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Lantos, ever the doting grandfather, is planning to attend as many of the week’s festivities in support of Swett as his Congressional schedule will allow.
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Lantos, ever the doting grandfather, is planning to attend as many of the week’s festivities in support of Swett as his Congressional schedule will allow.
Whether the House can complete so many big-ticket items in two weeks is an open question, but GOP leadership aides said the ambitious schedule is consistent with the plan they established before
Andre Hollis, 37, the deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for counter-narcotics, has talked to the White House and Republicans in the Old Dominion’s 8th District, according to friends, and is trying to schedule
The Senate’s unexpected vote may alter the House schedule. Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) had intended to mark up the president’s tax-cut package next week.
“I haven’t made any decisions yet, it depends on how this goes,” Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said late Friday afternoon about the schedule.
The appeals court laid out a briefing schedule after taking the case last week.
“I hear complaints that this project is growing in cost and likely to be behind schedule,” Lott said of the 580,000-square-foot structure estimated to cost $373.5 million.
House, Senate Should Schedule Prime-Time Monthly Debates -
Indeed, this week’s schedule in both chambers shows a steady stream of action on domestic legislation even as the clock ticks down to war.
The Democratic leader is setting up a dense schedule of fundraising that will allow him to be prepared to take on the still undecided Thune, who raised more than $5 million for his unsuccessful 2002 race
Gregg would not say when or if he would schedule the bill for markup. And Senate aides said Gregg’s concerns are just the tip of the iceberg.
The contrast continues as the day goes on, as the man now in charge of the House floor calendar finds that his own schedule is lighter.
Frist said his current schedule for legislation on the Senate floor would be quickly scrapped and revised to address the needs of the war effort.
Gephardt spokesman Erik Smith said his boss isn’t coming up short in terms of his obligations to Missouri, noting that the House schedule has been rife with largely procedural votes, which “are essentially
heightened interest in the matter, a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency motion to hear an appeal of the lower-court ruling with an expedited argument and briefing schedule
Democrats, meanwhile, also appear to be pressing ahead with their fundraising schedule.
Democrats, meanwhile, also appear to be pressing ahead with their fundraising schedule.
Previously, offices could only schedule group tours three months in advance. —Amy Keller and Suzanne Nelson
During periods of divided party government, the Senate majority can frustrate the president’s ability to fill judicial vacancies simply by refusing to schedule committee hearings or votes on nominees
Senate Opens Quiet Week as Estrada Debate Continues to Occupy Floor Schedule -