Lincoln’s Saturday Timing Puzzles Colleagues
He will likely need 60 votes again in order to schedule a vote on final passage.
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He will likely need 60 votes again in order to schedule a vote on final passage.
.— Levin had planned to schedule a hearing on the subject this fall, and momentum appeared to be building for Congress to tackle the controversial issue.
According to Palin, she lost the appointment because Murkowski questioned whether she could handle raising a family and a demanding legislative schedule.
Of course, the Senate schedule may not be entirely in Reid’s hands if Republicans follow through on their threat to have the entire health care reform bill read aloud on the floor.
Hoekstra said Republican members of the Intelligence Committee wrote a letter to Pelosi on Tuesday and asked her to instruct Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) to schedule hearings on the tragedy.
Reid would prefer to schedule a vote for Friday, but he may have to push it into the weekend depending on whether Lincoln and other Senators insist on the three-day lag time. Sen.
A Kratovil spokesman said Monday that the Congressman has a busy fundraising schedule through the remainder of the year, including an event Saturday in Chestertown featuring fellow Marylander and
Because Congress typically waits for the president before moving ahead, the fiscal 2010 appropriations process was already seriously, although not unexpectedly, behind schedule.
— With four full weeks left on the House schedule this year, leaders will meet today to figure out what to put on the floor while they wait for the Senate to catch up.
— “As action on health insurance reform legislation moves to the Senate, the House is updating its schedule for November and December to reflect that, and to ensure there is time to complete our work
That schedule anticipates more GOP roadblocks and Democratic discontent.
Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) serves as the official presiding officer in his capacity as President Pro Tem, the Senate routinely establishes a rotating schedule for rank-and-file Senators to sit in the chair
“Probably not,— Reid said when asked if he would schedule votes for Saturday or Sunday.
Heavy-duty and fleet vehicles tend to run the same routes on a regular schedule.
The full promise of Copenhagen can only be fulfilled, though, by a third accomplishment: agreement on a schedule to finalize the details of a global climate change accord that calls for meaningful
A Jackson spokeswoman said the campaign was attempting to schedule a visit with the White House on the candidate’s next trip to Washington, D.C.
Senate campaign schedule in 2009. … He simultaneously maintained a near perfect voting attendance record in Congress while playing an integral role as a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee,
Still, financial services lobbyists say it’s unlikely Frank will slow down the hearing schedule given the pressure the White House and Treasury Department are putting on him to move as quickly as
Democratic aides were cautiously hopeful Monday afternoon that they could stick to that schedule.
While MSNBC has not yet been invited into the Situation Room, the meetings are easy to spot in the daily White House schedule, complete with lists of attendees and topics.