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</p> Allowed only $231,000 in earmarks for Washington, D.C., under this bill, Norton decided to set aside most of it for Eastern Market “in light of the recent fire that has sharply reduced business for
</p> Allowed only $231,000 in earmarks for Washington, D.C., under this bill, Norton decided to set aside most of it for Eastern Market “in light of the recent fire that has sharply reduced business for
</p> No word yet on the timing of the first event for interested donors. </p> Capital Concerns.
The Senate bill doubles to two years the cooling-off period for lawmakers and staff who become lobbyists, and it broadens the ban to cover backroom strategizing, while the House version did not touch the
</p> The issue has been around for years; the requirement that beef, lamb and pork producers label each cut of meat with the country in which the animal was born was part of the Farm Bill of 2002.
A Senate bill, for example, would authorize $3 million for a two-year carbon capture demonstration project at the Capitol Power Plant.
Murtha. Bill Young (Fla.) and Jerry Lewis (Calif.) are top Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee.
</p> Cathy Wiblemo is the fan of horror. Horror movies, that is.
</p> While debating the legislative branch appropriations bill on the House floor Friday, several Members criticized Walker for his response to the unionization effort. </p> Rep.
</p> Last month VECO founder Bill Allen and another former company officially admitted they bribed state lawmakers. Allen is a personal friend and major supporter of both Stevens and Young.
</p> According to Senate Democratic sources, Sens.
</p> The Senate version grants the Capitol Police about $2 million less than the $286 million provided in the House bill.
</p> Sen.
</p> “We are taking up a bill that consists largely of low-hanging fruit, when we should be aiming much higher,” Markey said.
</p> “I think it’ll be a bill by bill fight,” said Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on State, foreign operations and related programs.
</p> With the votes still being tallied, Broun was at 20.7 percent and Marlow had 20.3 percent, with 187 votes separating the two.
</p> By the end of April 2005, four sitting Senators had announced their retirements — Republican Bill Frist (Tenn.), Independent Jim Jeffords (Vt.) and Democrats Mark Dayton (Minn.) and Paul Sarbanes
Some of those ideas already are included in the legislative branch funding bill that is moving through the House.
</p> The decision means Eastern Market could go to another market manager in January, after Eastern Market Ventures’ lease agreement expires.