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The Washington Post reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “introduced a bill Tuesday night to extend through 2020 a controversial surveillance authority under the Patriot Act.”
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he “hoped” to move a Trade Promotion Authority bill through the Senate ahead of the Memorial Day recess, less than 24 hours after the Senate Finance Committee approved
Bill Shuster’s relationship with a top aviation lobbyist, Speaker John A.
</p> The pact is a priority for the White House and most congressional Republicans.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) Updated 2:29 p.m. | Get ready to start calling her “Attorney General Loretta Lynch.”
Boehner, R-Ohio, said a bill to grant Obama trade promotion authority would have “strong support from House Republicans.”
executive actions and later as a bargaining chip in an unrelated debate over anti-abortion provisions in a human-trafficking bill.
</p> “I always thought that, well, charity could take care of the problem and we’re OK,” he said of why he began lobbying. “But, again, look at the farm bill.
</p> Since 2010, he has worked to continue the trend of chef activism in Washington.
</p> </p> This week, Republicans on the Science Committee are ignoring that tradition and moving forward on a partisan research bill that is erroneously named America Competes.
</p> The North Carolina Republican joined Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in introducing a bill late Tuesday that just might get an administration reaction.
</p> </p> Lowenthal has introduced a bill (HR 1308) to establish a freight trust fund that would draw revenue from a 1-percent fee on the cost of transporting goods.
He played much the same role in the fracas over executive orders on immigration in the homeland security spending bill.
<p class="p1">Red tulips on the West Lawn of the Capitol frame the Dome on Monday.
</p> </p> All this has made Congress unable to muster the political will to enact a long-term highway bill. And nothing looks likely to shift this year.
To do so, both chambers would then have to use the budget resolution to pass a reconciliation bill that cuts funding.
</p> </p> In 2005, a six-year highway bill maintained high levels of spending but did nothing to boost revenue, depleting the fund’s balance even further.
</p> The Idaho Republican said if an Ex-Im reauthorization bill went through the committees of jurisdiction — mainly the Financial Services Committee, where Texas Republican Jeb Hensarling, who is staunchly
</p> Event organizer Sen.
</p> But the rally’s focus is not on the legislative branch.