Coburn, Reid Spar Over Sharks, Great Cats’ and the Deficit
</p> However, Coburn said he will object to any agreements on other bills unless he can reach an agreement with Reid on moving some Republican bills.
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</p> However, Coburn said he will object to any agreements on other bills unless he can reach an agreement with Reid on moving some Republican bills.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Obama’s decision to move the stimulus bill without bipartisan support — followed in the months to come by health care reform, cap-and-trade and financial reform — was driven by a fundamental
bill for teen abortions ‘ that were ignored in the pledge or given relatively short shrift.
</p> The resolution will fund the government through Dec. 3. The Senate is scheduled to hold three procedural votes on the measure at 7:40 p.m.
</p> An HOH spy eyed Rep. Tim Walz coming out of the Democratic Caucus meeting Wednesday ‘totally excited’ about receiving a copy of ‘Toxic Talk,’ the new book by Bill Press.
</p> He can tick off a list of legislative accomplishments ‘ health care and financial reform, tobacco legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter fair employment bill and small-business legislation, among others
</p> Of course, Republicans impeached Bill Clinton and they shut down the government. But he and the GOP also forged an agreement on welfare reform and balanced the budget.
</p> The rest of California’s Democratic delegation is also pitching in.
</p> Cornyn’s efforts were boosted Wednesday when Sens.
</p> Polling in Illinois has been close for weeks, but with Republican Bill Brady running ahead in the gubernatorial race and Republican Congressional candidates overperforming in a number of parts of
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked consideration of a Democratic bill that seeks to punish companies that ship jobs overseas.
That requires a two-thirds majority to pass, giving Republicans the power to defeat the bill on the floor.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer suggested Tuesday that Democratic leaders could still try to bring up bill this week to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class.
</p> The 39th president was originally scheduled to visit a Lyndhurst, Ohio, bookstore Tuesday to sign copies of his book, “White House Diary.”
</p> Dream a Little DREAM </p> The Service Employees International Union has gone in on $300,000 worth of radio ads in support of an immigration bill, the DREAM Act, which is stalled in the Senate.
</p> Landrieu has blasted the administration’s six-month drilling ban since it was imposed following the explosion in April of a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
</p> Maine’s primary elections are reserved for party members only, and they might seek retribution for her vote for President Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus bill and her willingness to negotiate
Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), a “dig once” bill that would require every federally supported transportation project to include underground broadband conduit.
During the lame duck, Coburn said he will likely try to force a vote on his bill to bring more transparency to the earmark process by creating a central database of lawmaker requests, among other things
</p> ‘He was just really scruffy,’ a spy says.