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change bill that went nowhere in the Senate, while liberals have been frustrated that moderates have slowed or watered down a host of agenda items.
</p> Schumer also argued that by passing the bill the Senate is making progress toward moving a broader comprehensive bill.
</p> “Bill Phillips was a devoted husband and father,” his family’s statement said.
</p> On Tuesday, Obama will head to Seattle to host a fundraising luncheon for Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.).
</p> In response, Republicans point to a poll the NRCC released this week that showed Ohio state Sen.
Schumer would then ask for unanimous consent to pass the border bill, as well as the Stevens resolution.
K Street is mourning the loss of longtime lobbyist Bill Phillips, who died in an airplane crash Monday in southwestern Alaska. Former Sen.
</p> During an unrelated signing ceremony for a manufacturing jobs bill, Obama praised Congress for passing that measure “on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis” and urged lawmakers to use that same spirit
</p> Rostenkowski died at his summer home in Wisconsin. The cause of death was not stated.
</p> Democrats are positioning to keep the issue in the limelight this fall.
</p> Senate Republicans unexpectedly allowed the bill to pass in that chamber Thursday by unanimous consent.
</p> “In light of the vote in the House, the hope is that we can pass the bill by consent by the end of the week,” Reid spokesman Jim Manley said.
</p> Pelosi indicated Obama would sign the bill quickly, perhaps as soon as this afternoon.
</p> Chandler is facing attorney Andy Barr (R) in a contest that has become more competitive as the national environment is tipped in the GOP’s favor.
</p> “Rather than schedule a lame-duck session this year, Congress should complete its work before the upcoming elections,” he said in a statement.
</p> She wouldn’t say how much the new buy cost, except to say it was “significant” and is being broadcast statewide. </p> The Sestak campaign, by contrast, has yet to run its first television ad.
When the annual end-of-year scrum over appropriations bill would come to a head, Stevens would invariably arrive at a press conference wearing a tie emblazoned with an image of the Incredible Hulk, which
</p> Other passengers on the plane include former Stevens defense appropriations staffer Sean O’Keefe, former Appropriations Committee Staff Director Jim Morhard and Bill Phillips, a lobbyist for the
House Democrats thought they had an easy messaging day set up: They were going to save the jobs of hundreds of thousands of teachers, firefighters, police officers and nurses with a $26 billion spending bill
</p> That would delay disbursement of the money contained in the bill until the Senate returns in mid-September — unless Senate leaders decide to return early to pass it.