Prospects Bleak for Senate Immigration Revival
</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) promised to revisit the bill even though 38 Republicans and 12 Democratic-leaning Senators — 50 in all — voted to block the bill last Thursday night, but
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Talking Books
[IMGCAP(1)]</p> After details of the $3.1 billion appropriations bill were made public last week, National Federation of the Blind President Marc Maurer released a statement saying “the blind of America
CHC Frustrated on Immigration
</p> “What we’re hoping is the character of the [Senate] bill doesn’t morph dramatically,” said Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.).
Rum Wars
</p> Leahy’s bill, lobbyists said, would repeal Section 211 of an omnibus appropriations bill passed in 1998.
D.C. Leaders Eye Budget Autonomy
</p> Although the bill moved through the House without any major problems, several Senators tied up the legislation to address other D.C. matters.
Time Has Come for Congress to Help Fix Voting System
</p> Ironically, Florida is leading the way. Gov.
Chilly Reception
“One of my colleagues in my office today, who has worked on this bill so hard, shed some tears,” Reid said on the Senate floor late Thursday when the bill was declared to be parliamentary toast.
Family Plan
[IMGCAP(1)]</p> The practice, relatively widespread in the chamber, could soon be outlawed by a bill Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) dropped late last week. Co-sponsored by Republican Rep.
GOP Pondering Gonzales Strategy
</p> Republicans also may allow debate to proceed to lodge their own arguments against the unprecedented no-confidence vote.
House Ethics Panel Votes to Launch Jefferson Investigation
</p> Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) will serve as chairman with Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) as ranking member. Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Tom Latham (R-Iowa) will also serve on the panel.
Capitol Hill Is Subject for Charter Students
</p> More events, including a meeting with a city councilman, will take place over the next two weeks.
Reaching Out to the Hill’s Many Faiths
</p> The House studies meet less regularly.
Senate Refuses to Halt Debate on Immigration Bill
</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated that he would pull the bill from floor consideration if he does not get the 60 votes needed to cut off debate at this afternoon’s repeat vote.
Guest-Worker Amendment Puts Immigration Bill in Peril
In what many view as a near deal-killer to the Senate’s massive immigration reform bill, Senators cleared a controversial amendment late Wednesday night to sunset guest-worker provisions in the measure
Democrats Not Waiting for Hastert’s Decision
Millionaire physicist Bill Foster (D) announced last week that he would run, joining state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, 2006 nominee Jonathan Laesch and lawyer Jotham Stein in the Democratic field.
House GOP Split on Reform
</p> “Opposition to the Senate bill among House Republicans is monolithic,” he said, but asserted it is no longer enough to just say no.
Bill to Floor
</p> “We’ve got our work yet ahead of us because we need 60 votes, and I don’t think we have them right now,” said Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), who sponsored the bill alongside Utah GOP Sens.
Democratic Leaders on Capitol Hill Are Still Playing Iraq Just Right
Now that the dust has settled on the Congressional vote on the supplemental appropriations bill and on the ruckus that anti-war opponents of the bill kicked up, it’s time to assess the political implications
Family Ties On the Hill
Foster and Raymond’s son, Bill Foster, is running as a Democrat in Illinois’ 14th district. G.W.