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“To schedule that kind of chunk of time out of your day is a lot to ask. I feel like it could have been condensed to a 30 to 45 minute session. It didn’t need to be as long as it was.”
McCarthy had agreed to schedule a vote in June on an immigration measure by Judiciary Chairman Robert W.
Both officials cited the 27th District’s continuing recovery from Hurricane Harvey as the reason for suspending certain state election laws so Abbott could schedule the election as soon as possible
A year behind schedule, the president backed several promising ideas, including regulatory reform and programs for both rural infrastructure needs and transformative projects.
And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who already devoted a week of floor time to the issue that yielded no successful legislative vehicle, has given no indication he plans to schedule another
Despite controlling the floor schedule and having a majority in the chamber, some GOP senators put the blame on Democrats for the muted response.
They said the schedule doesn’t have room for such a project. Sen.
Spoiling for a fight In political terms, the president’s treason-season rhetoric illustrates that there is no occasion — no matter how bland it looks on the White House schedule — that Trump cannot
[No Sign of Punishment for ‘No’ Votes on Tax Overhaul — Yet] While Frelinghuysen controls the committee schedule, a difficult primary season could lead to a shortened legislative calendar and
On the floor, McConnell has twice sought to put a slate of appeals court nominees on the schedule within a day after the Judiciary Committee advances them, something Democrats say shortchanges senators
The budget recorded a $69 billion surplus in fiscal 1998, four years ahead of schedule.
Confirmation votes continue In the meantime, confirmations are expected to dominate the floor schedule, with preference given to judicial nominees, the vast majority of whom will be lifetime appointees
are uncertain and depend critically on when and how DOE begins to accept waste and how long eliminating the backlog will take,” the report noted, adding, however, that “as long as DOE remains behind schedule
With lawmakers returning to kick off the fall working session, energy and environment policies won’t be high on their to-do list, but their champions aim to fill any floor schedule gaps with measures that
“If it’s going to be on the taxpayer dollar, it should be a trip that has a fairly robust policy agenda and you only know that if the agenda is disclosed,” McGehee said, noting that the schedule
Murkowski said she expects to schedule a vote on the nominees, along with the nomination of David Bernhardt to be Interior deputy secretary, the week of June 5, when the Senate returns from its Memorial
As for McConnell, moments before Schumer came to the floor, he set up Wednesday’s floor schedule, a vote to cut off debate on the nomination of Rachel Brand to be associate attorney general, a curt
"If Democrats are worried about a slight schedule change, would they pass [Acosta's] nomination by UC in committee the next day?"
The decision by Democrats to slow Trump's executive-branch nominees will bring long hours over the coming weeks, but it will also bring an unusual degree of certainty to the schedule.
For most forms of renewable energy, the prescribed depreciation schedule is five years.