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Thomas Massie, R-Ky., this week, acknowledged Wednesday that a condensed House schedule caused him to punt the vote, but said he still plans on bringing it up, possibly as soon as next week.
↵↵While Trump and his aides have teased a busier campaign schedule for him this year, the president didn't leave the White House this week until his Friday departure for North Carolina and Florida.
"By almost every metric, we have quickly gone from the worst numbers on record to the best and strongest numbers, the most dynamic numbers and an economy that is far ahead of even my optimistic [schedule
"Now, obviously, that doesn't mean that President Trump is setting the bus fare schedule inside the country. … It doesn't mean that President Trump is assigning the key to the whole curriculum in the country
Also on his schedule is a group meeting with Middle Eastern leaders, including the heads of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
The lighter floor schedule after the July Fourth holiday comes as a short respite between weeks with late nights on the agenda.
"The idea that the president in the face of escalating threats can only sit idly by until Congress can hold hearings and schedule votes is not just naive, it’s reckless," said Hagerty, who served as ambassador
servicemembers, veterans, and national defense — while cutting waste and ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent wisely," the office of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., wrote in an outline of the week’s schedule
Collectively, that schedule would give Merz multiple opportunities over a relatively short span to either strike a deal for his country or nudge Trump toward one with the entire European economic bloc.
Despite the Sudan bill’s strong bipartisan backing by senior Foreign Relations members, it faces an uphill climb in the last few months of the 118th Congress given the packed legislative schedule lawmakers
Biden’s decision not to be on the ballot in New Hampshire after the state bucked the Democratic National Committee’s new primary schedule is just one quirk in the state’s primary this year.
The schedule of any wartime president could understandably slip by minutes or even hours. Biden is not exactly a wartime commander in chief.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Zelenskyy had requested another chance to address a joint meeting of Congress, but said there was no time to clear the floor schedule.
“One hundred percent, the Senate schedule is not in our favor right now,” said a Senate Democratic staffer, who was granted anonymity to be candid. “The hourglass is about to run out on this.”
House leaders want to enforce strict time limits on floor votes, but that is a lot easier said than done in the chamber.
Such was Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch’s determination to fulfill Trump’s wish that the Idaho Republican broke with decades of bipartisan tradition on the committee to schedule a confirmation
“I’m speaking from an auditorium emptier than Joe Biden’s daily schedule,” Gaetz said in front of a backdrop of American flags surrounding a large red stage in Andrew W.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will now need to schedule a veto override vote, which is likely to fall short of the two-thirds vote needed to override Trump’s veto.
The Boeing Co. program has a checkered history that includes schedule delays, unsafe debris left in the aircraft delivered to the Air Force and fuel leaks.
Congress already held hearings on the president’s budget request and was scheduled to be out on recess for much of April before the outbreak, so the bill’s schedule hasn’t been significantly disrupted