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Heard on the Hill: The Silent Senator
</p> </p> Coble’s a Double Threat. Rep.
Morning Business: Pay Dirt
</p> On Tuesday, Reid proposed that Senators accept his bill by unanimous consent, but Vitter objected, claiming that Reid’s bill would never make it to the House floor.
Omnibus Finally Passes in Senate
</p> Passage was complicated by Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) insistence that the Senate make no changes to the House-passed bill.
Card Check Bill Stuck for Now
—</p> “At the present time, I would have difficulty supporting it,— Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said. But Nelson suggested he could be persuaded depending on how the bill is amended.
Menendez Feels the Heat
</p> Even though Menendez eventually came around to the Democratic leadership position that the bill must pass unchanged, senior White House officials, including Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and rank-and-file
Panels Eye Vacancies in Senate
</p> Feingold’s bill would amend the Constitution to require that special elections be held to fill any Senate vacancy.
Array of Groups Pushes Closer Ties to Cuba
</p> Four decades of non-engagement with Cuba eased slightly with the enactment under President Bill Clinton of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, which allowed for the sale
There Are Ways to Make Earmarking Process Work Better
</p> Let us grant that Congressional leaders were obtuse and tunnel-visioned when they forged ahead with those earmarks. Nonetheless, if I were advising Obama, I would tell him to sign the bill.
Heard on the Hill: Vitter Goes From Hookergate to Gate-Crashing
</p> Yes, we realize that the bill, sponsored by Sens. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) is aimed at helping elderly people suffering from dementia, which is not funny at all.
Q Street on K Street
</p> Members of Q Street said the group is forming as LGBT issues are coming to the fore. </p> Reps.
Library IG Officials May Lose Gun Privileges
</p> Waiting for the help of local law enforcement in a search or arrest can mean a case going cold, he said after that hearing.</p> “I just hope people can appreciate why we need them,— he said.
Census Control Clarified
</p> After Sen.
Road Map: Magic Number Fluid on GOP Amendments
How many votes on Republican amendments does it take before Senate GOP centrists screw up enough courage to vote for a bill?</p> [IMGCAP(1)]It’s a trick question.
Vitter Forces Vote on Pay Raise
</p> The bill, said Reid spokesman Jim Manley, helps the Majority Leader “preserve his options.
Will Norton Get a Vote and a Race?
If the D.C. voting rights bill eventually passes Congress, gets President Barack Obama’s signature and survives any court challenges, a city full of wannabe politicians will elect its first Member capable
The Return of the Budget Committee Jedi
</p> As the bill was considered, many of the other committees that were involved in some way in spending and taxing and, therefore, in budget decisions, were worried that a new Budget Committee would
Colorado: Buck Among Those With Sights on Bennet
</p> Buck, a former prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, had been viewed as a possible House candidate in Colorado’s 4th district (represented by freshman Democratic Rep.
Illinois: Bill Daley Inches Closer to 2010 Senate Bid
Former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley is inching closer to making a decision about running for the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2010.
NRCC Opens Door to Playing in Primaries
</p> “There is no official position.