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Carper and other key players are eyeing potential endgame talks on a multi-year surface transportation bill if the parties can agree on a short-term extension of spending beyond the May 31 cutoff of the
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) Long shut out of statewide office, Southern California Democrats saw a glimmer of hope last week, when Orange County Rep.
</p> Unlike Rand Paul’s filibuster of the choice of John O.
</p> Sanchez represents a tiny sliver of the state’s massive population.
</p> The House passed the annual legislative branch spending bill Tuesday, with language extending the congressional salary freeze for a seventh consecutive year.
</p> The House passed the annual legislative branch spending bill Tuesday, with language extending the congressional salary freeze for a seventh consecutive year.
</p> “If it became part of the trade bill, it would be signed into law,” Reid said. “The president loves the bank. He said so publicly. We’ve been trying to get this done.
</p> “If it became part of the trade bill, it would be signed into law,” Reid said. “The president loves the bank. He said so publicly. We’ve been trying to get this done.
</p> </p> The most noticeable place this can be seen so far is in the House’s fiscal 2016 Military Construction-VA appropriations bill, which flatlines the VA’s major construction budget at $562 million
</p> </p> “I certainly think we ought to allow a vote on the House-passed bill,” said McConnell, R-Ky. “If there aren’t enough votes to pass that, we need to look at an alternative.”
</p> But regular order could very well mean the Senate tacks an Ex-Im reauthorization onto another must-pass bill.
</p> But regular order could very well mean the Senate tacks an Ex-Im reauthorization onto another must-pass bill.
</p> The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water has decided against including money for Yucca Mountain in his bill, putting off the debate until the bill is approved by
</p> Lawmakers passed, 357-67, the fiscal 2016 Legislative Branch appropriations bill to fund the operations of the House and congressional support agencies.
Unlike the monstrous bill that created these circumstances, my bill is short and to the point: It repeals the 30-hour definition of full-time employment, and restores the 40-hour standard.
that would extend spending authority through July 31 </p> The ringleaders of an effort to derail the latest stop-gap bill, however, have changed their strategy.
The House margin was well north of even a veto-proof majority (though the White House is fully behind the bill).
The bill continues to gain strong bipartisan support as it becomes increasingly clear that food labeling should be handled on a federal level.
</p> Others prefer to play it more confessional.