Policy · 115th Congress
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Partisan Redistricting
“As I have said before, our redistricting process was entirely lawful and constitutional, and the district court should be reversed.”
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“As I have said before, our redistricting process was entirely lawful and constitutional, and the district court should be reversed.”
It should have been easy — or at least easier here than anywhere else. But interviews with dozens of state lawmakers and industry officials show that the path was anything but.
“Our reaction should instead be to protect the right of all citizens guaranteed in the Constitution: the right to self-defense,” Massie said in a statement.
“That’s what the process should look like,” he said. “It should be open, it should be fair, and not happen behind closed doors.
Without the support of Barrasso and Inhofe, it is unlikely the measure will get any traction beyond that hearing. Carper told reporters he does not sense an “eagerness to have a markup.”
So it’s highly likely that a debt bill, with or without strings attached, would have to advance past a filibuster. That means support from eight Democrats, and there’s no sign those votes exist.
Donnelly should not have occurred. This is true even though the security officials say that the contact was inadvertent,” FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wrote in the June 2 letter.
That’s without question,” said Stephen Ryan, a former Senate Governmental Affairs Committee general counsel and assistant U.S. attorney. “There is a lot, for him, riding on what Director Comey says.”
few would have expected a largely youth-driven movement to coalesce around a politician who’s been frequently described — even self-described — as critically described as “rigid, awkward, and utterly without
“We don’t know whether other waivers should have been granted, or if the vast number of conflicted officials in the administration are following recusal standards that avoid the need for waivers,
On Tuesday, Anthem Inc., a major health insurer, announced it would not offer plans in the Ohio individual exchange in 2018, leaving up to 20 counties without any insurer participation in the marketplace
Before America faces the almost inevitable next terrorist incident, the nation needs a bipartisan series of high-profile hearings on what should be an appropriate and measured response.
But Congress has managed to complete the task in just six of the previous 15 years, and in four of the years without budget resolutions the GOP ran the Capitol.
But one 6th Circuit judge wrote in that decision that “the sheer quantity of sensitive information procured without a warrant” raised Fourth Amendment concerns.
Five of the nine justices would have to vote to grant the request and lift the stay immediately, which would be without oral arguments and out of the view of the public.
For example, only 28 percent of voters believed that “Donald Trump should remove specific regulations intended to combat climate change.” And just 19 percent described climate change as a hoax.
The House argued initially that then-President Barack Obama had illegally funded the reductions without an appropriation from Congress.
“But absent that, if you can gain some ground, you should do so.” One area in which Griffith helped Republicans gain some ground was the health care debate.
Long ago (that is, back in the days when James Comey was still FBI director), House Republicans rushed their health care bill through by a two-vote margin without waiting for the verdict of the Congressional
Congress has struggled to come to a consensus on how the federal government should budget for forest fires.