Minority Status Doesnt Dampen GOP Senators Hopes
</p> In particular, Republicans are expecting help from Democrats such as Sens.
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</p> In particular, Republicans are expecting help from Democrats such as Sens.
</p> House Minority Leader John Boehner also hailed McConnell’s decision.
</p> A Democratic aide with ties to moderates said the test could come for Pelosi in the coming weeks when she tries to muster the votes for a controversial bill.
</p> House Republicans are expected to extend their existing earmark ban into the 112th Congress.
“These senators oppose a small portion of the bill that would repeal the discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law, even though 80 percent of Americans support repeal.
</p> The judicial battle over the issue comes as some Senate Democrats are vying to vote to repeal the policy during the lame-duck session that kicks off next week.
</p> Sometimes you just spend a lot to lose.
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</p> White House spokesman Bill Burton said the president is optimistic about building a stronger relationship with McConnell despite the partisan nature of McConnell’s recent comments.
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bill that his party and president pushed through Congress this year.
</p> But advocates say Democrats’ best shot may be taking up the DREAM Act as a stand-alone bill and holding a vote.
</p> “This proposal is simply unacceptable,” the California Democrat said in a statement.
</p> The bill passed by the House in May includes language to repeal the policy banning openly gay people from serving in the military.
</p> In a joint statement issued Tuesday by Sens.
</p> “I’ve got to talk to some people,” the North Dakota Democrat said when asked which committee he will chair next Congress.</p> Sen.
</p> The president has seized on the pact, first negotiated by the George W.
</p> “The next 12 to 36 hours are critical to repeal of ‘Don’t Ask’; important conversations on moving the defense bill are happening now,” Sarvis wrote in the e-mail.
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</p> The agency’s history with climate change has been even worse. When Democrats in Congress pushed their cap-and-trade bill in 2009, the EPA went to work to cook the books.