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They said they couldnt leave town without doing something about high gas prices, and Senate Democrats and Republicans are trying to find a way to do just that before heading home for the August recess
But todays meeting may not be without contentious moments.
These are the kinds of things we should be doing. … You could use this as a model for other countries. The delegation also met with Reps.
Democrats are offering the bills under suspension, which allows them to be considered without amendments. At the same time, the bills need two-thirds vote, giving the minority the power to kill them.
But Dorgan fought just as strongly to have the limits included, arguing that without the language the legislation would have little effect on reducing speculation, which Democrats argue has driven up the
Senate Democrats and Republicans sought to position themselves Tuesday for the possibility of leaving town for the August recess without passing a measure to deal with high gas prices.
Democratic leaders have acknowledged that they cant get out of this debate without voting on a GOP proposal to open up more drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf.
The Republican dilemma is simpler to describe than the one facing Democrats: How can they vote for a second stimulus bill without seeming to agree that the economy a Republican president is being
But the issue should be the same.
And you cant talk about foreign policy without talking about energy. The issue has been more pronounced for Republicans, who believe they have Democrats on the defensive, given polls showing increased
And its hard to understand why you should allow Members to control a pile of money thats not governed by the rules that apply to Members office accounts or campaign committees. Lawmakers have
I also believe that a person should be judged on the entire span of his or her lifes works.
Over the past 30 years, more than 3,000 shipments of commercial nuclear fuel have covered more than 1.7 million miles of Americas roads and railway without a single radiological leak.
The president should begin releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as his father did in 1991 to help bring prices down.
We should call it the New Apollo Project. What the nation achieved in building the technologies that took us to the moon now can be matched by technologies that keep our launching pad, Earth, in healthy
Theyre suggesting that we leave it up to states to decide whether or not drilling should occur off their shore, the coastal states. That would be a major change in federal policy.
With all of this chatter about Israel and Iran, the last thing we should do is take oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Boehner said, adding that the strategic reserve should be used only
I believe this should be a key priority for the department, and I believe we need to get it done, Feinstein said at a meeting Wednesday of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, which she
At the same time, he watched as copyright, trademarks and telecommunications legislation were passed and signed into law without much thought to the consequences.
. But should Crist stay in Tallahassee, Johnson said, Kottkamp, who is 47, has the challenge of carving his own niche. Crist undoubtedly recognizes this, assigning his deputy high-profile responsibilities