Dodd’s K Street Pushback?
</p> Lobbyists say the HELP panel’s bill is more liberal than one the Senate Finance Committee is putting together.
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</p> Lobbyists say the HELP panel’s bill is more liberal than one the Senate Finance Committee is putting together.
and later applauding them for helping the bill pass, 219-212.
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Even that was not enough to get a bill through; Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had to step in forcefully at the end. And the bill needed all of the handful of Republicans who supported it.
</p> He noted that it might make a difference to him if the vote is on bringing a bill up for debate rather than ending debate, but he said he would not rule out a filibuster in either case.
</p> The trade group of prepaid card providers has been concerned about a provision in Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) credit card bill.
</p> Jackson Lee likely won’t have King’s vote for legislation she introduced June 26 honoring Jacko. That bill hasn’t yet been slated for a floor vote.
</p> The funding for Ground Mobile Gateway originated in an $8.2 million earmark Murtha provided to Coherent in the 2005 tsunami relief bill.
</p> A defense contracting executive with ties to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) is being charged by federal prosecutors with pocketing $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor.
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</p> While the acronym ACES may conjure-up a confident gambler, the passage of the bill by the House on June 26 was not gambler’s luck.
</p> Baucus is mindful of the necessity of coming out with a bill in the next week or so, sources said.
</p> “Bailout fatigue has settled in — and it would be very difficult to get such a bill through the Senate,— the aide said.
</p> The Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services approved a bill last month that ends those bans, and Republicans will most likely try to reinsert them at Tuesday’s full committee markup.
“We stand ready and willing to stand with the president and produce a bill that will generate results.
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) declined Monday evening to predict when his committee would begin marking up its health care reform bill, although he appeared to virtually guarantee legislation
</p> The NRCC’s latest radio ad attacked Snyder for his vote on the climate change bill that narrowly passed the House before the July Fourth recess.
</p> But Pearce said in an interview Monday that he has become increasingly dismayed with Teague’s record — particularly with his recent vote in favor of a climate change bill.
</p> Pearce’s decision sets up what should be a competitive — and bloody — battle with his successor, Rep. Harry Teague (D).
</p> But Democrats believe Massa is well-positioned to win re-election in 2010.