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Congressional Budget Office study sounded an early warning that the federal government “might be asked to assist in the funding of such plans” and that such aid could “raise the federal deficit and debt” without
“We’re not going to raise the debt ceiling without real cuts in spending,” the Ohio Republican said. “It’s as simple as that.”
“I think we should deal with the problems that affect this country,” Reid said. “We need to do something to help the American working class and stop worrying about fringe issues.”
House Democrats face a dilemma: Should they vote against a new, Republican version of the DREAM Act?
Very few people who enter public service do so without ever leaving it for a cushier private sector job — even for just a few years — so I think your office will have handled a staffer leaving for similar
“A four year transition from the $1 bill to the $1 coin could result in billions of dollars in real savings that we should all be able to support.”
Members should also consider an op-ed about the tea party-IRS scandal and the “rampant overreach of power by the Obama administration — and what House Republicans are doing to combat it.”
The NRA should not be allowed to misrepresent the treaty’s requirements to further its agenda seeking the unrestricted flow of the tools of war throughout the world.
54 proposals that could be implemented immediately without congressional legislation or collective bargaining with labor unions.
A number of lawmakers share the position that accessing any location data should require a warrant, resulting in two bills that have gained support. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep.
Andy Harris, R-Md., said in a radio interview this week that with all the problems facing the United States, American should not get “hung up on this one case.”
the Senate’s immigration overhaul, and more recently he worked with some of the same senators (and a few newcomers) on the deal to get a number of executive branch nominees lined up for confirmation without
Their piece focused on the steps the party should take to avoid a fate similar to the Democrats a generation ago, while noting that the GOP has lost four of the past six presidential elections and
The Senate wouldn’t have found itself on the brink of changes without Reid having the 51 votes needed to implement the changes.
The Senate wouldn’t have found itself on the brink of changes without Reid having the 51 votes needed to implement the changes.
I am not pro-abortion, but I do believe a woman should be able to make intensely personal decisions about her pregnancy with the counsel of her doctor, her family and her faith — and without the
Rule XVI clearly requires that the Presiding Officer submit such questions to the Senate without ruling, but Senator Byrd asserted a point of order that the Presiding Officer should not submit the question
Without Schweitzer, Democrats don’t have a proven vote-getter whose big personality apparently appealed to a majority of Montanans.
“All within the sound of my voice, including my Democratic senators and the Republican senators who I serve with, should understand that we as a body have the power on any given day to change the
“All within the sound of my voice, including my Democratic senators and the Republican senators who I serve with, should understand that we as a body have the power on any given day to change the