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</p> We need to set a course soon.
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</p> We need to set a course soon.
</p> He met with Sens. Mark S.
</p> Twenty-one months before Floridians hit the polls, the big question is whether unpopular Republican Gov.
</p> Lew most recently was Obama’s chief of staff and earlier served as the administration’s budget director, a position he also held in the 1990s under President Bill Clinton.
Congress has for the past few years used the Legislative Branch appropriations bill to set an example of its own willingness to make sacrifices in the name of fiscal discipline, slashing line items to
</p> The list includes businesswoman Nan Stockholm Walden, a staffer to former Sens. Bill Bradley and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Another Democrat, state Sen. Steve Farley, previously eyed the seat.
</p> In his speech, Obama said the minimum wage should increase from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour by 2015 and be indexed to inflation.
</p> The Senate passed its bill (S 47) earlier this month with broad bipartisan support.
</p> “We have moved a bill in the House twice. We should not have to move a third bill before the Senate gets off their ass and begins to do something,” he said.
</p> After a fractious caucus meeting Tuesday, McConnell said the GOP may want to offer multiple proposals.</p> Nothing doing, said Reid.
This week, however, the flamboyant celebrity is exercising his diplomatic chops and walking in the footsteps of illustrious diplomats, such as Ambassador Bill Richardson, by visiting one of the world’s
</p> The South Carolina lawmaker said the president showed he would be flexible. </p> “He committed himself and his office to be helpful, and I believe him.” Graham said.
</p> “There are too many Republicans in Congress … who refuse to compromise an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes,” Obama said.</p> Obama noted that Speaker John A.
</p> Both Hanna and Ros-Lehtinen have taken public positions on same-sex unions that diverge from the party’s platform in the past.
</p> Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said he would oppose Lew’s nomination on the floor.
</p> And in a trip to Newport News, Va., with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, Virginia Republican Rep.
</p> All 200 House Democrats are co-sponsors of a House bill (HR 11) that is a companion to the Senate measure.
</p> Community Mental-Health Centers: S 264 </p> Introduced by Sen.
</p> “The committee rules allow any member to hold over a bill or nominee until the next business meeting.