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think, ‘Oh, if we pass a new mandatory minimum of five years, these people are going to sit there and pore over the U.S. code and say, “Oh, I was going to do that, but I think Congress is entertaining a bill
</p> </p> Not only do we know how critical this is, we know it’s possible.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) Conservative outside groups have made it crystal clear they want John McCain out of the Senate, but a fog remains over whether any will back the Arizona Republican
</p> </p> But the quick-fix legislation will include strings, something Miller indicated he would push for in a budget deal.
</p> Speaker John A.
</p> For the House, a six-year bill arriving in about a week could cause an issue for the August recess, too. </p> Samar Khurshid contributed to this report.
By JM Rieger and Matt Fuller</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> <p class="p1">With the Senate still working through a six-year highway bill, and with just four scheduled legislative days before the Highway Trust
With the transportation bill potentially unavailable, GOP senators are looking elsewhere. </p> The issue led longtime abortion-rights ally Sen.
</p> </p> The Senate Appropriations Committee adopted three amendments to the fiscal 2016 Financial Services spending bill related to the communist island nation, including a provision that would allow
(The Senate hasn’t passed a single appropriations bill this year.)
Merkley, D-Ore., were warming up for Wednesday night’s Washington Kastles Charity Classic tennis match when they got the court-side call: They were needed back on Capitol Hill for a vote on the highway bill
</p> Ultimately, a pay freeze amendment was adopted for fiscal 1996 as part of the old Treasury, Postal Service and general government appropriations bill, but that applied only to that year, as opposed
to the appropriations bill with jurisdiction over the agency.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) Sen.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) With a day of testimony on both sides of the Capitol Thursday to sell the Iran deal, Secretary of State John Kerry forcefully defended it amid sharp attacks and questioning mostly
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) Virginia Democrats say their congressional map can’t get any worse.
</p> It’s a high-risk approach , with consequences for every other current senator and House member and likely their successors as well.
</p> </p> At a markup of the bill on April 15, he called it bipartisan and said he expected it on the floor the following week.</p> </p> But since then, nothing has happened.
</p> </p> That data was defined as financial, but the bill authorized the FTC to expand it.
</p> On Wednesday morning, Speaker John A. Boehner seemed less than eager to take up the Senate six-year highway bill.