Democrats Tweaking Domestic Violence Legislation
</p> But Republicans also raised a more technical concern about the bill Democrats pushed through the Senate last April.
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Competing Measures Attempt to Hold Congressional Pay Hostage
</p> The debt limit bill appears to have enough GOP support to win House passage with its pay provision intact.
House Debt Bill Puts Senate in a Pickle
The House bill would prolong the nation’s borrowing capacity until May.
Lance Armstrong May Get a Pass From Senate Panel
</p> Incoming Chairman Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., said his top priority for the committee, which oversees the U.S. Postal Service, is to pass a new postal overhaul bill.
Reid Unveils First 10 Bills
Essentially, Senate Democrats are reserving the first 10 bill numbers for their top priorities, although the legislative language may not be finalized for some time.
Filibuster Changes Will Wait on Sandy Aid, Reid Says
</p> In trying to move the Sandy bill before any filibuster rules changes, Reid will need unanimous consent from Republicans.
Club for Growth Gives GOP Cover on Debt Vote
</p> House Republican leaders are bringing a bill to the floor Wednesday that would raise the debt ceiling without making commensurate cuts — the first time they have dropped that demand since 2011’s
Today at a Glance: Jan. 23, 2013
The House considers a bill that would provide a four-month suspension of the nation’s debt limit and would condition a long-term increase on adoption of a budget in each chamber of Congress.
Wolfensberger: Process Gimmicks Can’t Replace Policymaking
It was eventually enacted in 1985 as the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (aka Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) in a bill to raise the national debt limit.
People on the Move
</p> Amy Friend has been hired as the top lawyer for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Amar: Filibuster Changes Made Simple
Thus a new relief bill had to be affirmatively repassed by the new Senate, alongside the new House. </p> So the correct answer to our simple yes-or-no question is yes and no.
Reid Throws Filibuster Ball Into GOP’s Court
</p> “Leader Reid has left open two paths to rules changes.
Interests’ Presence Felt In 2012, Filings Show
</p> Here are some of the costliest and most notable lobbying efforts:</p> Big Business Fights Fiscal Cliff </p> The fiscal-cliff standoff kept the big-business lobbyists busy.
Today at a Glance: Jan. 22, 2013
</p> The House considers a bill to reauthorize programs related to medical disaster and emergency response programs.
Debt Limit Move Provides Budget Deal Opportunity
The House GOP bill made public just as Obama’s second inauguration ceremony was getting under way would suspend the salaries of members of the House or the Senate if either chamber does not adopt a budget
USAID’s Shah Forges Unlikely Relationships With Conservative Republican Members
</p> And they were stuck.
History Shows Midterm Elections a Hard Slog for President’s Party
</p> The last two midterm cycles produced big wave elections for the party out of power in the White House.
A Day for Capitol Pomp, Not Partisanship
</p> Addressing the luncheon, Obama struck a chord of togetherness, telling the congressional leaders, Cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court justices, Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and their families