Ports of Contention: Truck Fight Parks on Hill
The cost of cleaning up the ports, she added, should not fall to the drivers. Instead, the industry should be shouldering the cost, she said.
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The cost of cleaning up the ports, she added, should not fall to the drivers. Instead, the industry should be shouldering the cost, she said.
But the sparse response to the committee’s request suggests that his administration is assuming a broad executive privilege against cooperating with Congress without directly asserting one.
As a trio of Senate Democrats pressed ahead last week — without GOP support — on a comprehensive immigration framework that combines border security benchmarks with new visa provisions and a pathway
Every American, hard-left to tea partyer, should be appalled by Citizens United v.
The original version of the bill would set up a two-step plebiscite in Puerto Rico: The first vote would ask voters whether the territory should keep its current political status or have a different
Gutierrez called on Democratic Senators to move forward on immigration — with or without Republicans.
Senate Democrats appear dead set on moving comprehensive immigration reform this year even if it comes without GOP support, and they began laying the groundwork Wednesday for a Democrats-only alternative
Congress should use the opportunity to make sure any legislation: Imposes limits on leverage and increases margin requirements; Breaks up “too big to fail” banks rather than bailing them
As I noted in an earlier column on the race (Should Charlie Crist Roll the Dice to Save Long-Shot Senate Bid?)
DADT originated in those two committees 17 years ago, and that is where the matter should be addressed now.
Puerto Rico held a plebiscite anyway — without the backing of Congress. Since about half the voters chose a “none of the above” option, the unclear results have been debated since.
Though Lincoln argued passionately that her bill should not be disadvantaged on the floor, she did not appear to have swayed Reid.
“We really should be focusing on jobs right now, and we’re doing everything but,” Brown said, adding that he would “look at every bill” for which his support was elicited but that stricter enforcement
because many of these jobs will be located at existing hydropower facilities and non-powered sites that would be retrofitted to generate electricity, they will improve the economies of nearby communities without
According to Democratic aides, by Friday Graham was clearly uncomfortable with the idea of rolling out the legislation without a commitment from Reid to not push immigration first, which Reid has refused
But Shelby said that without an agreement with Dodd, Republicans were united in opposition. “The Democrats will not get cloture,” Shelby said. “But we’ll continue to work.”
This goal will require educating millions of additional college students at a cost of many billions of dollars and cannot be met without the participation of quality private sector colleges.
“There is no reason Members of Congress should get any kind of a pay increase this year,” said Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), the member of the Budget Committee who introduced the amendment.
Although Graham has not formally pulled out of negotiations with Schumer, he said the Senate should punt the issue until next year.
Instructions for the current forms, which are due in May, include no reference to the box, which was apparently added to address the recurring problem of Members reporting sales of stock without