Senate Faces Amendment Pileup; House Has Light Week
</p> The Senate cleared a handful of financial reform amendments Thursday night but still faces a heavy workload on the bill.
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</p> The Senate cleared a handful of financial reform amendments Thursday night but still faces a heavy workload on the bill.
He said he also plans to put in place in the next month a new patients’ bill of rights that explains consumers’ rights and sets up an appeals process to enforce them.
</p> Bennett’s problem with his party’s base began in part after he became a key Republican voice during passage of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill in 2008.
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</p> “We want to redouble our efforts from ’08,” Henry said on Saturday following her election.
</p> Last week, the D.C. Council passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana for chronically ill patients.
</p> The first choice of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus would be a full-bore push to clear a comprehensive immigration reform bill as soon as possible.
</p> DeFazio blasted the president for not lending a push to the stalled transportation authorization bill, which alone could create millions of infrastructure jobs.
</p> Graham had been working with Sens.
</p> The bill’s chief sponsors remain confident that they can attach a repeal to the defense authorization bill when it comes to the floor as soon as this month.
After a nine-month search, the Credit Union National Association has named Bill Cheney as its new CEO and president.
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to halt work on climate change legislation, announcing they will roll out their bill on Wednesday.
kicking off debate on a bill or nomination.
</p> This is the second annual songwriter showcase at the Library.
</p> Fortunately, the sleepy staffer eventually showed signs of life, getting up after logging a “solid 15-minute” disco nap. </p> Murder at the Ugly Mug?
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) will introduce an amendment to the financial reform bill to do just that.</p> The problem is not that regulators and legislators are not sincere.
</p> This week it is BP’s turn.</p> The oil company and its business partners will take the hot seat and face interrogation by Congressional committees over the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
</p> This isn’t his “first rodeo” on transparency, he told reporters on a press call as he unveiled his bill.
</p> Lieberman said during a noon-time news conference that he is considering attaching the proposal as an amendment to another Senate bill.
</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned Members of a late night Thursday as the chamber slogs through numerous amendments to the financial reform bill.