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Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., threatened to object to a deal to get the government back fully up-and-running and raise the debt limit without consideration of the Vitter amendment, but there’s been no such agreement
But Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn of Texas expressed “grave concerns” about a nominee without significant experience in the law enforcement community.
“Eventually, drones may have the technical ability to make even lethal decisions autonomously: to respond to a programmed set of inputs, select a target and fire their weapons without a human reviewing
It was expected that the royal family should provide the bulk of the funds needed to run the government.
Neither did they agree on a precise target for how much red ink the budget negotiators should seek to mop up during the coming decade.
The group appeared to be talking strategy about how they should respond to a tentative Senate deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling without addressing Obamacare in a substantive
“When we look at the budget, it should not only be about how you cut entitlements or how you cut programs [for] vulnerable people.
In short, the U.S. should consider, with the other members of the P5+1, a “suspension for suspension” initial agreement – in which Iran suspends enrichment and the U.S. suspends the implementation of new
“House Republicans have heroically led this fight, and they should stand firm.
“We can certainly get by without it working,” Gainer said outside the door of the chamber.
Peterson Foundation, who agreed that our leaders should make strategic choices to provide for our national security within the limits imposed by the sequester.
today that next week’s Columbus Day recess has been canceled and that they would be expected back at the Capitol for votes starting Monday night Obama has insisted Congress reopen the government without
Serrano was being honored as a “champion of democracy” on behalf of DC Vote, the local organization that seeks to end taxation without representation for the District.
Boehner is offering a six-week debt limit hike without reopening the government to President Barack Obama in a bid to jump-start stalled budget negotiations.
Heritage Action for America CEO Michael Needham told reporters Wednesday morning that Republicans should raise the debt ceiling but keep the continuing resolution fight focused on dismantling Obamacare
Lest anyone should think otherwise, this bill would not in any way minimize or hinder the environmental review that is an important part of the permitting process.
“You should make a list of 20 Democrats and then for the Republicans just put one big question mark,” quipped one Democratic aide.
He said there was no reason the so-called Vitter amendment — which would eliminate health care subsidies for members of Congress, staff and executive branch workers — should be a “deal-killer.”
Before the shutdown, Gray wrote a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget declaring all the city’s workers essential — therefore requiring them to keep working even without congressional
A GOP appropriations aide also described the working group as similar to the supercommittee, but on a smaller scale, and without instructions.