Mark Kirk: ‘No Frickin’ Way Am I Retiring’
</p> Although no Democrats have entered the race, Kirk said he is unafraid to take on any top potential challengers. </p> Rep.
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</p> Although no Democrats have entered the race, Kirk said he is unafraid to take on any top potential challengers. </p> Rep.
</p> “Within an hour, Republican leaders in the House announced that lawmakers would vote Thursday on a bill sponsored by Landrieu’s Republican rival, Rep. Bill Cassidy, to build the pipeline.”
</p> “The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee had planned to vote on North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven’s gas export bill Thursday afternoon.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reasserted President Barack Obama’s legal authority to change existing immigration laws Thursday, while saying Republicans should not attach a spending bill rider blocking
</p> Sen. Barbara A.
</p> </p> McConnell also twice refuted the notion Republicans would shut down the government over Obama’s expected executive action on immigration, amid speculation House Republicans may attach a rider
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi voiced her opposition Thursday to a House Republicans bill approving the Keystone XL pipeline because it would exempt TransCanada from having to pay into the Oil Spill Liability
Lowey of New York asking them to include a rider on a bill to fund the government — either an omnibus or another continuing resolution — that would block funds for the purpose of implementing any executive
</p> Republicans have warned the president not to take unilateral executive action and have raised the possibility that such a move could threaten work on an omnibus spending bill currently being developed
</p> </p> They join a growing list of states that have voted down labeling initiatives and legislation.
Bill Cassidy are facing off in one last legislative duel in which the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline is portrayed as so overriding an issue that it will drive votes at the Louisiana polls.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) Fresh off a historic House majority, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden said he is already pivoting to focus on protecting the incoming
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) President Barack Obama might want to find some veto pens. A lot of them.
</p> </p> The truth is, most people don’t even know about the use tax, so almost no one pays.
</p> “It’s a wonderful burden to have,” Walden said Wednesday afternoon at the NRCC. </p> House Republicans picked up 12 seats on election night, with a handful of races yet to be called.
</p> They also plan to use another power to strike at the heart of Obama’s pen-and-phone agenda.
(Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) House Republican leaders who have faced opposition from the most conservative wing of their own caucus in recent years may have stumbled across the best way to quash
</p> Cassidy, who is currently in a runoff election with Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, is the sponsor of the legislation. And aides say Cassidy’s bill is the same as a bill before the Senate.
</p> “So one big question is whether President Obama would veto … A lot may depend on the form that the bill takes.
</p> Norton points to the Washington Redskins name as the reason that the NFL should no longer be exempt from taxes. Her bill already has a Senate counterpart , introduced by Sen.