Paul and Cruz Chart Different Paths to Senate (and National) Power
</p> Cruz also has created an uncomfortable situation for his colleagues by setting up an artificial win-lose scenario for the GOP on a pending stopgap bill.
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Senators Float Proposals to Exempt Military From Shutdown
</p> In one effort, Colorado Democrat Mark Udall and Kansas Republican Jerry Moran unveiled a bill to keep the paychecks going out to uniformed military personnel, key civilians supporting national security
Hoyer Holds The Line
bill, the bill to shut down the National Labor Relations Board, the Violence Against Women Act and the two-part farm bill.
Ethics Dismisses Vitter Complaint Against Reid, Boxer
</p> Sassaman announced the finding in a letter to Vitter, in which he noted that Vitter didn’t provide evidence that Boxer and Reid had anything to do with the alleged misconduct.
Oleszek Wrote the Book on Congress | Procedural Politics
</p> The revolution included establishment of a “committee bill of rights” to counter arbitrary and obstructive chairmen, and the overthrow of the seniority system that automatically elevated the longest-serving
D.C. Considers Defying Congress by Refusing Shutdown
An emergency bill to keep the city operating would require the support of nine councilmembers. If passed and signed by Gray, it would be implemented immediately and effective for 90 days.
CR Timeline Gives Appropriators a ‘Jingle Bells’ Endgame
The continuing resolution the Senate will pass, likely on Saturday, would keep the government operating for only the next seven weeks — until Nov. 15, exactly a month earlier than the date in the House bill
Ted Cruz Takes the Floor, but Don’t Call It a Filibuster (Updated)
</p> The vote to limit debate on the motion to proceed to the fiscal 2014 stopgap spending bill — including for the moment the defunding of the 2010 health care law that Cruz supports — will occur no
McConnell Won’t Filibuster House-Passed CR
Ted Cruz’s strategy, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t support a filibuster of the House-passed continuing resolution that defunds Obamacare, since he supports that bill itself.</p> “Sen.
Senate GOP Prepares to Shoot Down Cruz’s Obamacare Strategy
</p> But a GOP-led filibuster puts many Republicans in the tough spot of opposing a bill they actually support while also likely causing a government shutdown.
Ted Cruz, Harry Reid Spar Over Obamacare, Brinkmanship
</p> Cruz, the Texas Republican who pushed the House GOP into adding defunding language to its bill to keep the government funded past Sept. 30, sought to blame Reid, and by extension Democrats, for causing
‘Prince of Asphalt’ Braces for Primary Challenge
In another era, House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster would have his House district on lockdown.
Mike Lee Likens Obamacare Fight to Revolutionary War
One of the senators leading the opposition to funding Obamacare in the stopgap spending bill is comparing the fight to one of the greatest battles for liberty in the history of the republic.
Senators Should Replace Sequester, Progressive Caucus Leaders Urge
</p> The letter, obtained by CQ Roll Call, urges senators to send back to the House a spending bill that, unlike the House measure, replaces automatic budget cuts known as the sequester.
Fighting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Is a Bipartisan Cause
Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., and Gene Green, D-Texas, are working on a new bill to help smooth the pathway to get antibiotics to market.
‘Coming Out’ Spot Raked In $100K for House Race
</p> Code for Progress will have a launch event on Wednesday hosted by Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., both of New Jersey, Reps.
House GOP Sets Up Staredown With Obama Over Debt Limit
While House Republican leaders are waiting for the Senate to restore funding to Obamacare in the stopgap spending bill, they are also refining their approach to the second fiscal showdown of the fall —
Averting Calamity Comes Down to Boehner’s Leadership Skills
</p> Their sabotage efforts look, as Obama charges, entirely political.
How Bad Is the GOP Rift? Worse Than Democrats in the 1980s
</p> “People like Bill Clinton, Bruce Babbitt and Al Gore realized that if they wanted to be president, they needed to change the party.
Showdown Week in Congress
</p> “I have said it before, but it seems to bear repeating: The Senate will not pass any bill that defunds or delays Obamacare,” Reid said last week.