Democrats Plan to Push Energy Until Years End
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Rather than being forced by Republicans to debate gas prices during a major global warming bill, as they were last week, Senate Democrats want to define the issue themselves by bringing
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</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Rather than being forced by Republicans to debate gas prices during a major global warming bill, as they were last week, Senate Democrats want to define the issue themselves by bringing
</p> Gilmore will be joined by Lt. Gov Bill Bolling (R), state Attorney General Bob McDonnell (R) and the partys newly elected chairman, state Del.
possible on a bill or use some other tactic to control debate.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Last week, Ehlers was at it again, pushing through an anti-carbon offsets amendment for a bill that provides grants and low-interest loans to public schools that make environmentally friendly
Those who followed American politics in the 1990s would likely find it hard to believe that President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) secretly plotted to unite in a centrist coalition to
</p> In some ways, the situation today is eerily similar to what happened in January. </p> So far the White House has been adamant that nothing more is needed.
Contrary to earlier reports, this entity is a brand new joint fundraising committee and will not be headed by former New York Congressman and ex-NRCC Chairman Bill Paxon.
</p> I think we are where we were two weeks ago, said a Democratic source close to negotiations on the bill.
</p> A Reid aide said that the Senate may also consider a renewable energy tax credit bill as well as a fix on Medicare reimbursements.
</p> The House easily passed a bill allowing the change from monthly to biweekly paychecks two months ago. Senate staffers already are paid every other week.
</p> The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to begin debate on the bill, but the measure quickly became mired in partisan maneuvers on unrelated issues.
</p> Republicans appeared to be gaining traction with their argument that the massive climate change bill would raise already high gas prices.
</p> Its approval was a disappointment for Hill residents and a victory for labor unions that had been concerned the bill would stifle protests.
</p> But many key environmental lobbyists say that tax subsidies for nuclear power could become a poison pill for any global warming bill and that if a carbon reduction bill required a substantial nuclear
Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) introduced a bill on Friday that would banish the countrys 220-year-old Electoral College system, allowing voters instead to directly elect the president.
</p> Murthas office announced that he would be joined at the event by officials from eight defense contracting firms, four of which had received earmarks from Murtha in a spending bill that Congress
. </p> Walsh said he cannot recall this level of pessimism at the start of the appropriations process. The assumption was always that we would get a bill in the end, he said.
The historical photographs were selected from more than 10 million film and digital images in the AP library, more than 20,000 of which exclusively cover presidents Harry Truman through Bill Clinton and
</p> According to a Republican strategist familiar with situation, the joint RNC-NRCC fundraising committee is set to be up and running in the coming days.
</p> But according to a Gallup analysis based on data collected May 30-June 2, Clinton suffered a big hit when it came to her image among black voters.