Steven LaTourette: Congress Doesn’t Function
</p> He also singled out legislation he said used to sail through Congress “like a hot knife through butter”: the farm bill, a student loan rate extension and especially the transportation bill, which
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Minnesota: Mark Dayton Endorses Rick Nolan in 8th District
</p> “I am proud to endorse and I enthusiastically support Rick Nolan for Congress,” Dayton said in a statement. “We need more than a ‘good vote’ in a Congress.
Continuing Resolution Clears Way for Other Battles
The House was moving Tuesday to take up a bill on disaster relief in the hopes of passing one this week.
Rising Star Julian Castro Gets Prime Speaking Slot at DNC
</p> Castro will share the Sept. 4 speaking duties in Charlotte, N.C., with first lady Michelle Obama.
Olympic Members
</p> Rep. Ralph Harold Metcalfe (D-Ill.)
Deal to Avert Government Shutdown Appears Imminent
</p> A senior Democratic aide signaled that Reid would comment on the matter following the Democratic Conference’s weekly lunch meeting.
Gary Peters Finds Strength Along 8 Mile
Gary Peters sways to the gospel music, drops a bill in the offering bucket and shoots up his right hand when the bishop exclaims, “Praise Him!”
Harry Reid Announces Deal to Avert Government Shutdown
</p> At a press availability this afternoon, Reid added that the continuing resolution would be “free of riders.”
GOP May Cross the Aisle for Aid Again
</p> GOP leadership aides said the bill is not meant to be a means to conference.
Postal Service Default Alarms Sen. Tom Carper
</p> When it became clear the House would not bring a bill to the floor, the Postal Service went forward with a less aggressive plan that was less likely to drive business away.
Violence Against Women Act’s Future Remains Uncertain
</p> In one of those only-on-the-Hill–type sagas, both parties are still struggling to find the time and resources to finish a bill that traditionally gets reauthorized easily and passed the Senate on
John Boehner Names Violence Against Women Act Conferees
</p> Boehner said in a statement that Reps.
Gridlock May Not Be All Bad for Obama
assortment of items Obama has asked for and Congress has delivered, including the extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, trade agreements, patent reform, a Federal Aviation Administration bill
Sequestration Transparency Act Not a Success
And it was indeed both overwhelming and bipartisan: The Senate did the almost unthinkable, passing a budget-related bill by voice vote a week after the House approved it 414-2.
GOP’s Beef With Meatless Monday
</p> Yet the critics raged on.</p> “One has to wonder whether the Dept of Ag supports Iowa farmers since it is promoting ‘meatless Monday,’” Iowa Republican Sen.
Was Steven LaTourette About to Be Left Out in the Cold?
Bill Shuster, is a half-dozen years junior to LaTourette in experience.
Shop Talk: Out of the Game
</p> Texas Two-Step </p> Texas Lt. Gov.
Parties Face Contrasting Concerns in Arizona’s 9th
</p> Sinema has been on the political scene for about a decade.
Both Parties Prepare to Fight Over Sequester
</p> “The best way to move on the sequester is for the House to agree to our tax bill,” the aide continued.
Drought Throws Off GOP Focus on Tax Cuts
</p> House leaders grappled with the way forward: Either pass a yearlong extension of the 2008 farm bill with disaster aid attached or pass a stand-alone disaster relief bill.