No, Congress Won’t Get More Productive Come Fall
Instead the members will have to take cold comfort in the realization that they’re on track, maybe even a little ahead of schedule, to match their constituents’ exceedingly low expectations for
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Instead the members will have to take cold comfort in the realization that they’re on track, maybe even a little ahead of schedule, to match their constituents’ exceedingly low expectations for
Rob Portman of Ohio said he had to check his schedule.
It is unlikely to go anywhere this year, given the partisan tensions in Congress and the truncated schedule because of the November elections.
His reason : He said that, while supporting “the principle of keeping guns out of the hand of terrorists, I felt my constituents were best served by my continuing to work and maintain my pre-existing schedule
June was his most prolific month, with six fundraisers, according to White House and other records of his public schedule. From January to March, he did nine. Sen.
His schedule should be packed with the fundraising events he’s started holding, both because he needs the money badly and because it would give him a chance to meet privately with GOP bigwigs and reassure
“He’ll be focused on a schedule that involves two fundraisers and taping of the Tonight show.”
But before all eyes turn toward the post-Labor Day schedule, lawmakers and the White House have six weeks to make a case for their priorities.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz told about her cancer diagnosis at first were close family members, her roommates and the need-to-know staff who helped manage her schedule as she was going through treatment.
The much-hyped military campaign in Kandahar is now way behind schedule, with the secretary of Defense saying it’s more important to get it done right than to get it done quickly.