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As I have said repeatedly, the Senate will reject any Republican attempt to force changes to the Affordable Care Act through a mandatory government funding bill or the debt ceiling.
</p> House leaders made the bill even more unpalatable to Senate Democrats by including a “conscience clause” allowing employers and insurers to opt out of providing coverage for contraception if they
a crucial day in the government shutdown showdown, House Republican lawmakers said Saturday that they expect their leaders to propose Obamacare-related amendments to a Senate-passed stopgap spending bill
</p> But Rep. Peter T. King, R-N.Y., indicated how divisive the proposal has become among House Republicans.</p> “I think it would be a terrible idea,” he said.</p> Sen.
</p> This week’s marathon speech by Sen.
</p> Senate passage of the bill occurred as expected.
. — or in layman’s terms, the last day the government will be operational if Congress cannot send a bill to the president to avert a shutdown.
</p> When asked how she felt about passing a bill at the sequester level even for 45 days, however, Pelosi demurred: “We’ll see what the Senate sends back to us.”
Barack Obama slammed “extremist” Republicans affiliated with the tea party Friday for threatening a government shutdown, calling on the House to vote to keep the government open and quickly pass a clean bill
Congress couldn’t even pass a farm bill. After 10,000 days, McConnell’s spent so long in Washington, he’s lost touch with Kentucky. 10,000 days of Mitch McConnell. 10,000 reasons we need a change.”
Boehner, R-Ohio, and House leadership to pass a short-term stopgap spending bill without serious concessions from Democrats on the 2010 health care law.
</p> The company faces critics in Congress, too. Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara A.
</p> “At the end of the day, they’ve got to decide what kind of role they want to play.
</p> </p> creative editing “They’re seen as policy centers,” he said, charging many with marching forward with a “let’s continue to make our case” mentality.
Yet the Wisconsin Republican has not, seemingly, been at the forefront of the most recent fight over a stopgap spending bill, nor has he been a loud voice on the debt limit.
</p> The Arctic is a region where significant economic, social and national security interests collide.
</p> Federal regulators are now assessing the safety of one application of the technology.
</p> Others don’t like the substance of the Senate bill, arguing that House Democrats should not embrace a proposal that falls short of more progressive values.</p> One skeptic was Rep.
</p> Earlier in the day, Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said he believed his panel would be meeting on the debt limit bill Thursday evening.
</p> But that broader House Homeland Security draft bill is an example of some of the hurdles in the way of enacting a cybersecurity measure this year.