After Gun Defeat, Where Does Obama Go From Here?
Republicans and many red-state Democrats — four of whom defected on the background check bill — still fear the repercussions of crossing the National Rifle Association.</p> Vice President Joseph R.
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Republicans and many red-state Democrats — four of whom defected on the background check bill — still fear the repercussions of crossing the National Rifle Association.</p> Vice President Joseph R.
</p> That supermajority requirement will probably result in no changes at all to the underlying bill.
</p> The last incumbent CQ Roll Call can recall raising such a small amount of money was Roscoe G.
</p> A veteran Ohio public officeholder, Wilson was first elected to the House in the 2006 Democratic wave and was defeated by Republican Bill Johnson in the 2010 Republican wave.
</p> Either way, what Harry Reid did on Wednesday was mostly unexpected — and largely overlooked.
</p> Under the bill, unauthorized immigrants may apply to receive legalized status, known as Registered Provisional Immigrant Status.
Here are just eight of the potholes that lie ahead for the immigration bill:</p> 1.
</p> The Senate’s “gang of eight” was due to file its comprehensive bill Tuesday evening, and a key Republican member of the House bipartisan immigration working group said he viewed that development
</p> Democratic aides tracking the bill said their magic number was a bit higher and said that members of both parties are still being lobbied.
The Senate will hold a series of votes on nine amendments to a gun control bill.
</p> “Bottom line — without Craig Hughes running that race, I wouldn’t be Senator today,” said Bennet, now Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chairman, in a statement.
</p> “I’ll never forget, I was having lunch with some staffers for another senator, this was 40 years ago, and I happened to mention my boss, Bill Hathaway, was interested in this and this and this,”
</p> Mara came to D.C. the summer before his senior year of college, in 1996, to intern for then-Sen. John H. Chafee, R-R.I.
</p> The central provisions of the bipartisan Senate immigration package were released overnight.
there’s a reason for everybody to vote against a comprehensive immigration bill.
</p> Another group member, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that the bill is ready to be rolled out on Tuesday.
McCain is one of eight senators in the bipartisan group working to draft the bill, which they had hoped to unveil Tuesday.</p> Sen.
</p> All of this could change, of course. There could be opposition to Rubio’s bill brewing in the House, to say nothing of it’s still uncertain future in the Senate.
</p> “Both houses of Congress passed this bill unanimously and it was not done in a vacuum,” Press Secretary Jay Carney said.