the Stevens probe as fresh evidence.
</p> Pelosi agreed to soften the provisions if the Democrats would back the bill, and a deal was reached.
But why would any House Member vote against a bill entitled the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act? [IMGCAP(1)]</p> Six Democrats — Reps.
</p> Sandra Kaplan Stuart, a lobbyist with Clark & Weinstock, said her office has been operating all year as if much of the reform bill already had passed.
[IMGCAP(1)]</p> Sens.
While House Democrats scored a major legislative victory with the overwhelming passage of a lobbying and ethics reform bill Tuesday, a separate effort to create an independent commission to review ethics