Republicans Pressed About Paul’s Views
</p> “Our party has always had a strong view on this issue. We fought very hard in the ’60s to get the civil rights bill passed,” Steele said on ABC.
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</p> “Our party has always had a strong view on this issue. We fought very hard in the ’60s to get the civil rights bill passed,” Steele said on ABC.
</p> Senators on Monday will begin considering a $60 billion war supplemental bill.
</p> Romanoff defeated Bennet 60 percent to 40 percent in a tally of votes from more than 3,500 delegates.
</p> But Democrats face an even more daunting path for their agenda in the Senate because Republicans can use the chamber’s rules to slow work on a bill to a near standstill.
</p> “There are lots of Democrats who wanted a weak banking bill,” Cantwell said Thursday after voting for the second time to sustain a GOP-led filibuster of the sweeping measure.
</p> The bill by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) would charge the Commodities Future Trading Commission with the responsibility of regulating emissions permit trading.
Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) emerged from the White House on Friday predicting they would send a financial reform bill to President
</p> Some rookies opposed Obama’s cap-and-trade climate change bill; others rejected his health care plan.
“In short, we need to ensure that the process going forward does not turn our mutual interest in regulating Wall Street into a bill with unintended consequences, root causes left unaddressed, or the federal
</p> In fact, these legislative battles can get downright dirty.</p> In March, Rep.
</p> McCain’s position on the issue could be in the spotlight in the coming weeks as the Senate turns to the fiscal 2011 Defense authorization bill, which the Armed Services panel spearheads.
the 2008 presidential race, and GOP campaign strategists are hoping voters with connections to the coal and energy industry will want to punish Chandler for his vote to support the House cap-and-trade bill
</p> And since 2003, that job has been serving as a sergeant with the Capitol Police.</p> Madigan has handled that transition several times.
</p> In the end, Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Olympia Snowe (Maine), Susan Collins (Maine) and Scott Brown (Mass.) voted for the bill. Democratic Sens.
The Senate is expected to pass the bill tonight.
</p> “In all honesty, the biggest thing they’re worried about are donations,” a Democratic aide said ahead of Thursday’s markup of the bill.
A clutch of Senators huddled on the floor Thursday to negotiate the path forward on the financial regulatory reform bill.
Senate Democrats cleared a key hurdle on financial reform legislation Thursday, voting 60-40 to end debate on the bill and move toward final passage. </p> Sen.