Obama to Press for Bipartisan Immigration Bill
And while he couldn’t commit to making it happen, he vowed to work with Senate leaders to try to bring a bill to the floor. He gave no details on a timeline.
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And while he couldn’t commit to making it happen, he vowed to work with Senate leaders to try to bring a bill to the floor. He gave no details on a timeline.
</p> It is unclear how the Republican moratorium will affect huge various authorizing bills, including a bipartisan transportation authorization bill that is traditionally packed with thousands of earmarks
</p> Burns will face Democrat Mark Critz, a top aide to Murtha, in the May 18 special election to fill the remainder of the late Congressman’s term.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]With 50 percent of U.S.
</p> “I think given all the other challenges that the Congress has to deal with, millions of people unemployed, a major health care reform bill on our plate, a couple wars, this is nothing more than a
</p> Carper said this week he would likely vote against the public option if it was offered to a reconciliation bill.
</p> “We have to urge members to stick with the basic bill,” Durbin told reporters.
</p> The Senate Democrats’ piecemeal strategy has been bearing fruit — they passed a big tax extenders bill Wednesday on a 62-36 vote and are finishing up work on an earlier jobs tax credit bill, with
</p> “Forty-one of us have signed a letter. It’s in writing. None of us will vote to waive points of order,” Sen.
The Senate turned to a Federal Aviation Administration bill Wednesday afternoon, considering the version favored by Tennessee’s Senators, who threatened to hold up the House-passed measure.
to the original $871 billion Senate-passed health care reform bill.
</p> Appearing on a conference call with mayors, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Rep.
</p> According to a source close to Hafer, she did not have enough signatures out of the 1,000 required to withstand a legal challenge.
bill” and “jam it through in a partisan way.”
</p> State Democratic leaders picked Critz as their nominee for the May 18 special election to fill Murtha’s seat.
Businessman Bill Flores has secured the support of Chuck Wilson, one of the Republican candidates in the 17th Congressional district who fell short of making next month’s runoff.
</p> On the other hand, the Reed College graduate is a down-the-line liberal — pro-stimulus, pro-cap-and-trade, pro-House-health-care-bill, anti-Stupak-amendment (a measure that is offensive to abortion-rights
“Before taking part in that process, I consulted with coal industry representatives here in Washington, and I was encouraged to engage in the process to modify the bill to obtain the most coal-friendly
The vote helps clear the way for a looming war supplemental spending bill that Congress will take up this spring.