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</p> In one of his first political gigs, as special counsel for then-Democratic Gov. Buddy Roemer, Kennedy defended the governor’s veto of an anti-abortion bill.
</p> <p class="p1">“For several months, we have joined thousands of our states’ retired coal miners and their families to call for a vote on this bipartisan, paid-for bill.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Following the room lottery draw, members-elect walked around the Cannon and Longworth House office buildings to check out the spaces.
</p> “Shifting the current target of 308 ships upwards would be ‘remarkably easy’ as long as there is funding to pay the bill, the top uniformed Navy official said in an interview at the annual Reagan
And Bill Clinton (Aug. 19) had nothing beyond a devoted mother, Virginia Kelley.</p> But all three future presidents came into a world under the shadow of the atomic bomb.
</p> Biden was in the Capitol to preside over a procedural vote to limit debate on a bill that includes support for the cancer “moonshot” he has championed since the death of his son Beau, the former
</p> Will Mattis just impress Trump going forward? Or will he change his mind? That is the question.</p> Take Russia.
</p> Toomey is best known for backing a bill in 2013 that would expand background checks in the case of gun sales (known as Manchin-Toomey), legislation that played a major role in his re-election campaign
</p> Vice President-elect Mike Pence was on the Hill to meet with his Republican colleagues. </p> Here is the week in photos:</p>Workers from the Architect of the Capitol unload the U.S.
Bill Flores is defending the hosts of a home improvement show who have come under fire because of their church.
</p> The goal is to finish the bill before a new Congress is sworn in and before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump to have another attempt at immigration reform in the future.
The International Business Times reports that “America’s armed servicemen and women could receive their largest pay raise in five years under a congressional bill that seeks to override President Barack
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Correa flashed peace signs as he walked back down the aisle to his seat, also giving high-fives along the way.
A bill known as the Sentencing and Corrections Reform Act gained bipartisan support, but did not come to the Senate floor due to a group of staunch opponents.
</p> “’Such words were already included in the two houses’ separate versions of the NDAA for next year when they deliberated in the first half of this year,’ ministry spokeswoman Eleanor Wang said.”
In a potentially momentous departure from longstanding law, the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill Congress will send President Barack Obama in the coming days would expand the aims of America’s strategic
</p> Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the HELP committee, said her colleagues are “getting very excited” about the bill.
would first need to adopt a budget resolution that grants special permission for the writing of a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill.
Reuters reports that “a compromise version of a massive U.S. defense policy bill omits controversial provisions such as a clause Democrats said allowed discrimination against homosexuals and a requirement
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) “Identifying drug-impaired drivers can be very difficult, time-consuming and costly,” he added.