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Carney said there were still holdups in the larger spending bill, and some Democrats on Capitol Hill pointed to differences in funding levels for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which the
“Quirky” was the word employed by Vice President Joseph Biden in a eulogy for Pell in 2009, and it certainly fit.
a position to rule on litigation in which she apparently had some involvement and which concerns legislation she herself supports, public confidence in the administration of justice is undermined.”
In the meantime, the only real issue in Congress worthy of continued discussion remains the super committee.
In 2001, the government of Argentina defaulted on its bills — essentially declaring bankruptcy on $81 billion in sovereign bonds. It then proceeded to offer bondholders 27 cents on the dollar.
On the heels of President Barack Obama’s refusal to release certain documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious, White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler has issued a letter to the House Energy
While most Democrats are likely reveling in Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s sliding poll numbers in the GOP presidential primary campaign, at least one is wishing him well. Rep.
Raised in a Catholic family, Biersack recalled President John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campaign as a big deal in his house.
Not only are the two other black House Members in the delegation reportedly backing away from Jackson, but sources say two Democrats are now thinking about challenging him in next year’s primary.
“It’s not a family-friendly job, being in Congress,” Herger said. Politics “soaks up all your time, like a sponge in water,” Webster agreed.
That refusal means the United States remains mute in actively fighting the scourge of land mines as it quietly pays for deminers to sweep clean field after field.
Office of Congressional Ethics in the 110th Congress to improve the integrity of the process and the public’s confidence in it.
“I need not remind you what Republicans in the Senate have said about the possibility of a confirmation for Elizabeth Warren and their absolute refusal for that. … The obstacles here are clear.
President Barack Obama challenged Republicans on Wednesday, saying that any package to reduce the deficit must take a “balanced approach” and that the GOP refusal to consider increased revenues is
In terms of the 2012 presidential election, President Barack Obama’s lawyers pushed him into a high-risk/low-reward equation.
Romney may be the early frontrunner in the 2012 Republican primary, but he has struggled to win over cultural conservatives in some cases.
argued that Obama’s handling of the civil war “has left many Members of Congress, as well as the American people, frustrated by the lack of clarity over the Administration’s strategic policies, by a refusal
Conservatives saw this happen in the continuing resolution debate, when House GOP freshmen insisted on major spending cuts that ultimately were whittled down to satisfy Democrats in the Senate and
That is precisely why the recent flare-up in U.S.-Israel relations over borders is so unsettling. It puts Israel’s security in danger and places the onus for peace heavily on the Israelis.
In single-handedly blocking reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act, Sen.