Reid Schedules Lame-Duck Session
The Senate will work the week of Nov. 15, recess for the week of Thanksgiving and come back Nov. 29 — with an adjournment date to be determined, according to Reid’s schedule.
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The Senate will work the week of Nov. 15, recess for the week of Thanksgiving and come back Nov. 29 — with an adjournment date to be determined, according to Reid’s schedule.
Obama has a busy schedule in Chicago: Wednesday night he was feted at a 49th birthday dinner that doubled as a fundraiser, and later Thursday he’ll participate in two more fundraisers to benefit
The office of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) issued a schedule update to Members on Wednesday evening. It advised that the House is expected to meet at 10 a.m.
Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who faces an ethics trial over whether she violated House rules, pressed the chamber’s ethics leaders Wednesday to schedule her case before the November elections.
In order to promote awareness and bring more people to the house, the women schedule events, including monthly jazz concerts, programs for children and speakers such as historian Anthony Pitch, who
And that is exactly what we are doing — as promised, on schedule,” Obama said during remarks at the Disabled Veterans of America Conference in Atlanta.
But under Reid’s schedule, Kagan will play second fiddle to a series of essentially scripted political “fights” over issues such as energy and a stalled small-business bill.
The dust-up potentially throws a wrench into Reid’s already tight schedule for the week.
announcement followed a meeting with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), but it came before he could notify Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) of the schedule
Adding interest to intrigue, the House leadership decided to schedule the war supplemental under the “suspension of the rules” process (no, there is no “suspension calendar”) that allows just 40
Mike Simpson said he would not be submitting his schedule to leadership either, in part because he felt it was not “the Conference’s business.”
The House’s legislative schedule has been fairly light in recent weeks, as Democrats in tough races are wary of casting any politically challenging votes, particularly given the lack on Senate action
Boustany’s health care tour for Republican challengers is also expected to include stops in Illinois, Colorado, Washington and Oregon, although his office had not yet released a schedule for those
Reid had indicated previously that the energy measure would likely come up this week, but the schedule he outlined Tuesday could force the issue into next week, when he was hoping to focus almost exclusively
The packed schedule is part of a multifaceted effort by Hoyer to shore up his base of support heading into a difficult election year where the party’s majority is at stake and many of his allies
The House moves on a much more rigid schedule. I like the immediacy of the House. The Senate is set up to slow things down.”
Now the show’s studio, on the lower floor of the National Museum of Crime and Punishment, is open to the public, though its shooting schedule is confidential because of security concerns.
Actress Wendie Malick: Hot in Washington With a busy Congressional schedule, who has time for speechwriting? Certainly not Rep. Jim Moran.
With just two weeks left until the August break, time is running out and it remains unclear where an energy proposal might fit into the Senate schedule.
Democratic observers suggest the schedule — which would create a six-week lapse between any public announcement of the specific charges Rangel faces and his primary — may actually be a boon to Rangel