Majority Whip-Elect Steve Scalise Staffs Up
</p> His new policy director comes from K Street: Bill Hughes, formerly the executive vice president of government affairs at the Retail Industry Leaders Association.
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</p> His new policy director comes from K Street: Bill Hughes, formerly the executive vice president of government affairs at the Retail Industry Leaders Association.
</p> </p> The most promising sign of legislative determination is a bill introduced by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Rep.
</p> </p> Awareness is the antidote to this silent epidemic.
Reid routinely moves to end debate as soon as a bill is taken up on the Senate floor.
</p> Democrats, of course, cried foul. </p> Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., said the lawsuit was “nothing more than a partisan bill to rally the Republican base.”
The earmark, which was included in a bill to provide funding for reconstruction efforts after Hurricane Katrina, rightfully drew scorn and ridicule from across the country.
“We have to have a smart bill ready to go, and we can’t be in denial about this,” Wells said in a Wednesday interview. He offered Maryland’s permit law as an example.
</p> But Republican lawmakers won’t wait until December for their invitation-only wake.
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</p> Speaker John A.
</p> The bill is far smaller than the $3.7 billion President Barack Obama sought for border security alone.
</p> “Yes, there will be a highway bill,” McConnell told reporters.
</p> They say the plan is to pass the bill Thursday, just as Congress intends to adjourn for the five-week summer recess.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi blistered the GOP’s border bill as “unjust and inhumane” in a statement Tuesday.
</p> At least that was the tone Hoyer struck Tuesday, even as he noted that he didn’t personally like the bill.
Leahy on Tuesday introduced a new surveillance overhaul bill that has the backing of civil liberties groups, but leaves an open question about what a House and Senate compromise on intelligence might look
</p> But the back-and-forth could make it more likely Boehner will need Democratic votes to pass a bill. </p> Rep.
</p> The video takes note of the bipartisan pediatric research bill Cantor championed, and includes a mention of his Jewish faith.
</p> Republicans received significantly lower rankings than Democrats.
</p> </p> Senate appropriators have inserted the $225 million for the Iron Dome into their version of a $3.6 billion emergency supplemental spending bill that would primarily address the crisis of