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Photos of the Week: House Heads Out Early, Senate Welcomes a Baby
</p> Without further ado, here’s the entire week in photos:</p>Dr. Ronny Jackson, nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs, arrives for a meeting with Sen.
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</p> Without further ado, here’s the entire week in photos:</p>Dr. Ronny Jackson, nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs, arrives for a meeting with Sen.
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</p> Watch: How Congress’ Schedule Is Supposed to Work</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> West Virginia West Virginia Sens.
</p>Disaster Bill Shuster said House leadership decided to attach the disaster policy bill because it’s a “must-pass bill.”
</p>The McConnell roadblock Yet McConnell, R-Ky., controls the floor, and without his support the full Senate won’t vote on the bill.
</p> “It’s my bill,” Blunt said. “They’d like to base that ship in Missouri, south of St. Louis, and we’re getting ready to do that. But they need to be able to operate the ship to do that.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) On Monday, House Chaplain Patrick J. Conroy, a Jesuit priest, announced he would be leaving his post, which he has held since 2011.
Cory Booker’s bill that would legalize marijuana.</p> The other co-sponsors are Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.
</p> “The formal complaint process works to the extent it’s utilized,” Duff said.
</p> Love made an unsuccessful run for Congress in 2012 against Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson.
</p> Watch: Three Questions About Ryan’s Future</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> For now, though, it seems like a retreat.
</p> The queen of the hill rule allows votes on multiple measures with the one receiving the most votes above the required simple majority vote threshold emerging as the House-passed bill.
</p> Talk to any lawmaker about an omnibus and they are quick to cite the litany of problems that a massive spending bill presents.
</p> Watch: Corker Says Blackburn Likely Six Points Behind Democrat in Tennessee Senate Race</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Corker said his
</p> “Louise’s friendship was a gift, a blessing,” said Rep. Paul Tonko, a fellow New York Democrat.</p> It was a blessing she shared.</p> “We all thought we were Louise’s best friend,” Pelosi said.
</p> However, the 21 percent corporate tax rate in the bill is “too low,” the Maryland Democrat said, declining to offer a proposal for a more appropriate rate.
</p> Democrats oppose the bill over that change, labeling it an attempt to push thousands of people out of the program.
</p> The president tweeted about the tax overhaul on Tuesday, saying, “So many people are seeing the benefits of the Tax Cut Bill. Everyone is talking, really nice to see!”
</p> Meanwhile, the Senate’s open-air, underground subway system that connects lawmaker office buildings to the Capitol was also under stress. Sen.