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</p> “What I think ought to be done on the defense bill, instead of doing all these nonessential nominations this week, we ought to be turning to the defense bill and opening it up for … amendments as
</p> The top four farm bill conferees — House Agriculture Chairman Frank D. Lucas, R-Okla., House Agriculture ranking member Collin C.
</p> “Democrats won’t support it,” the aide said of the bill.</p> Indeed, Democratic leadership sent out a “whip alert” Tuesday urging members to vote no.
</p> For instance, the bill would increase fees for aviation security through the Transportation Security Administration, while making collection more straightforward.
“I’m not about to give up my right to offer amendments because somebody wants to get a bill through that hasn’t been fully vetted.”
top defense lawmakers from the House and Senate announced a deal on a $632.8 billion National Defense Authorization Act on Monday, even before the Senate had passed its version of the Pentagon policy bill
</p> Sen. Barbara A.
</p> The bill itself is expected to be posted Tuesday night.</p> President Barack Obama and congressional leaders in both parties signed on to the deal Tuesday evening.
</p> Fortunately, the Medicare Part D Patient Safety and Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2013 (HR 3392) sponsored by Reps.
</p> While it’s true that Hoyer, and other members of Democratic leadership, begrudgingly supported a short-term stopgap spending bill at the sequester level of $986 billion in order to reopen the government
</p> While it’s true that Hoyer, and other members of Democratic leadership, begrudgingly supported a short-term stopgap spending bill at the sequester level of $986 billion in order to reopen the government
</p> Here are seven things to know about the newest member of Congress:</p> 1. Clark emerged from a crowded field of five Democrats this fall.
</p> Daschle’s sway was helped significantly by his decision to get in on the ground floor with his investment in Obama’s future.
</p> “The bill that we have come up with is not a Democratic bill or a Republican bill,” Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., said Monday on the Senate floor.
</p> The House is scheduled to take up H.R. 2019 at noon on Tuesday, December 10th. The bill was introduced on May 16th by Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., and has more than 150 co-sponsors.
</p> When senators left town for Thanksgiving, they were working on their chamber’s version of the fiscal 2014 edition of the defense policy bill, with no end in sight to an all-too-familiar dispute over
It would be a long shot for lawmakers to approve that bill, reconcile it with the Energy and Commerce bill (HR 2810) and have both chambers pass the new legislation all before recess.
“Facing a standoff in the Senate, the top Democrats and Republicans on Congress’ military panels are working on a backup plan to ensure that they complete a far-reaching defense policy bill before year
Roll Call: “The fact that the Senate failed to pass its own defense authorization bill doesn’t seem to have kept Armed Services Committee leaders from hammering out an agreement with their House counterparts
But negotiators on the farm bill believe they’ve found a way to make about $8 billion in savings from the program palatable for most Democrats.