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</p> The bill also includes hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks requested by a president who is no longer in office.
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</p> The bill also includes hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks requested by a president who is no longer in office.
</p> The vote allows the Senate to begin debate on the bill, which is expected to start Wednesday or Thursday.
</p> And while Republicans did find themselves shut out of many of the negotiations on the stimulus, the final package was not as partisan a bill as many had feared.
. </p> A GOP leadership aide agreed and explained that while the bill would ultimately come out of the White House, it will not be free from the fingerprints of Congressional Democrats.
</p> In the letter addressed to Northern Trust President and Chief Executive Officer Frederick H.
. </p> The bar keeps getting set higher and higher for him, Reid said. </p> Reid said that in addition to providing hope, Obama would continue to reach out to Republicans.
Tuesdays unveiling of the new Washington, D.C., quarter at the National Museum of American History came at the perfect time, just an hour before the Districts voting rights bill cleared a major hurdle
</p> Former Rep.
</p> If the cloture vote fails, it will be a significant and perhaps fatal blow to the bills chances this year.
</p> Rather than hastily forcing another massive, partisan spending bill through the House, we urge the Majority to allow the House to consider a spending freeze, the GOP leaders wrote in a letter to
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Backers of a bill to ban interstate monkey sales, debated on the House floor on Monday, thought they had found their moment. Every chimp, apparently, has its day. </p> Rep.
</p> Two weeks after passing a $787 billion economic stimulus bill without a single House Republican vote, Congressional leaders from both parties spent Monday afternoon attending a White House summit
by stimulus packages, tax cuts and new entitlement programs like the GI bill.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday called the nearly $790 billion stimulus bill an essential part of reducing the deficit, suggesting the components of the bill would pay for themselves in time
</p> Obey said the package represents a 5 percent reduction in earmarks below last years levels. He blasted former President George W.
Mitt Romney (R) announced Monday that he is cutting $1,000 checks from his political action committee to help a group of House Republicans being targeted for their vote against the stimulus bill.
Former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for the woman who succeeded his wife in the Senate. </p> Clinton will appear with newly appointed Sen.
Mitt Romney (R) announced Monday that he is cutting $1,000 checks from his political action committee to help a group of House Republicans being targeted for their vote against the stimulus bill.
</p> Covington has long served as legal counsel to Freddie Mac.
</p> Several Members and their aides also pointed to the lack of inclusion on the construction and passage of the stimulus bill, which many Republicans believed they were completely locked out of by Congressional