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Senate talks on crafting bipartisan Violence Against Women Act break down
Ernst said the bill had been swept up in “election year politics” that drove the negotiations off the rails.
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Ernst said the bill had been swept up in “election year politics” that drove the negotiations off the rails.
“But the closer you get to deadlines, the more heated the political environment, and there’s always the chance that you can slip off the rails and something will go wrong.” [jwp-video n=”2″]
/p> But Facebook’s privacy scandals and poor public reputation mean that lawmakers also see an opportunity in publicly chastising the social media giant, meaning this week’s hearings could go off the rails
Both parties knew that the meeting had the potential to go off the rails.
Republican congressman rails against NFL’s Buffalo Bills for charging tailgaters -
Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the attorney general last week of “going off the rails.”
Sexual harassment prevention training went off the rails. And the Architect of the Capitol has no unified system for effectively tracking complaints and resolutions of sexual harassment cases.
Clyburn said the discussion will be broad — not just about roads, bridges, ports and rails — but water and sewers and other forms of infrastructure.
“But the last two years he’s gone off the rails.
If Pelosi can keep her caucus between those guard rails, she’ll have managed the almost impossible and kept the integrity of her branch of government intact in the process.
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