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She has endorsed Trump and planned to attend, but changed her schedule before the convention began.
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She has endorsed Trump and planned to attend, but changed her schedule before the convention began.
The Republican National Convention on Sunday finally announced its schedule of speakers, and they include vanquished presidential candidate Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
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
It is unlikely to go anywhere this year, given the partisan tensions in Congress and the truncated schedule because of the November elections.
Then the event got back on its annual schedule, with Obama toasting the two countries. The lawmakers, officials and others around the room’s nearly dozen tables stood and applauded.
Another senator, Jerry Moran, R-Kan., was among the group invited to join Obama in Cuba, but declined due to a conflict in his schedule, an aide told Roll Call.
The White House was firm Monday that public opinion did not influence this week’s schedule.
Congress returns this week for a pivotal work period with multiple deadlines, a busy schedule for an institution that tends to wait until the very last minute to get things done.
It also would have pitted her against the leading Democratic presidential candidates at a time when she is already under fire over the debate schedule; former Sen.
Asked to comment, Boland had this to say: “The Committee Majority are attempting to distract from the fact that after representing a schedule earlier this year that would have already seen 10
The Florida Democrat faces calls for her resignation from her perch atop the DNC from party activists who worry the relatively skimpy debate schedule could be seen tilting the scales for front-runner
Boehner’s office would not confirm the schedule with CQ Roll Call prior to McCarthy’s announcement.
Obama has largely cleared his schedule this week in hopes of getting a deal.
President Barack Obama’s schedule this week has been largely cleared in hopes that negotiators will reach an Iran deal.
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“I was so delighted that Kevin McCarthy kept the schedule and didn’t change it, despite a lot of suggestions from security folks we shouldn’t go,” Welch said.
Now to spur the Senate along, House GOP leaders could schedule the Senate language for a vote later this month. “Up until this week we wanted to hold firm,” the GOP source said.
If the GOP majority leadership sticks by that schedule, it would generate just the sort of news vacuum that could be filled by Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham.
Politically, there are two very simple rationales for scrambling the pre-recess schedule and spending more than is in the budget on a quick round trip to Rome: The American public won’t mind, and