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Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP have demonstrated the leadership necessary to try to produce the votes needed to pass this critical bill.
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Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP have demonstrated the leadership necessary to try to produce the votes needed to pass this critical bill.
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(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) It’s not too late to make plans to be part of one of the great set pieces of a Washington summer.
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The choice for Democrats will be whether to unite to block the authorization bill or to keep their powder dry until the appropriations process gets underway.
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Richard Trumka is president of the AFL-CIO, which has frozen campaign contributions to Democrats over a trade bill being debated in Congress.
</p> “It’s his responsibility,” she said. “Every time we had a bill under my speakership, you said it was a test of my leadership. It’s a test of his leadership. It’s his responsibility.”
There are also Democrats who say they’re being treated unfairly for taking an unpopular stance on one bill when they’ve been loyal to labor on nearly every other important issue.
</p> Grayson’s message lays out six talking points against the bill, in addition to listing supporters. “As a public service, we provide you their office phone numbers,” the message states.
</p> Of course, despite Tiberi’s call for bipartisanship, it doesn’t really matter whether it’s Republicans or Democrats who get the bill over the finish line.