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</p> Think of it as “Pimp My Ride” for the kiddie set. </p> Taking One for the Team.
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</p> Think of it as “Pimp My Ride” for the kiddie set. </p> Taking One for the Team.
But when the bill was being drafted, lawmakers “carved out an exemption for candidates to be able to raise money for state offices that they run for.”
</p> The House is expected to fast-track approval of the bill today under suspension of the rules.
a mammoth children’s health insurance-Medicare bill and an energy package in the House.
</p> “I would suspect that given an opportunity to education the Democratic leadership, this is a bill that should pass the House,” Miller said. </p> D.C.’s representative might not be so sure.
</p> Bill Clinton did it in 1992, and a lot of strategies hang on repeating history. Unfortunately, we’re no longer in the 1990s. </p> One of Sen.
the farm bill and increased funding for veterans’ health care, as well as expected votes on expanding health care coverage to poor children and a lobbying reform package expected to reach the House floor
</p> He is expected to seek re-election, but he could run for Congress again someday, Roper said. </p> All statewide offices are elected biennially in Vermont. </p> Lt. Gov.
</p> McKinney’s lawsuit also takes issue with the paper’s reporting on election-law-related charges against a man unrelated to McKinney named Bill McKinney, a move McKinney apparently saw as an attempt
</p> House Democrats also won votes of some of their conservatives when they cut the proposed tobacco tax in their bill from the 61 cents in the Senate package to 45 cents.
</p> But the Murtha proposal, which would be introduced as an amendment to the Defense spending bill, also has drawn objections from members of the Progressive Caucus — nearly 70 of whom signed on to
</p> The group, headed by Caren Wilcox, has been upping its Capitol Hill presence — its members contacted more than 300 Members of Congress — in anticipation of the 2007 farm bill.
</p> Bono’s ONE campaign also is planning a major effort in August, said the group’s Kimberly Cadena, asking its 2.5 million supporters to speak with their Members when it comes to the farm bill and other
</p> Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) joined Mollohan in managing the Commerce, Justice and science appropriations bill during floor debate last week, with Obey taking the lead on amendments
</p> The seven-bill package includes three funding requests in fiscal 2008 appropriations for programs President Bush has sought to eliminate or scale back.
</p> The list of potential Republican candidates includes state Sens. Bill Brady and Larry Bomke and state Reps. Aaron Schock, Jim Watson, David Leitch and Bill Mitchell.
</p> Elsewhere, many eyes are on GOP Reps. Ralph Regula (Ohio), Bill Young (Fla.), Jo Ann Davis (Va.), John McHugh (N.Y.), Don Manzullo (Ill.) and Barbara Cubin (Wyo.) as potential retirees.
[IMGCAP(1)]</p> The amendment — sponsored by Rep.
</p> Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns called the bill “a major missed opportunity” and blasted the tax provision.