Ford Still Tilts at Democratic Orthodoxy
Speaking about proposals to fix entitlement programs and other fiscal deficits, Ford said the DLC should put forth innovative ideas “even if they make some in our own party uncomfortable.”
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Speaking about proposals to fix entitlement programs and other fiscal deficits, Ford said the DLC should put forth innovative ideas “even if they make some in our own party uncomfortable.”
In a PowerPoint presentation during Democrats’ weekly luncheon Tuesday, Durbin argued that while Democrats should stress the accomplishments of the past three months — ranging from passing a budget
Larson, who has served in local government for 15 years, said he would expect to have the support of the business community and Republican leaders in the district, should he choose to run.
In this respect, the outcome of November’s elections, which led to significant partisan seat swings for Democrats in both chambers, should have come as no surprise.
Secretaries also have given the center additional money from ornament sales, according to a Senate aide familiar with chamber operations, as it is a way for Senate officials to provide additional support without
Barrow said the previous highway bill had an enormous list of projects that crashed the office software; the system since has had a $250,000 upgrade which should be able to keep up with larger and larger
It should work for the same reason that college rankings have such a dramatic effect on university decision-making: No one wants to be at the bottom of the list.
But Chabot is not the only Buckeye Congressman who should be wary of what Van Hollen has in his quiver. GOP Reps.
Constitution as flowing from the people, and its purpose “to provide for the common defense and general welfare,” it is more difficult to identify and vivify those institutional norms and values that should
They would be held in private, without transcripts and not under oath. Democratic Senators have said this is insufficient to get to the truth in the firing probe.
years after 362 active and retired black Capitol Police officers sought to file a class-action lawsuit against the department, a federal judge recommended last week that only a handful of those officers should
Churchill is not going down without a fight, and a CU tenure committee is scheduled to weigh in this week on whether it thinks the professor, who is on paid leave, should be fired.
He suggested an alternative plan in which the aides would testify in open session with a transcript but without having to take an oath.
We sat down to discuss the problems we face and what solutions we have — and reached a conclusion that should be heard: Our government must stand on principles of fiscal conservatism and commitment to
And they had to do so without Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.), who became the first Democratic presidential hopeful to miss an important vote this year.
The Library of Congress informed Congressional overseers on Wednesday that it has completed a reduction in force at the Congressional Research Service without having to dismiss any affected employees from
He has proposed to fund “innovation districts” that, among other things, would “work with their unions to uncover bureaucratic obstacles that leave poor kids without good teachers, including hiring
media circus over the U.S. attorney debacle continued Tuesday, Fielding met with top Congressional Democrats and proposed that Rove and Miers be made available for private interviews, not under oath and without
Groups that donate, Gallagher said, usually want to see their money used for projects, and without city funding, the less obvious costs of staff and operating will be hard to pay.
“New Members of Congress and their staffs are going to have to ask themselves, ‘If an injury or something happens to us while we’re out on the field, do I want my Member named in a lawsuit for this, without