Schumer at Center of Democrats’ Trade Drama
to the separate customs bill last month.
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With the House set to vote on the fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took time to slam the measure at her weekly news conference Thursday, calling the legislation “bad
</p> The panel approved in an 8-3 party-line vote a structured rule (H Res 260) for consideration of amendments to the bill (HR 1735), which will likely be debated Thursday on the House floor.
</p> Passage of the Brooks amendment will prompt a sigh of relief from GOP leaders, who feared its failure would put the entire NDAA bill in jeopardy — at least 25 House Republicans said their support
</p> Plenty of Republicans likely voted for the Brooks amendment out of loyalty to leadership and to protect the NDAA bill. One such member was Rep.
</p> After John A.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) A plan is circulating on Capitol Hill and among immigrant advocate groups to give Republicans in Congress the chance to get something constructive done this year on
</p> In the middle of Tuesday afternoon, Carper stood out as the only member of his party voting in favor of advancing the trade liberalization legislation, the most consequential economic policy bill
He’s advocating — not for the first time — that Congress pass a “small bill” solving part of America’s immigration problem, recognizing that comprehensive reform has zero chance of enactment anytime soon
</p> In the middle of Tuesday afternoon, Carper stood out as the only member of his party voting in favor of advancing the trade liberalization legislation, the most consequential economic policy bill
</p> </p> “Are you really going to ask? That’s a stupid question,” Boehner said, cutting off a reporter’s question on Amtrak funding.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed the currency enforcement and customs trade bill Thursday, but it appears headed for oblivion in the House.</p> </p> The currency provisions proposed by Sen.
</p> He’s happy the Senate is moving forward on his fast-track trade bill but wants to keep reaching out to opponents on the left.
</p> <p class="x_MsoNormal">In an email blast late Thursday, the Nevada Democrat ripped Jeb Bush and Sen.
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</p> But accessing the roughly $36 billion in asbestos trust funds tends to require a lawyer.
</p> So Strickland’s team rolled out endorsement after endorsement — from the entire Ohio congressional delegation, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, even one from former President Bill Clinton
</p> Strickland has used the age differential to his own advantage, too. Sittenfeld, at 30, is just old enough to legally run for Senate. </p> “This is not a Little League Baseball game.
</p> The Michigan Democrat also presented the bill as a direct challenge to Roe v.
</p> </p> The bill would provide more than $40.25 billion from the Highway Trust Fund to be spent on the federal-aid highways program, a level equal to the fiscal 2015 and $9.8 billion less than the