Brown: U.S. Should Fund High-Speed Rail
</p> On June 21, 2009, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unveiled a draft bill to reauthorize the surface transportation program.
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</p> On June 21, 2009, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unveiled a draft bill to reauthorize the surface transportation program.
The “card check” bill shows no signs of life, at least not in this Congress.
</p> In his letter to Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), Smith, who requested the panel hold hearings after the Memorial Day recess, called for a host of witnesses including former President Bill
</p> Moreover, the president already has the biggest weapon at his disposal — the power to veto.
</p> Today, we find ourselves in the midst of a freight rail renaissance.
</p> That is why I introduced Jason’s Law, H.R. 2156. This bill would rectify the dire shortage of safe parking for trucks and improve the conditions at current truck parking facilities.
</p> As Members fled Capitol Hill for the Memorial Day recess, Rep.
</p> The two camps and their supporters have been adversarial ever since.
</p> “Lord knows we need all the help we can get,” Brodsky said.</p> </p> White-Coat Syndrome?
</p> </p> Reid May Yet Prevail </p> Reid is still suffering from populist anger over his role in pushing President Barack Obama’s health care reform bill through Congress, as well as from voter anxiety
Blanche Lincoln’s (D-Ark.) primary challenger Bill Halter had received similar overtures.</p> With questions continuing to swirl around former President Bill Clinton’s efforts to convince Rep.
</p> “As your Committee works to develop that legislation, I think it is extremely important that you each examine what could be included in a comprehensive energy bill that would address the unfolding
“interchange fee” amendment to the Wall Street bill is heating up in advance of House-Senate negotiations, which are scheduled to start when Congress returns next week.
</p> Our bill also prohibits discrimination against employees who choose to telework, guaranteeing that they will not be disadvantaged in performance evaluations, pay or benefits.
</p> Obama “wasn’t aware” that Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina e-mailed Romanoff last September about possible job opportunities at two agencies — the U.S.
</p> There is also one for Medicare.
</p> “Two Democratic candidates for U.S.
</p> Before we secure funding, we need a road map — literally. Our road map is the transportation reauthorization bill, but it has stalled in the Senate and the House.
Bill Halter (D) in a primary runoff next week.
But both Sestak and Bauer acknowledged that week that former President Bill Clinton, acting as a White House emissary, mentioned in a conversation with Sestak last summer the possibility that Sestak could