House Passes Immigration Bill
Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who has spearheaded support for the legislation for years without success.
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Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who has spearheaded support for the legislation for years without success.
Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), in 1993 because I shared her vision that our government should help those who couldn’t quite dig themselves out of their woes.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) — who are vocal critics of the Biden-McConnell compromise — declined to comment Wednesday when asked whether the White House should use the vice president
I don’t think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point.
Now Rogers will have to find a way to corral Republicans and Democrats on his committee to find places to cut federal spending without the advantage of giving away earmarks as sweeteners.
As a start, they should go back and read those obituaries, and then make a note to read his wonderful book, “Journeys to War and Peace: A Congressional Memoir,” which will be published next year.
But their Senate voting records are similarly conservative, and the two Members could be fighting for the same political ground in the GOP presidential primary should both of them run.
Anthony Weiner ripped President Barack Obama on Monday for cutting a deal with Republicans to extend tax cuts for upper-income Americans without putting up a fight for core Democratic ideals.
“Democrats should welcome the chance to tell the American people what we will fight for.
. … Without a willingness to give on both sides, there’s no reason to believe that this stalemate won’t continue well into next year.”
“I try to let the readers draw their own conclusions without getting on a soapbox, but I think there were certainly flaws on all sides in this story,” Wilkie said.
Biden made the second point that Congress should extend unemployment benefits.
Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio) blasted House Democrats for pushing through a permanent extension of middle-class tax cuts on Thursday without extending them for all Americans.
According to Ornstein, spending on speech is an “arms race,” the only outcome of which is the destruction of the way politicians would like to operate: without having to respond to the speech of
“With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities.”
Cole said the group is focused most immediately on House initiatives that can be changed without bicameral or legislative action. “That’s what leadership wants us to do,” Cole said.
Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said in a statement that the report proves that DADT “is damaging to our national security” and should therefore be repealed
Here are the “13 Leadership Criteria for RNC Chairman Candidates,” as outlined by the conservative caucus hosting the panel: “A Candidate for the position of RNC Chair should have: 1.
Rob Bishop (R), a former Speaker of the Utah House, has a set of common-sense reforms, including on scheduling and transparency, that could and should get bipartisan support.
On Tuesday, Republican Members of Congress mostly avoided the question of whether Steele should continue.