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Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to negotiate an immigration bill, but in light of recent indications from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that there might be an effort to pass a bill this summer, he has now
</p> “We want a bill that is good policy that will become enacted,” said Randy Johnson, U.S. Chamber of Commerce senior vice president for labor, immigration and employee benefits.
A collection of retailers is lobbying to get its signature priority, a credit card interchange fee measure, added to the Wall Street reform bill.
</p> The House and Senate armed services committees are less than 30 days from voting on the defense bill.
</p> The first vote, held early Monday evening, failed, with Republicans and Sen. Ben Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) denying Reid the votes he needed to call up the bill.
And Senate Republicans and financial services industry sources indicate that Republicans will probably continue to filibuster the Democratic bill until Shelby gives his colleagues the all-clear.
“This is really a Wall Street reform bill that is aimed at banks and the housing market. We’re getting swept up in this very wide net that doesn’t really include us.”
</p> Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) plan to introduce legislation that will weaken Washington, D.C.’s stringent gun laws.
</p> Still, it’s the law of the land.
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</p> “It’s in a holding pattern, but he’s not approaching the job that way,” Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) said. “He’s been very aggressive in tackling the issues we need to tackle.”
</p> But it remains unclear how that deal will affect the larger quest to find bipartisan support for the bill.
</p> “I don’t know how much capital any of these entities are going to spend trying to push a bill uphill,” one Republican energy lobbyist said.
</p> By a vote of 57-41 Monday night, Republicans stuck together and effectively blocked a sweeping financial reform bill from coming to the Senate floor. Sen.
</p> The business trade group sent a letter to Senators on Monday, saying the big-business group is likely to use votes on the bill, including the motion to proceed scheduled for Monday evening, in its
Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) expressed optimism Monday that talks on climate change legislation will get back on track this year despite recent comments by a key Republican negotiator on the bill.
</p> But in the wake of reports that Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) were contemplating moving immigration legislation before the climate bill, Graham balked.
</p> The Senate failed Monday night to clear a key procedural hurdle to advance to the bill, falling two votes shy of the 60 needed to begin debate on the measure.
</p> Nelson — who was the only Democrat to join in a GOP filibuster of the bill Monday evening — told reporters after the vote that he is concerned about the effects the bill may have on small businesses
</p> Graham, whose weekend decision to pull his support for the emerging climate proposal scuttled a planned Monday rollout of the bill, laid out his terms for reporters after emerging from a roughly