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Election Year History Belies Ambitious Talk on Appropriations
Regardless, appropriations leaders in the House and Senate have set a rigorous schedule, with the House panel’s first full committee markup expected May 8.
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Regardless, appropriations leaders in the House and Senate have set a rigorous schedule, with the House panel’s first full committee markup expected May 8.
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
That means under the planned schedule there will be just eight legislative days for the House before the next government funding standoff, with the continuing resolution that became law Friday morning
“Wouldn’t it be a refreshing thing if the American people could actually see a seriousness about doing things on-time for a change, even if it meant disrupting a planned schedule for the United States
But Democrats appear ready to hold the GOP to their planned schedule.
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.
Senate Republican leaders scrambled the floor schedule Wednesday to shore up the shaky nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Education secretary, after two of their colleagues said they could not support her
The White House schedule notes a 45-minute meeting for the four Senate leaders, followed by Trump meeting with McConnell alone.
It “went smoothly and she will return to a full schedule very soon,” the release said.
Trains will operate on a Saturday schedule, which is every 12 minutes, with no track work scheduled, WMATA announced on Tuesday.
Grassley reiterated his intention in a letter earlier this month to keep the Sessions’ hearings on schedule.
Combined with vocal opposition to Sessions’s nomination from progressive advocacy groups, the sparring over the schedule foreshadowed a contentious confirmation hearing in January for the former
The Republican National Convention on Sunday finally announced its schedule of speakers, and they include vanquished presidential candidate Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.