Is the GOP Counting Its Chickens Too Early In Mississippi?
. For months, the top issue on the minds of the folks in Northwest Mississippi was the fate of the farm bill in Congress. But a close second was politics.
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No ‘Union Made’ at the DNC
</p> It doesnt matter. Im not Tony Podesta, said Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIOs director of government affairs, referring to the Democratic lobbyist and high-dollar donor who runs the Podesta Group.
Standoff on Nominees Continues
</p> McConnell attempted to offer an amendment to the climate change bill that would put an emergency brake on the majority if the measure, authored by Sen.
GOP to Start Energy Campaign
</p> A discharge petition can be filed after a bill has been pending, but not acted on, for 30 legislative days.
Senate Passes Farm Bill
</p> “It’s the same exact bill,” Harkin said on the Senate floor, reminding Senators that there should be no problem with it since the original conference report received 81 votes.
Negotiations on Iraq Bill Ongoing
to discuss a way forward on the war supplemental, but for now, they are keeping mum on whether any deal has been struck with Blue Dog Democrats on offsetting the costs of expanded GI benefits in the bill
GOP Still Mad Over Nominees
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday morning that he would continue procedural tactics to delay action on the global warming bill unless Democrats consider President Bushs judicial
Some Blue Dogs Balk on Budget
</p> Democrats who voted against the budget plan were Reps.
Blue Dogs Yet to Bite on War Bill
</p> Boyd left open the possibility that Blue Dogs might eventually back a bill without offsets. </p> If the Senate rejects that again, then well go from there, he said.
Cap-and-Trade Proponents Look Ahead to Next Congress
the </p> Lieberman-Warner bill has.
Nominations Ensnare Senate
</p> Action on the climate change bill grounded to a halt Wednesday afternoon when McConnell forced the Senate clerk to read aloud the bills entire 491-page substitute amendment.
Hoyer Says House Will Likely Nix Unemployment Benefits in War Bill
change the Senate bill by stripping out the insurance benefits but leaving in a provision to expand GI benefits, Hoyer said.
Modernizing the Force
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Such laws have long been defunct, and yet they remain on the books. On Wednesday, a bill to get rid of all those outdated police codes passed the House.
Senate Restaurants Poised for Privatized Ownership
</p> But on Tuesday the Senate unanimously passed the bill, which ensures certain benefits and job security for the 100 or so employees who now work in the cafeterias.
See Jane Legislate
Tom Carper (D-Del.) are original co-sponsors of the new bill.
Senate Warming Debate Heats Up
</p> The Democratic majority has refused to honor its commitments.
Primary Process Yields Talk of Needed Reform
</p> The Florida and Michigan disputes really highlighted for many people the flaws in the primary nominating system, said Dan McLaughlin, a spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.).
A Trio of Senators in Play for Republicans’ Energy Voice
</p> In an interview last month, Alexander said he was considering several amendments to the bill that reflect a preference in the GOP caucus for clean technologies that reduce oil use with the accompanying
McCain Promises an ‘Urgent’ Approach to Climate Change Challenge
The bill was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. McCain has also voiced support for higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards.
Congress Looks to Energy Technology
Critics say the bill, which would create a federal cap-and-trade program that affects nearly every sector of the economy, will have devastating economic consequences if enacted without a sufficient level