Junior Senators Promote Change to Filibuster Rules
</p> <p class="BodycopyStorybasics">“Today we do not have 51 Senators. I’m not just [talking to] Democrats or Republicans, but we’re building momentum,” said Sen.
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Shop Talk: New Shops in Works as Consulting Firm Folds
</p> <p class="p1">MSHC Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based Democratic consulting firm, is closing after 21 years in business.
GOP to Obama: We Don’t Know You
</p> Add to the mix that Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a bill aimed at ensuring equal pay for women, a move the president said left him “deeply disappointed” and pointing fingers at “a partisan
Obama Can Be Like Reagan With Tax Reform
Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), Bob Kasten (R-Wis.) and Bob Packwood (R-Ore.).
’12 Senate Battles on Democratic Turf
Bill Nelson (D) Nelson, first elected in 2000, intends to seek a third term.
GOP Waits on Health Care Repeal
“We’ll be seeing if we can get the votes to repeal and replace the health care bill. I think that’s the first step.
Stingy 112th Will Test Corporate Influences
</p> The decision by Democratic leadership to call off a vote today on Reid’s bill is likely a sign of things to come in the 112th Congress.
Reid: No Time for Earmark Ban in Lame Duck
</p> Following the Democrats’ luncheon, Reid rejected a plan by Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) to try to attach the ban to a food safety bill.
Final Ill.-08 Count: Rep. Melissa Bean Down by 291 Votes
Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer got 6,495 votes.</p> This 8th district race is one of several that remain outstanding weeks after the election.
Obama Wades Into DREAM Act Debate
Leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus emerged from a Tuesday meeting with President Barack Obama with renewed hope for action on a controversial immigration bill in the lame-duck session.
Campus Notebook: Norton Hopes to Keep Right to Vote
</p> <p class="p4">The Washington, D.C., Democrat and other Delegates can vote in committees and the Committee of the Whole, which debates legislation but cannot pass a bill, but they are barred from voting
Editorial: Redemption?
</p> <p class="p1">There’s a debate whether Democrats just failed to communicate all they’d done for the country, or whether the public understood it and said “No.”
Democratic Earmark Reformers See Small Shift in Resistance
</p> “I’m hearing some expressions of interest more and more from my colleagues,” he said.</p> But as McCaskill and Udall joined Republican Sens.
K Street Files: Retail Politics — Durbin Looks to Refill Coffers
</p> Durbin’s amendment, which was included in the financial services reform bill, calls for the Federal Reserve to regulate interchange fees, the rates charged by banks and companies such as Visa and
Union Brass Making No Overtures to the GOP
</p> Not Ready for Concessions</p> Trumka was not ready to take conciliatory tack on the trade deal or most of the other matters.
Lieberman, Collins Urge Early Release of DADT Review
</p> <p class="p1">“Some of our colleagues in the Senate share our view about the importance of passing a defense bill, but they are awaiting the release of the working group’s report before agreeing to
AMA, Doctors Pushing Congress to Fix Medicare Patch
</p> The AMA is not the only lobby pressing Members on the issue.
GOPers Eye Indiana Seat; Redistricting Looms
</p> Since that bill hasn’t been signed into law, however, the process would go through both legislative bodies the way a bill normally would after the census data is released in early February.
Bush Praises Kennedy, Criticizes Reid in Book
</p> Kennedy wasn’t the only Member to form a relationship with Bush, of course.
Messages Sent by ’10 Voters Weren’t ‘Either-Or’
</p> Question No. 2: Was the election “about” Obama or Pelosi?</p> It was about both, of course.