Clash Over Boston Bombings, Immigration at Judiciary Hearing
</p> “If there are things that come up as a result of what happened in Boston that require improvements, let’s add them to the bill,” he said.
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</p> “If there are things that come up as a result of what happened in Boston that require improvements, let’s add them to the bill,” he said.
</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s base bill could have been one of the proposals most likely to pass, such as the mental-health funding proposal offered by Sens.
</p> “We’re not going to let them use what happened in Boston as an excuse,” Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., one of the “gang of eight” senators who wrote the bipartisan bill, said Sunday on CNN.
Jeff Sessions of Alabama and David Vitter of Louisiana held a rival news conference around the same time that the “gang of eight” introduced its bill.
</p> Earlier this month, supporters of the Senate bill pre-emptively attacked Heritage Senior Research Fellow Robert Rector for what they contend was a “flawed” a 2007 study examining the cost of providing
</p> If Boehner has a preference for pushing his conference to support the House group’s comprehensive bill, which could be ready to unveil in May, he hasn’t said so, although he has repeatedly praised
The Senate resumes consideration of a bill that would allow states to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes.
</p> “Enacting this repeal bill as part of a comprehensive tax reform package will be an important step toward restoring fairness to the tax code and protecting vulnerable populations from a costly and
</p> The FBI’s Boston field office, at least, lived up to the national trust bestowed on police.
Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster.</p> “Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight?” Cantor tweeted.
</p> Sources say, however, he is also privately weighing a run for the elder Johnson’s seat.
</p> Stepping Stone-Ridge </p> The Stoneridge Group, a Republican firm in Georgia, hired Anthony Bonna as senior digital strategist. </p> Bonna will be based in Orlando, Fla.
</p> Lawmakers and aides involved in the secret bipartisan group privately warn that Goodlatte could potentially blow up the push for an immigration bill in the House.
</p> Rep. Bill Cassidy’s, R-La., decision this month to challenge Democratic Sen. Mary L. Landrieu opened a highly desirable district for ambitious Republicans, including a former congressman.
</p> The Senate committee has not said when it will mark up a farm bill, but the House Agriculture Committee has set May 15 for its markup.
</p> Three policy debates to watch in the House include: </p> The pathway to citizenship. Rep.
The Senate begins work on a bill that would allow states to collect sales taxes from most online retailers.
</p> The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, published a blog post in the afternoon arguing that passage of a Senate bill that would strengthen border security but also provide a path to citizenship