Obama Invites Hill Leaders to Meet Thursday
Our focus should be on getting our economy back on track by making the spending reductions and structural reforms necessary to address our nation’s out-of-control debt.
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Our focus should be on getting our economy back on track by making the spending reductions and structural reforms necessary to address our nation’s out-of-control debt.
It reads, “Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War without firing a single shot.”
Every presidential, Senate and House candidate should tread carefully.
of the cost problem arises from the lack of coordination between programs, leading to mismanagement of care and waste, with far more hospital days and higher nursing home and rehabilitation costs than should
The day after the Fourth of July should be the start of one of the sacrosanct recess weeks.
And by giving the green light to fundraising appearances, the FEC thrusts lawmakers into questionable territory, some election lawyers say, because the super PACs are required to operate without
Should the full Legislature approve the plan, it would mark the first time since 1981 that the state’s Congressional redistricting was not decided in the courts.
Obama’s posture, as a political matter, has put him at risk to be the sole owner of any negative outcome in Libya without there being an equal reward for any positive result.
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The tough decision to close some Defense Department facilities had already been made, and BRAC’s only job was to determine which ones should go.
It’s bad policy, and I don’t care if it raises revenue or loses revenue or what, we should eliminate it,” Kyl said.
But Critz has already made it clear he will not go down without a fight, campaigning heavily in the district and working local party meetings.
Companies that hold patents on financial processes argue that banks are trying to use the legislation to delay, or even escape, fines for using their products without licenses.
In a joint statement, Kyl and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said, “A bill with new spending and higher taxes would fail with bipartisan opposition — as it should.
“We’re talking about policies that should be able to pass the Senate because they’ve received support from Democrats and Republicans in the past,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said.
resolution that would curtail the military operation in Libya and instead putting forward a strict funding limitation proposal to rebuke the Obama administration for pursuing military involvement in Libya without
Congressional negotiators left Tuesday’s three-hour meeting without a deal and refused to comment on details of what proposals are under discussion.
negotiations have already produced the same type of premature and very likely inaccurate misgivings as typically occur whenever those involved with the federal budget get together to talk about what can, should
But the Ohio Republican’s developing hallmark of lengthy and open debate will be tested as he seeks to define the House’s position on military involvement in Libya without letting it interfere with
In posing these questions one should keep in mind that politics, which propels our system, is simply another form of gamesmanship to determine winners and losers.