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</p> </p> “I think it’s pretty obvious that the president does not want Congress to have any say so over the bad deal that we are certain — he seems to be inclined to make,” McConnell said. “… To make
</p> That bit of news seemed to fire up conservatives almost as much as the DHS bill.</p> “Again the hypocrisy,” Raúl R. Labrador told CQ Roll Call.
</p> “To be honest with you,” Rep. Paul Gosar told CQ Roll Call, “not all of it is his fault.” </p> It’s not all Boehner’s fault, says Gosar, echoing a lot of House Republicans.
</p> But facing certain defeat on the cloture vote just to take up the bill (after Democratic caucus supporters revolted over the timing), the Kentucky Republican has changed course.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) Sen. Mark S. Kirk became the latest Republican to suggest reports of corruption charges against Sen.
</p> </p> The headaches in the past two Congresses over the farm bill, meanwhile, demonstrated how heavy a lift the next one will be if serious changes aren’t made.
Dold, left, attended a news conference introducing a bipartisan gun control bill.
told reporters Monday night that timing of the news about a pending indictment for the New Jersey Democrat could be related to efforts by Menendez to rally support within his party for an Iran sanctions bill
</p> It’s payback, King said, for his opposition to funding the Department of Homeland Security because the bill didn’t explicitly block President Barack Obama’s immigration executive actions.
The new bill would make it so that medical professionals and their patients involved in the use of marijuana and cannabidiol oils for medicinal purposes would not run the risk of running afoul of federal
</p> Last week, Illinois Rep. Robert Dold, one of the most endangered House Republicans, signed onto a bipartisan bill that would expand background checks for gun purchasers.
</p> Cotton is a Republican from Arkansas.
</p> </p> And wait.</p> </p> But it doesn’t have to be this way.
</p> That approach has produced a rollicking story of politics, journalism and what it means to be a free people. </p> The clear villain is Secretary of State Timothy Pickering.
</p> One of their top priorities is ensuring a long-term transportation bill that would authorize transportation funding for at least six years, and allow cities to make funding decisions.
Unfortunately, the bill features overzealous and short-sighted provisions that ignore recent changes in both IP law and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office regulations.
</p> CNN first reported Friday that Attorney General Eric H.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Updated 10:20 a.m. Monday | Ambitious House Democrats looking to position themselves as future caucus leaders thought they’d face stiff competition from Rep.
So pipeline backers are looking past this week’s doomed vote and have begun to mull attaching Keystone to an appropriations bill, the transportation reauthorization bill, or broader energy legislation.
</p> Landrieu, the Louisiana Democrat who lost re-election in 2014 to Republican Bill Cassidy, was known for a particular level of tenacity in and around the Senate chamber.