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</p> “The fact of the matter is, it was a bipartisan bill … and it was turned into a partisan bill,” House Minority Whip Steny H.
</p> Heller said he could back the bill provided that the amendment is adopted and that no adverse changes are agreed to before final passage.
</p> That’s the symbolically important goal set by proponents of the bill, who believe such a show of support would persuade a majority of the House’s majority Republicans to ultimately embrace similar
That’s a question Boehner isn’t yet prepared to answer, but he knows the Senate bill isn’t strong enough.</p> “This week, the Congressional Budget Office agreed,” Boehner continued.
Now that the farm bill has gone down in flames on the House floor, it’s on to the next competitive venture on Capitol Hill: Democrats and Republicans seeing who can buy more booze, with the proceeds going
“What was done to us in this process was troubling, because whether we’re talking about a federal transportation bill, which used to be the most bipartisan measure considered by the House and Senate …
</p> He went on to call Allen’s email “wrong,” “incredibly demeaning” and “dumb.” He repeatedly described Allen’s email as an unwelcome distraction from his work on the farm bill.
</p> A Misunderstood Law </p> Full implementation of the health care law is mere months away.
</p> Forty-five of them will more than double their 2012 salary.
</p> That became immediately apparent when top GOP appropriator Richard C.
</p> The Obama-Xi agreement builds on Kerry’s earlier efforts in China to form a climate task force.
recent esoteric incidents, like the posthumous election of Mel Carnahan, D-Mo., in 2000 — which the authors call “a tactic without precedent” — and the “diagnosis” of Terri Schiavo by Majority Leader Bill
</p> But this year (following last year’s failure to produce a comprehensive bill), many of the usual suspects on the left and the right are once again approaching the bill as if it’s a crucial test on
</p> “I’m not concerned about the bill,” the Iowa Republican said on Wednesday afternoon. “[Boehner] has given his word.”
</p> Manchin told CQ Roll Call he briefly discussed the future of the bill with Englebardt Lautenberg at her husband’s funeral.
</p> Boehner has backed the group’s effort but has not said he would support the bill.
</p> A Republican leadership aide signaled that there may not be enough time to finish the 103 amendments to the bill (HR 1947) approved by the House Rules Committee, and a Democratic aide said Republicans
</p> Changing the way helium gets sold scores as a winner, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Senate version of the bill would save roughly $495 million.
</p> Before voting for that GOP-backed bill, DeFazio noted in a floor speech that he was not enamored of the entire measure.