Winners and Losers from the Defense Bill
The highlights:</p> Winners: </p> Military bases: The final defense bill includes about $1.3 billion more for base operations and maintenance funds than the Defense Department requested.
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Senate Passes Bill to Expand FEC Fines
</p> The Senate approved the bill by unanimous consent. The House had passed the measure on Nov. 18th. The measure now goes to the President for signing.
Grin and Bear and Long-Term Care | Madisonville
“Let’s not believe we’ll find a solution in one hearing,” Chairman Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said. That was about as big a surprise as a 75th birthday in the nursing home.
Obama Would Veto Iran Sanctions Bill
Shortly after 26 senators signed on to a new bipartisan Iran sanctions bill, the White House declared it veto bait.
Now the Hard Part: 3 Weeks to Apportion $1 Trillion
</p> The four-dozen or so members involved have given themselves less than three weeks to agree on the several thousand line items in the bill, which will be written as non-amendable legislation dictating
Senate Deal Sets Up Friday Christmas Exit, Pushes Yellen Confirmation to 2014 (Updated)
</p> Many GOP senators, still bristling from the rules changes enabling Democrats to proceed on said nominees, were planning to hit the exits for Christmas after Thursday night’s 11:15 defense bill vote
Harry Reid Warms to Rand Paul
</p> (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Following months where they have openly and often vehemently clashed on everything from the administration’s divisive drone program to the fate of Federal Reserve Board
Hitting Budget Numbers May Be Up for Auction | Commentary
</p> While how to hold an auction may seem esoteric and technical, these two debates are deeply interconnected.
Senate Clears Budget Deal With Bipartisan Vote
</p> Three Republicans who voted “yes” on cloture Wednesday voted “no” against the final agreement: Roy Blunt of Missouri, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Jeff Flake of Arizona.
Leahy Threatens to Change Judiciary Panel Rules to Fight Republican Obstruction (Updated)
“This obstruction sets back the bipartisan cooperation we have seen in recent weeks on such legislative matters as the budget, the defense authorization bill, and the Farm Bill.
Podesta Apologizes for ‘Jonestown’ Remark After Getting Ripped by Boehner Spokesman
earlier this fall, before the former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton was named to the White House post.
The Year in Political Money: Less Transparency, More Deregulation | Rules of the Game
Congressional Democrats lost no time reintroducing the transparency bill known as the DISCLOSE Act, which had come close to passing in the previous Congress.
Booze, Books, Model Cars Traded Among Senate Secret Santas
</p> Vermont Democrat Patrick J.
The 4 Types of House Retirements to Come
</p> The Tired Young Bucks </p> Democrats hope Reps. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., and Jon Runyan, R-N.J., have started a trend.
Herman Cain to Campaign for Louisiana House Candidate
</p> Dietzel is running in the open 6th District, which is being vacated by GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy. The congressman is running for the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Mary L.
McConnell Suggests Fight Over Debt Limit in 2014
</p> The current debt ceiling agreement is anticipated to last through mid-February, a month after Congress has to fund the government to avoid another shutdown.
Murray-Ryan Budget Deal Overcomes Key Senate Test
</p> The deal will provide appropriators with top-line spending levels just a bit above $1 trillion for each of two years while dulling the blade of the sequestration ax.
Appropriators Finally Get Their Chance
of the catch-all omnibus bill, Rogers said.
Iran Sanctions Held Up by Competing Senators, Chamber Schedule
</p> Even if senators were able to coalesce around a single proposal, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and negotiators on a defense bill have cut off the opportunity to amend it.
Will FDA Salmon Ruling Lead to Labeling Law?
</p> Earlier this year, Begich introduced a bill that would require labels on the genetically engineered salmon. Sen.