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But Belland offers up an unusual confession for someone whose job it is to schedule the activities of a busy member of Congress. “I’m not the most punctual person,” she sheepishly admitted.
It’s not easy to get that many people from Capitol Hill in one spot, especially when you are competing with a brutal floor schedule, a senator’s funeral and the glitzy Radio & Television Correspondents
Lautenberg believed in short meetings, short memos and a packed schedule that kept him busy nearly every minute of the day. He hated the idea of not having something to do.
Many senators are expected to attend that service, and much of the Senate’s committee work schedule is being scrapped to allow for attendance.
The group said it is unaware of any situations where the Energy Department suggested that a refinery change its outage schedule.
The No. 2 House Republican has also made time in his schedule for activities related to medical research.
Based on the pay schedule from the Lorimer case, Balgojevich may have undervalued the Senate seat.
Additionally, the report says, “Startlingly, 43 percent of public health clinics reported that they are not busy because patients schedule, but fail to show up for treatment.”
(Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo) House Majority Leader Eric Cantor circulated a memo to House offices Friday afternoon outlining a busy schedule for the chamber’s June work period.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor circulated a memo to House offices Friday afternoon outlining a busy schedule for the chamber’s June work period.
“They agreed that they would work with us to ‘schedule votes on nominees in a timely matter except in extraordinary circumstances.’
Other films of note on the schedule: “Anita,” about Anita Hill; “Muscle Shoals,” about the legendary recording studio in Muscle Shoals, Ala.; “Remote Area Medical,” about free medical clinics in
McConnell sought to emphasize that point by making his own consent request to schedule the Srinivasan confirmation vote after the Memorial Day recess without requiring a 60-vote threshold for cloture
In fact, it was the backlash against Cantor’s strategy that forced the leadership to hastily schedule a vote on the Bachmann repeal bill.
If your schedule allows, volunteer at a district or local office, or if you’re in the D.C. area, ask to spend a few hours each week in an office helping out until you land a full-time job.
“I’m there as often as I can be, but not as often as I would like,” Breaux said of his playing schedule. And just how long does he think he can keep this up?
Still, clearing the Congressional schedule of a budget fight this summer might create more oxygen for other issues, such as immigration or even moving forward with appropriations bills in regular
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define as staffers who, for at least 90 days in a calendar year, are paid a salary at a rate equal to or exceeding 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the executive branch’s General Schedule
Though the Ways and Means Committee is slated to be the first congressional committee to schedule a hearing on the matter, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is also likely to weigh in