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On May 10, House Rules ranking member David Dreier (R-Calif.) concluded his remarks on a special rule for the Iraq supplemental spending bill (and two other measures) by saying, “I’m going to urge defeat
the upcoming farm bill and No Child Left Behind Act as well as transportation and Medicare bills.
</p> Obama spokesman Bill Burton cleared the air — sort of. He wouldn’t ‘fess up to which “ad wizard” in the Obama campaign hatched the coming-to-a-T-shirt-near-you “Generation BO” moniker.
</p> Rogers is planning to bring a privileged resolution to the floor Monday to reprimand Murtha for the exchange.
</p> Brewer graduated cum laude from the University of Maine with a degree in political science in 1973. </p> Replacing Brewer as legislative director in the office is Mike Holland, 37.
Bush “described this as an historic moment and looks forward to signing this bill when it makes its way through Congress,” Chertoff said. </p> Sen.
</p> The move came on a day when the panel also sidestepped or rejected several other proposals meant to beef up the bill, including a hotly disputed call to force lobbyists conducting grass-roots campaigns
</p> The ruling sharpens the standards that the ethics committee will use in determining whether a member has a financial interest in an earmark.
</p> Still, Reid said he hopes to resume talks with White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today, shortly after the Senate passes a “placeholder” bill
</p> Slaughter and Baird reintroduced a bill on Wednesday that they say would stop Members, Congressional staff and executive branch employees from using inside information gleaned from their committee
</p> For nearly four hours Republican lawmakers tied up floor debate on the Defense authorization bill with procedural votes before Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Minority Leader John Boehner
</p> House leaders nevertheless are sticking to an aggressive schedule to try to rush the bill to passage before the Memorial Day break.
</p> Council members began to look closely at the two organizations after Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans introduced a bill that would fold all of the AWC’s and NCRC’s responsibilities into Albert’s office
With negotiators making slow but steady progress in bipartisan talks on a comprehensive immigration bill, Senators might see the first detailed provisions of the emerging package as early as today, aides
</p> He was referring to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), who are sponsoring a bill to dramatically expand SCHIP to cover pregnant women and parents.
</p> Loebsack co-sponsored a bill, which the House adopted handily on Tuesday, naming the courthouse in lovely (so we hear) Davenport, Iowa, the “James A. Leach United States Courthouse.”
</p> The budget provides for significant increases in veterans’ health care, education and other programs.
</p> “We’re obviously optimistic at this point, but we’ll see how it plays out,” lead Andal consultant Richard Temple said Wednesday. </p> Land o’ Lakes.
He adds that he had “no idea” what was going on until he got a call from journalist Bob Woodward, who was writing “All the President’s Men” and wanted a copy of the justices’ bill.