Lipparelli: Congress Should Use This Brief Window to Legislate Internet Gaming
Congress should act to pass it before the last days of the 112th. Here’s why.
Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
Congress should act to pass it before the last days of the 112th. Here’s why.
Pilecki was part of a group of about 1,000 community volunteers, union members and progressive activists who, under the moniker of 99 Uniting, pressed lawmakers to solve the fiscal cliff without
“We will not leave here without extending federal unemployment insurance,” Levin said in a statement.
But in the wake of Colorado and Washington voters’ recent passage of marijuana legalization initiatives, Congress has a unique opportunity to allow changes in this failed policy without officially endorsing
Those groups say the bill is far too large and contains appropriations that should be sought in annual appropriations bills.
“Taking a website down or seizing a domain name should be a last resort, opposed to a standardized knee-jerk reaction.”
Because Norton is the only representative for D.C. residents — albeit without the ability to vote for their interests — her office is the only place for them to turn for tickets to the 57th inaugural
We’re still arguing over the debt ceiling, we’re still arguing over whether Medicare and Social Security should be altered,” he added. Senate Majority Whip Richard J.
With some GOP lawmakers calling for a smaller measure or spending offsets, House leaders have not settled on a strategy should the Senate send over the Sandy bill, which Democrats want to clear this
These cards are used by many institutions to distribute federal student aid to students but can carry fees and credit implications without the students’ knowledge.
The standard by which we should measure legislation is not whether it generates revenue. Instead, the paramount consideration should be whether it promotes economic growth.
We should get it done as soon as possible,” the senator said.
The tax deal should be the easiest part. Agree on an amount — and $1.2 trillion seems obvious — and then get the Congressional Budget Office to figure out a few options to get there.
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said he is content as a United States senator and is not eyeing the post of attorney general in President Barack Obama’s second term cabinet, should it become available.
For instance, it would compare a government midlevel position with a similar private sector midlevel position without considering the qualifications of the workers in those positions.
After all, the fight to the death that is currently under way is what was, or should have been, expected.
Senate Republicans charge the proposal advanced by President Barack Obama last week would shut off the sequester without finding alternative cuts, which they say they will not accept.
The White House on Friday asked Congress for $60.4 billion in emergency aid for communities hit hard by superstorm Sandy, and argued that no spending cuts should be made to other programs to cover the
“If you can get the people who are seated around that daily management meeting bought in, it should certainly have a buy-in from the conference writ large.”
No matter how its members feel about marijuana use, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers wants to ensure that states can move forward with their marijuana laws without federal interference and has introduced