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the annual State of the Black Union symposium moderated by public radio and PBS host Tavis Smiley at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, where Hurricane Katrina victims were stranded for days without
“If people buy into a church and want to provide money for the pastor to maintain a certain lifestyle, it hardly seems fair or appropriate to me that some Congressman or Senator … should take umbrage
Finally, the committee stated that by using his campaign funds to pay for his legal defense without first obtaining permission from the Ethics Committee, Craig had committed a technical violation
These groups operate without enough sunlight on their role, funding and intentions.
Grassley said the primary problem with the economic stimulus bill was that “half of our people to begin with don’t even think we should have a stimulus package.”
But Machen argues that whomever the witness is, his statement should be thrown out.
Should the U.S. attorney refuse to do so, however, Democrats could trigger the second half of their strategy, which grants the House Judiciary Committee standing to proceed to civil litigation on
Since success has many fathers, it is difficult in some cases to determine who should get credit for a particular earmark, and hard to judge a Member’s total take.
In the past, they repeatedly have criticized Walker for leaving hundreds of employees without COLAs in 2006 and 2007.
Claiming executive privilege protected their conversations with the president, White House counsel Fred Fielding offered to allow the aides to be informally interviewed, but not under oath and without
These arrangements, however, should not include urging the superdelegates to declare their preference before the convention and certainly not by April 23, the day after voters in Pennsylvania head to the
Speechnow.org, a group headed by executives at the Club for Growth and Center for Competitive Politics, will file court papers within days challenging the Federal Election Commission’s advice that it should
House conservatives continue to push for a unilateral GOP earmark moratorium, arguing that Republican lawmakers should align their policies with Sen.
Without question, Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has waged the most public campaign for the slot.
Without minimizing the problems — or the strains that they have placed on many American homeowners — it is important to remember that our economy remains fundamentally strong.
However, this process introduced parties into the system that operated without federal supervision, and their practices have been considered by many to be shady.
Recently, Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said a reform plan should be in place before lawmakers consider extending President Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts that expire in 2010. “Sen.
I think [Federal Housing Administration] modernization should get done very quickly, because we have a Senate bill and a House bill.
Yet without clear and complete information about what fees they are being charged and why, employers and employees simply cannot shop around for the best deals.
Without a concerted effort, any tax reform is doomed to fail, no matter how brilliant the plan or valiant its supporters.