White House Sees Opening in GOP Revolt
</p> Indeed, senior administration officials Saturday talked about the bill as a done deal, one they contended would benefit them politically because they believed Republicans would be hard-pressed not
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Heller Pursues Bipartisanship With an Eye on 2012
Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on a bill to withhold Members’ pay unless the budget and appropriations bills are approved; introduced legislation co-sponsored by six Democrats to repatriate the remains of sailors
John Boehner: House GOP Will Reject Extenders Bill
their own bill instead.
Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill
“Not one of us has read every page in this bill. I see the chairman raising his hand, and I take him at his word. That means 434 of us have to rely on his advice.”
GOP Leaders Reject Payroll Tax Deal
</p> Senate Democrats appeared in no hurry Sunday to call their Members back to take up whatever bill the House might produce this week.
Lee and Medcalf: Invest in Infrastructure, Create 6 Million Jobs
A major reason the administration’s infrastructure bill failed to pass was Democrats’ insistence on taxing millionaires to pay for bridges and Republicans’ refusal to allow new taxes for bridges or anything
House Will Likely Modify Senate Extenders Package
</p> The chamber will also vote on the Senate-passed version of the bill, according to the office of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
White House Touts Wins in Year-End Deals
</p> Republican aides, however, say that the bill will force Obama to take ownership of killing the pipeline and the jobs that would go with it.
Senate Wraps Up Business for the Year, Ball Now in House’s Court
to a disaster relief bill.
House GOP Conference Wholly Unsatisfied With Senate Extenders Deal
</p> Republicans on the call said there was deep, widespread unhappiness with the Senate bill.
Senate Passes Two-Month Extension of Payroll Tax Cut
</p> The measure also included language on the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would require the administration to make a decision on whether to authorize the project within 60 days.
‘My Mission Was to Keep Them Safe’
When House Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood leaves his Capitol Hill office of 17 years in January, he’ll likely return two framed digital prints of paintings by famed 19th-century Western artist Frederic
Spending Bill Settled, House GOP Ready for Fight on Extenders
The CR, he said, is to give staff time to enroll the 1,200-page bill.</p> “I think it runs until next Friday just to cover the delays in enrolling.
House Passes Approps Package
</p> Today, 147 Republicans joined 149 Democrats to pass the $1 trillion bill. In total, 86 Republicans voted against it, as did 35 Democrats.
Senate Has a Payroll Tax Deal and a Saturday Vote
</p> But leaders were unable to resolve differences over how to pay for the larger bill, leaving the more modest package as the last resort for lawmakers itching to go home for the holidays.
D.C. Abortion Provision Protest Yields Four Arrests
</p> Capitol Police gave multiple warnings that a failure to clear out would result in arrests.
Pelosi’s Expert Was Also Business Partner
</p> Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said, “Bill Hambrecht has been an intellectual resource on both sides of the Capitol.
House Administration Panel Backs Cuts for Every Committee, Save Ethics
</p> Overall, committee spending would be trimmed 6.4 percent in 2012, as called for in the House-passed legislative branch appropriations bill.
California Rep. Denham Thinks Large and Small
He’s not bashful about having latched on to a pet bill that has been his main pass route in the House: “I don’t take no for an answer.”