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probably premature to presume the Ryan-Murray budget compromise has ushered in a new era of bipartisanship, but if Democrats and Republicans are even mildly interested in finding common ground, they should
And that road map should build on what’s already working.
It would create a significant number of private-sector jobs without any cost to American taxpayers.
“All I know is we should not default on our debt, we shouldn’t even get close to it,” Speaker John A. Boehner said at a news conference two weeks ago.
If a police officer manning a sobriety checkpoint is overwhelmed by the smell of burnt marijuana when approaching a vehicle, should the driver be subjected to a search?
Ross agreed there is a way to “allow for legal status … without giving anybody amnesty.”
“That places a special obligation on us to ask tough questions about what we should do.”
On Wednesday, he very quietly voted “no” without so much as a news release.
According to the EPA’s argument, without a reduction in the renewable-fuel standard, refiners will be forced to produce gasoline containing more ethanol than most cars can handle.
There was no hemming and hawing, no uncomfortable pauses, no sense that he was parsing his words to make sure that he was answering a question without actually answering it.
There was no hemming and hawing, no uncomfortable pauses, no sense that he was parsing his words to make sure that he was answering a question without actually answering it.
Until last month, the Democrat was working directly with Cantor on a nonbinding resolution expressing a sense of the House that the agreement should prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon rather
announced in a White House statement on Sunday, is giving senators further pause about moving their bill, and support has topped out at 59 co-sponsors, one shy of the threshold needed to pass the bill without
the following six months Senate Democrats will still be able to exercise their newly engineered ability to advance all of President Barack Obama’s nominees (unless there’s one for the Supreme Court) without
Without the standard, the ethanol component of gasoline would likely drop to the lower threshold of 4 percent to meet other fuel requirements. And what would make up the difference?
Normally you should be able to settle disputes between the branches using the various powers each branch has, but I’ve signed on to a few including the recess appointments,” Sen.
Campaign-related factors should strongly benefit the Democrats, as well. Alex Sink is certain to win the Democratic nomination in the Jan. 14 primary.
Without being prompted by a reporter question, Boehner inserted himself into the news of growing violence in Iraq by addressing “the ongoing threat of al-Qaida in Iraq.”
On the surface, the recent slew of House Republican retirements from competitive districts should boost Democrats’ hopes of winning the majority in 2014.
Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who may become the next Finance Committee chairman, said a tax overhaul should form “a very, very substantial part of” the debate over economic inequality.