Kiernan: Renew Commitment to National Parks
It has been clear for some time that, with or without the fiscal cliff, funding for national parks is insufficient.
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It has been clear for some time that, with or without the fiscal cliff, funding for national parks is insufficient.
He dismissed a proposal from congressional Democrats who suggested the president should cite the 14th Amendment to ignore the debt ceiling. “There are no magic tricks here.
expected to be allowed to reach the House floor, aides said Monday, as House leaders seek to put behind them the strong criticism leveled at Republicans after the chamber closed out the 112th Congress without
But lawmakers have not resolved their differences over whether the government should create security standards for the private sector or just take steps to facilitate threat information sharing between
Senate Democratic leaders urged President Barack Obama on Friday to be prepared to lift the debt ceiling “without congressional approval” if Republicans block legislation and default is imminent.
“No member of Congress should have been more supportive of this measure than Palazzo.
Most of this came in the summer of 2011 as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling without any revenue.
counsel and activist groups such as DC Vote, say they are within their legal rights: The Home Rule Act of 1973 includes nothing to prohibit the city from amending its charter to let D.C. spend its money without
should be done before requesting that a member be interviewed.
Many congressional Republicans have long insisted that tougher enforcement should be the first step of any immigration law overhaul.
Still, without a strong state party to clear the field for the new senator, there is no telling how many other contenders could go for it.
But any Senate effort would again be for naught, she said, without cooperation from the House.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday that without additional borrowing, the flood insurance program would run out of money for processing claims next week.
Merkley added that the attempt at negotiations between Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would strengthen the Democratic hand if the caucus decided to move forward without GOP support
Fitch recommends that members-elect come up with three or four things that constituents should remember about them when they go to vote in their next election.
DeFazio, D-Ore., said the agreement on extending the Bush-era tax rates for income under $450,000 left Democrats without “any leverage” in the debt ceiling fight.
“While I will negotiate over many things, I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they’ve already racked up through the laws that they
House Republicans emerged from a Tuesday afternoon conference meeting showing near-unanimous opposition to the Senate-passed fiscal cliff deal and holding that without spending cuts the bill should not
“At a time when our country is facing record debt and trillion dollar deficits, the last thing Washington should do is reward itself with a pay increase.
Despite the objections of conservatives, other Republicans simply wanted to vote on the Senate bill without amendment, said Jack Kingston, R-Ariz.