Whitehouse Preps for Book Party
</p> People we’re hoping will show up include the former president himself, Bill Clinton, who authored a rave review on the back cover of the Rhode Island Democrat’s book, as well as Sens.
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DeLauro and Morella: 20 Years, 100 Million Families Helped
Twenty years ago this week, President Bill Clinton made the Family and Medical Leave Act the first bill he signed into law.
Immigration Advocates Bullish on Obama’s State of the Union
</p> His comments come as a bipartisan group of eight senators released a framework for legislation and are currently drafting a bill.
Bill Clinton Offers Dose of Reality, Warning to House Dems
. — At a retreat here that has been notable for the improbable exuberance of an energized House Democratic Caucus, President Bill Clinton offered doubt.
Sen. King Calls for Judicial Oversight of Drone Strikes
Senate Intelligence Committee member Angus King on Friday asked the leaders of the panel to incorporate language into the fiscal 2014 intelligence authorization bill setting up a court to review targeted
Tea Party Changes Tack to Hit McConnell
</p> “We’re not doing earmarks anymore, so I don’t know that that’s valid criticism,” Paul said.
Farmer’s Use of Modified Seeds Reaches Supreme Court
</p> Lawyer Mark P. Walters, a Seattle patent attorney who worked his way through law school in a university seed lab, will make the arguments for Bowman.
White House Warns of Job Losses Under Sequester
</p> • 373,000 people losing access to mental-health treatment.</p> • 1,000 fewer federal agents at the FBI and other federal agencies.
Senate Queues Up Passage of Domestic Violence Law Renewal
</p> On Thursday, the Senate rejected a GOP alternative to the bipartisan bill (S 47) that would renew and update the 1994 law known as the Violence Against Women Act.
People on the Move
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.</p> Margaret Spellings has been hired as a member of the national steering committee at the Campaign to Fix the Debt, a debt reduction advocacy group.
House Democrats Release Gun Proposals Largely Mirroring Obama’s
</p> “I believe we must . . .
Hill Climbers: For Orlando Watson, Timing on Hill Was Elementary
</p> And timing was everything.
Cantor Pledges Domestic Violence Law Is an Early House Priority
</p> This year’s Senate bill scraps that visa revenue provision in an effort to expedite the legislation.
House Backs Balanced-Budget Measure
</p> The chamber passed the measure (HR 444), 253-167, with 26 Democrats breaking from their party to vote in favor of the bill. Paul Broun of Georgia was the lone Republican to vote in opposition.
GOP Defense Hawks Reprise Last Year’s Sequester Delay Bill
</p> The sponsors of the bill, House Armed Services Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., and New Hampshire Republican Sen.
The Next Jobs Bill Will Focus on Training Programs
</p> Committee Democrats opposed the GOP bill and will likely do so again. “That didn’t go over well,” ranking member George Miller, D-Calif., said.
End of Saturday Mail Delivery Gets Conservative Support
</p> “I know that (Oversight and Government Reform) Chairman (Darrell) Issa is interested in moving the postal reform bill.
Today at a Glance: Feb. 7, 2013
The Senate resumes consideration of a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act for five years.
Georgia: Broun Files Senate Paperwork Ahead of Afternoon Campaign Launch
</p> Broun is one of the chamber’s most socially and fiscally conservative members.
Obama, Senate Democrats Talk Budget at Retreat
</p> Meanwhile, Durbin also noted that he hopes that Congress can pass a postal reform bill. The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that it plans to stop Saturday delivery by August.