Weak Committees Empower the Partisans
</p> This should come as no great surprise.
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Democrats Plan Deficit Blame
But their maneuverings may also further complicate the stalled progress of the super committee two weeks before its deadline to produce a bill that shaves at least $1.2 trillion from the deficit.
Lawmakers Struggling Through Pennsylvania Redraw
</p> But what about beyond that?
Doubts Bedevil Appropriations Conference
</p> House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) last week heralded the first conference committee on an appropriations bill since 2009, saying he’s overseen a “huge improvement” in restoring regular
Defense Cuts Will Likely Stay in Place if Super Committee Fails
</p> Concerned GOP Sens.
Shay: Antiquated Tax Laws Fail to Address Web
The simplified system that emerged from that bill has become riddled with tax exemptions, credits and deductions that do not effectively serve the cause of economic growth.
Senate Democrats Jettison Taxes on Rich for Now
</p> The package, she said, included a bill authored by Miller, Murray’s own bill and President Barack Obama’s proposed tax credit for hiring veterans.
Democrats Wary of Unemployment Loss
</p> The current one-year extension expires Dec. 31, and Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday introduced a bill that would extend benefits through the end of 2012.
Progressive PAC Has Cash for Democratic Candidates
Brad Miller (D-N.C.) introduced a bill to make it easier for customers to switch banks, PCCC helped raise $10,000 for his campaign. When Democratic Reps.
The Week Ahead
The Senate votes Monday on whether to take up a House-passed bill that would repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of most payments made to government contractors
Campus Notebook: Lawmakers Champion Giffords’ Cause
</p> The only bill Giffords introduced in the 112th Congress before the near-fatal shooting at her Tucson, Ariz., constituent event was legislation to cut paychecks for Members of Congress.
Richardson Probe Raises Questions of Race
</p> At the same time, the committee declined to investigate Rep.
Senate Blocks Two Partisan Jobs Bills
</p> The bill contains $27 billion for highways, $9 billion for mass transit, $2 billion for airports and $10 billion for innovative financing initiatives.
DOMA Repeal Vote Pushed Off for a Week
I’ve circulated amendments to this bill and am working on more, so Members should be prepared to consider amendments to the bill at the committee’s next executive business meeting.”
House Democrats File Brief Against DOMA
</p> The amicus brief filed by 133 Democrats, including the party’s top leaders, maintains that Congress hastily passed legislation during President Bill Clinton’s presidency to limit who can marry and
Boehner Proposes Linking Energy Proceeds to Highway Funding
</p> “We’ve been working on such a plan, and our intention is to introduce a bill within the next couple of weeks that I hope can pass the House by the end of the year,” Boehner said.
Protesters Stage Sit-In in McConnell’s Office
</p> About 20 protesters camped out in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office today in an attempt to pressure the Kentucky Republican to support the Senate Democrats’ infrastructure jobs bill
John Boehner Picks GOP Minibus Conferees
</p> Speaker John Boehner has selected a group of veteran GOP appropriators to represent House Republicans in negotiations over the “minibus” bill in the first conference committee on an appropriations
Boehner Defends Transparency but Won’t Commit to Open Rule
</p> In particular, Boehner lamented the delay in taking up a 3 percent withholding bill that has bipartisan support and the backing of the White House.
Senate Democrats Tee Up Another Jobs Vote
</p> The bill would be paid for with a 0.7 percent tax on millionaires, a proposal Republicans have repeatedly refused to support.