Reid Is Anything But Upbeat About Schedule
On the second day of the lame-duck session, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was already on the floor expressing frustration about the chamber’s schedule. That may not bode well for December.
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On the second day of the lame-duck session, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was already on the floor expressing frustration about the chamber’s schedule. That may not bode well for December.
The hazards of still learning the way around the labyrinthine Capitol campus and trying to juggle a packed schedule at the same time were becoming all too clear to the lawmakers-to-be.
“Now that the elections are behind us, I write to urge you to move forward expeditiously to schedule votes on non-controversial judicial nominees who have bipartisan support,” Collins wrote a letter
And according to the schedule of events released by the House Administration Committee, which organizes the orientation, every day will be a busy one.
“The uncertainties surrounding the schedule of the new Congress in January make it necessary for the confirmation process for General Dunford to be completed before the end of this year,” Levin and
And according to the schedule of events released by the House Administration Committee, which organizes the orientation, every day will be a busy one.
With Obama in the White House and Democrats controlling the Senate floor schedule, there is no chance a House-passed repeal would fare any better than the two that the chamber passed in the 112th Congress
“If the measure is such a priority, the Majority Leader can schedule floor time on it whenever he sees fit, allowing the Senate to debate and vote on it in the light of day,” Rogers said.
Democratic leaders did not schedule any Wednesday conference calls or meetings with rank-and-file Members to discuss the election results or pending legislative matters such as the “fiscal cliff,
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus did not join them onstage, although the official schedule released earlier in the day had listed him as speaking before Sessions.
But staffing a new office is just one piece of the balancing act for freshmen who arrive during the lame duck, when the schedule is often irregular and confusing.
Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., and other lawmakers have pushed to reclassify combination hydrocodone products to schedule II from schedule III, which they say will make them more difficult to abuse.
He was quick to return to his schedule of events following an evaluation at University Medical Center in the city.
And he will share the sum total of his experience with those who carve out room in their spring schedule to join his inaugural “World on a Plate” course.
“There should be 20 debates, all over the country,” he said of his ideal debate schedule, adding that the location “shouldn’t be up to the candidates.
He has scheduled events in New Hampshire and Colorado on Saturday, with more states expected to be added to the schedule.
During the past year Corker has beefed up his travel schedule.
Obama has scrambled his schedule to focus on the hurricane.
We will provide additional details regarding Governor Romney’s and Congressman Ryan’s schedule when they are available,” Romney spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said in a statement.
On Wednesday, Gainer said he expected an announcement to be made either before the Nov. 6 elections or “right around that time,” meaning the search has stayed on the schedule stakeholders anticipated