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</p> Blumenfield already has scored the endorsement of his boss, as well as the backing of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer (D) and state Controller John Chiang (D).
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</p> Blumenfield already has scored the endorsement of his boss, as well as the backing of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer (D) and state Controller John Chiang (D).
</p> Democrats also should benefit from a likely expected presidential veto of the supplemental appropriations spending bill, assuming the parties don’t iron out their differences soon.
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</p> Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) temporarily blocked the bill in committee before the April recess on procedural grounds.
</p> The bill, also known as the Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007, was introduced by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii).
The House is likely to consider a bill next week that deals with the practice, known as refund-anticipation loans.
</p> Recchia told Crain’s Insider last week that “a combination of everything that’s going on in the country and city” is prompting him to take a look at the race.
Doña Ana County Commissioner Bill McCamley (D) announced last week that he wants to challenge three-term Rep. Steve Pearce (R).
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</p> For 2012, Reps. Marty Meehan (D-Mass.), Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), David Price (D-N.C.) and Sen.
</p> Reid couldn’t offer a specific timeline for completion of the conference report on the supplemental spending bill, but he vowed that Congress is “working on it” and will get it done “as soon as we
Bush made 77 in his single term; President Bill Clinton made 140 in two terms. President George W. Bush has made 171 so far. Most of these were relatively minor, but some, including judges, were not.
</p> Also new as a legislative counsel is Amy Levine, 35. [IMGCAP(2)]</p> Previously, Levine served in the same capacity for Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) since 2005.
</p> Votes on final passage of both the Democratic-sponsored stem-cell bill and an alternative measure, championed by Sens. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), are expected Wednesday.
</p> The week will culminate with a D.C.
— Josh Kurtz </p> NEW MEXICO County Commissioner Wants to Take on Pearce </p> Doña Ana County Commissioner Bill McCamley (D) announced last week that he wants to challenge three-term Rep.
to the staff,” said Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation, a watchdog group that has spearheaded the push for ethics reforms in Congress.
</p> A complicating factor intervened when the Congressional Budget Office estimated the cost of the bill over 10 years included $2.5 million in “direct spending” (mandatory or entitlement costs) for
</p> Republicans have said they want Democrats to finish the conference on the bill quickly, so that once the president vetoes the measure, Congress still will have enough time to pass a “clean” funding