House to Preemptively Vote on Reid Debt Bill
</p> The Nevada Democrat’s original bill has never had any realistic chance of passing the House, and he tweaked it after a Congressional Budget Office review found it did not cut the deficit as much
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Balanced Budget Amendment Requirement Back on Table
</p> Even lawmakers who had come out against the bill earlier in the week were now changing their tune.</p> “I am absolutely now an enthusiastic ‘yes,’” Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) said.
Tea Party Patriots Not Mollified By Latest Boehner Bill
An influential tea party organization is accusing House conservatives of caving into “bullying” from Republican leaders to support Speaker John Boehner’s latest debt limit bill, and warned Friday that
Big-Ticket Issues Get Short Shrift
</p> House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) bragged that a seventh spending bill was being debated on the floor, “which normally [would] be a story” but is currently a barely noticed matter,
Heard on the Hill: Teaching Us Teamwork
</p> Futbol Club Barcelona and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced last week that they would start a three-year partnership to end polio and increase vaccinations around the world.
Reid Open to Voting on Balanced Budget Amendment
</p> “It’s really time they legislate,” Reid said.
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Barack’s Big ‘Follow Friday’
</p> Unfortunately for them, it looks like they also gave the GOP the mother of all “Follow Fridays.”
Obama Appeal Floods Phones Again
If you want to see a bipartisan compromise, a bill that can pass both houses of Congress and that I can sign, let your Members of Congress know. Make a phone call, send an email, tweet.
Obama Urges Senate to Find Debt Solution
President Barack Obama on Friday urged the Senate to find a bipartisan solution to the debt limit crisis, with House Republicans still working on a bill he said has no chance of becoming law.
Tea Party Groups Fracture With House GOP on Debt
</p> “We would like to have seen bigger cuts, a stronger cap and immediate passage of a BBA but the legislative language of the bill has moved so much closer to the principles of Cut, Cap and Balance
Some GOP Members Hit Own Debt Limit
</p> Crawford, 45, can draw from experience.</p> When the Congressman was 28 years old and living in Springfield, Mo., he declared bankruptcy to discharge $12,611.67 of his debt.
Boehner Delays Vote, Considers Changes to Debt Bill
</p> The leadership is now scrambling to also come up with changes to make the bill more palatable.
Senate to Vote on House Debt Bill Thursday Night
</p> “As soon as the House completes its vote tonight, the Senate will move to take up that bill,” the Nevada Democrat announced on the Senate floor. “It will be defeated.
Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill
“Boehner’s bill dies tonight. Forever.”
Path to a Debt Deal Becoming Clearer, but Someone’s Got to Give
</p> Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Thursday that Reid has a simple choice: either accept the Boehner bill or the earlier House-passed Cut, Cap and Balance bill that was soundly defeated in
House Delays Debt Plan Vote
</p> The office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the chamber still plans to take up the Boehner bill Thursday night, should the House pass it.
Treasury’s Priorities List Might Cost Votes
</p> Toomey introduced a bill in January designed to avoid default by requiring Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to pay bondholders first if the debt ceiling is not raised by Aug. 2, when the nation
House Announces Weekend Session
</p> Votes will also be likely after 3 p.m. Friday, later than previously scheduled, according to Laena Fallon, spokeswoman for Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.)
Schmidt: Worker Visa Is a Must for E-Verify Plan
</p> The bill, by Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), would mandate that all employers use the E-Verify system when hiring new employees.
Report: Ohio Map May Be Redrawn to Punish Jordan
Jim Jordan (R) might pay the ultimate price for undercutting Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) efforts to pass a debt ceiling bill, according to a report Thursday in the Columbus Dispatch.