Tennessee: GOP Leaders Silent as Drip of DesJarlais Headlines Continues
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She has worked as an attorney adviser at the Labor Department under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
</p> “We don’t score members of Congress; we don’t get involved in these big campaign expenditures,” said Roundtable Senior Vice President Bill Miller, who joined the group in June after a dozen years
</p> Lincoln Restaurant </p> He may have just wrapped a historic re-election bid. But even “44” can’t escape “16’s” enduring shadow.
</p> The Nevada Democrat sounded a dubious tone about the prospects for bipartisan cooperation on a defense authorization bill.
The House takes up the rule for floor consideration of a bill that would normalize U.S. trade relations with Russia.</p> The Senate holds a cloture vote on the hunting and fishing bill at 9:15 a.m.
</p> The opening comes as President Barack Obama has been making increasingly forceful statements about his desire for Congress to pass a sweeping immigration bill.
</p> Landrieu said there is a need for a “robust” supplemental spending bill that would provide more funding than the additional $5.4 billion that Congress can appropriate without breaching the $11.8
If enacted into law, the bill would increase the efficiency and efficacy of federal workforce training programs.
</p> A six-year surface transportation bill proposed in 2009 by then-House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., embraced those concepts.
</p> This Congress, let’s redouble our efforts at creating a stronger federal partnership to help more communities realize this vision. </p> But let’s not stop with bike-partisanship.
</p> “I saw during the campaign his plea for bipartisanship.
</p> More Than a Rules Change </p> For the new committee to take effect, the GOP conference would have to vote Thursday to approve the lawmakers’ proposed amendment to the current rules.
</p> Utah Sen. Orrin G.
</p> Its newly elected chairman, Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Ron Kind, said the group could help “bridge the gap” between Republicans and Democrats on any deficit reduction deal or tax reform bill.
</p> At a House Energy and Commerce Oversight Subcommittee hearing, Henry A.
</p> Still, Obama said that he would be willing to listen to Republican ideas on that count.</p> “I’m not going to just slam the door in their face,” he said.
</p> The Democratic gain can’t be traced to one factor. Instead, it rested on a number of elements.</p> First, obviously, was a strong Democratic class of challengers and open-seat nominees.
</p> The defense bill is third in the queue for the end-of-session legislative calendar, after a sportsmen bill (S 3525) and cybersecurity legislation (S 3414).