D.C. Legislation Still Has Mountains to Climb
</p> White House aides have said they would recommend President Bush veto the bill if it reaches his desk.
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</p> White House aides have said they would recommend President Bush veto the bill if it reaches his desk.
</p> Democrats, meanwhile, have not yet settled on a firm plan for the next bill.
</p> The $4.9 billion package of tax breaks, along with a $2.10-an-hour increase in the federal minimum wage, will be included in the conference report for the emergency Iraq War spending bill, said a
</p> In June, on a bill extending the military draft, the Senate accepted Mansfield’s amendment for a nine-month U.S. troop withdrawal deadline.
</p> As one of the few Members still serving in Congress who voted to create the act back in 1973, I’ve always been a strong supporter of the original intent of the bill — restoring threatened and endangered
</p> So this bill offers a common-sense, cost-effective approach to improve fuel economy. Congress must find the political will to pass it.
</p> Accordingly, Sen.
</p> Our bill would require the federal government to take responsibility for possession, stewardship, maintenance and monitoring of the waste and increase safety at all nuclear power plants by providing
</p> Having Heart.
I am working toward introducing a bill to create an upstream cap-and-trade program that reflects what I have learned through hearings, an extensive feedback process and sophisticated analyses.
Bill Richardson may look to Capitol Hill and wonder, “Where’s the love?”
</p> “I think they’re in for a big, big fight,” he said. </p> Fonseca said he now will file an appeal and will also push for a legislative fix to the zoning law.
</p> One of the most important resources available is coal.
</p> Obey chose to name Pomerantz to head the team because of his committee experience, the staffer said.
</p> I wholeheartedly agree, as do my Democratic colleagues.
</p> Rep.
</p> “I know we’re going to keep that no matter what,” he said. </p> Administration officials have argued for a clean, long-term bill.
</p> Democrats pulled the bill from the floor, fearing some moderate Members would feel obligated to vote to revoke the gun ban.
</p> President Bush said in a recent speech, “If the House bill becomes law, our enemies in Iraq would simply have to mark their calendars.
</p> Motions to recommit will still be allowed on the bill.