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This is the time of year when you can’t listen to the radio or go into a shopping mall without hearing Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,— Jose Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad— and Paul McCartney
Many times in the past, it had seemed, when corruption scandals had thrust government ethics into the limelight, the attention soon faded without much impact.
conferees to “take all steps necessary to guarantee the full faith and credit of the government— innocuous-sounding language that GOP leaders intended to pave the way for a $700 billion debt-limit hike without
Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) used his strongest language yet in a Washington Post article on how far the bill should go in restricting access to abortion.
First, Congress must ensure that courts do not shut down lawsuits without first determining that the evidence needed to litigate the case is privileged.
[IMGCAP(1)] Traditionally, only those who freely choose to commit wrongful acts should be punished as criminals:�All are entitled to be informed as to what the state commands or forbids,� the court announced
“Our men and women in uniform deserve this support without strings and caveats, and without being used as bargaining chips to accomplish other unrelated legislative priorities,— Republicans wrote
Washington, D.C., also should not tell you what kind of insurance to buy and fine you if you don’t.
This approach will provide adequate resources and the predictability that states and transit agencies need to manage their transportation programs effectively, and without raising taxes and increasing
That’s why Congress should prepare a jobs package to achieve three things: (1) allow the private sector to create permanent jobs; (2) cushion the middle class from further harm; and (3) establish American
That should be the design for the whole of U.S. health care reform, modeled on successful programs in Switzerland and Holland, and Republicans would be smart to propose it.
And Hersman was sympathetic to the impending withdrawal staffers are sure to suffer from without 24/7 access to their mobile devices.
“Common sense dictates that if a case can be made, she’s open to review it, but whoever’s asking for a waiver should be ready to make that case.
Sadly, such voluntary efforts rarely, if ever, succeed without powerful incentives. To be effective, these pledges must be both codified and enforceable.
— Chamber spokesman Eric Wohlschlegel responded Friday, “The media should be following the money trail behind this scurrilous group instead of giving credence to its outrageous tactics, and we are
“The EAC’s refusal to hire the best candidate for the job, solely because he was a Republican, has left the agency without a general counsel for more than a year and now it is going to hit taxpayers who
— Maybe Clinton should save that material for a wedding toast. A Mouse in the House.
The bill would add a public health insurance option to the exchanges for states that do not opt out of the program, but primarily, the bill limits exchange participants to individuals without employer-provided
Any receipt generated in a Member’s office is saved, and the office completes a voucher explaining what the receipt was for and to whom the CAO’s finance office should make out a check.
That means production and use of gas could increase substantially without threatening to drive prices back up again to last year’s levels, which were painful to both residential and industrial consumers