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Their conversations focused on how security should be postured around Capitol Hill, as well as the most recent intelligence about active shooter threats. Dine is an ex-officio member of the board.
Without referring to anyone by name, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likewise said that the defund Obamacare advocates are really seeking publicity.
And if that happens, Democrats would be faced with a choice of whether they plug their noses and swallow the bitter pill to avoid a shutdown, given that many Republicans may vote no without Obamacare
Boehner’s decision to craft a bill designed to get 218 Republican votes should unify his party — for a week, at least.
Servicemembers’ Telemedicine and E-Health Portability Act, passed in 2011, expands the current DOD state licensure exemption to allow credentialed health care professionals to work across state borders without
Because the fiscal 2014 sequester wouldn’t kick in until the beginning of calendar year 2014, the government could run at the higher level contained in the House proposal without issue for the remainder
“There should be no conversation about shutting the government down. That’s not the goal here,” he said.
GOP leaders are expected to be frank with members of their conference about the political realities that lie ahead and that a government shutdown should not be considered.
By eliminating the employer contribution for covered employees, it would put the workers in the same category as those without benefits. That’s a point Majority Whip Richard J.
The mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard — which took place a mile from the Capitol — has advocates once again talking about gun legislation, but still without the votes to pass it.
“It’s clear that its existence constitutes an unnecessary danger to the Navy and its personnel and it should be discontinued immediately.”
“It’s clear that its existence constitutes an unnecessary danger to the Navy and its personnel and it should be discontinued immediately.”
For the public, I think it’s wonderful just that a city, that the capital of the United States, should be focused for a weekend on literature.
But with opponents now trying to stall these reforms, lawmakers must reaffirm their support for these badly needed rate fixes and allow them to take effect without delay.
bandied about more than 24 hours later: If the people in charge in the House and Senate can’t even agree how to handle the fading possibility of a gunman on the loose in the neighborhood, why should
“So what we’re looking at is, do we have the will as a nation to be able to identify less than 1 percent of the budget, to go ahead and commit it to this 15-year recapitalization commitment without having
First, when journalists approach officials before a story becomes public, the government should do a better job engaging the media.
“I encourage restaurants and schools to offer straws instead of serving one with every drink automatically and invite customers to order their drinks without straws whenever they don’t need to use
As the White House said in a June report, PAEs “focus on aggressive litigation, using such tactics as: threatening to sue thousands of companies at once, without specific evidence of infringement against
Although Consumers Union praised the FDA for its message of moderation to rice eaters, Rangan said the agency should have stressed that test results from 1,300 samples over two years showed inorganic