Filibuster Changes Will Wait on Sandy Aid, Reid Says
King of New York suggesting at one point that Republican donors in the New York metropolitan area should withhold campaign contributions from Republicans opposing the package.
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King of New York suggesting at one point that Republican donors in the New York metropolitan area should withhold campaign contributions from Republicans opposing the package.
Dick Armey in 1987, provided for short-term, independent citizen commissions to recommend what domestic military bases should be closed.
four-month debt limit suspension scheduled for floor action in the House includes what Republicans call a “no budget, no pay” provision that would halt the payment of House members, senators or both should
We should expect this to become a trend.
“I’m happy to extend the debt ceiling without entitlement cuts or dollar-for-dollar [cuts], so that’s a step in the right direction,” Reid said after his weekly caucus luncheon.
Surely yes, for some purposes: Government cannot deprive a corporation of its property without due process. But for other purposes, corporations are properly not treated as persons.
State-based and incremental federal solutions are a good start in addressing this tragic problem, but without a true federal framework addressing the inherent causes of violence in our country, problems
The flaws in this selection process are now obvious, and we should revisit it.
You cannot have a Kentucky ball without great bourbon — and perhaps, a moving invocation. With all due respect to Democratic Gov.
At a news conference in Washington last week, Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue echoed the White House’s warning that without a comprehensive package, some of the more controversial components
Since then, the government has held him in mandatory immigration lock-up without any opportunity for a bond hearing—even though he is a strong candidate for immigration relief that would allow him to keep
“There will be nothing done in my Senate … without a pathway to citizenship,” Reid said.
Without an option representing their political status of choice, many statehood opponents advocated leaving the second question blank.
And the person assigned to keeping up your website should check frequently to make sure there are no broken links. Set up official YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts as quickly as possible.
“Republicans should stop using these threats of default to hold our economy hostage, and as always, we are ready to work with them to determine the most productive path toward ending these constant crises
Reasonable standards should be employed on qualifications, temperament, moral character and background, but not manipulative attempts to exaggerate alleged negative qualities, to smear people who have
Hoyer of Maryland said they should have been consulted before the agreement was signed.
It has been clear for some time that, with or without the fiscal cliff, funding for national parks is insufficient.
He dismissed a proposal from congressional Democrats who suggested the president should cite the 14th Amendment to ignore the debt ceiling. “There are no magic tricks here.
expected to be allowed to reach the House floor, aides said Monday, as House leaders seek to put behind them the strong criticism leveled at Republicans after the chamber closed out the 112th Congress without