Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings Were on Other Side of Contempt Battle Four Years Ago
For instance, in 2008, the White House argued the president’s advisers should be free to provide advice without the threat of a subpoena.
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For instance, in 2008, the White House argued the president’s advisers should be free to provide advice without the threat of a subpoena.
“Without a vote or any specific authorization … [BLAG] is intervening in yet another case,” Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said.
It’s “petty, negative stuff that’s very common in our politics, but he should be above that. Tactically, I think it’s inconsistent with his brand.”
“It has been the goal of Senate Republicans to pass the Violence Against Women Act without procedural impediment,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said at a press conference this morning
The taxpayer is paid back because the bank never makes a loan without doing a rigorous risk assessment.
have drawn the lesson from North Korea’s recent missile test failure that all is well and there is no real threat to America, and that President Barack Obama’s proposed cuts to national missile defense should
Even without the 20 percent threshold, it’s unlikely that a lobbyist working on his own could charge a client more than $3,000 per quarter for lobbying activities while skirting registration by never making
However, he said it’s impossible to understand McConnell’s juggling act without gaining access to private meetings where moderate and conservative Members disclose positions on legislation and tactics.
Obama then ripped the GOP for spending money on two wars and enacting two tax cuts without paying for them and voting for oil company subsidies and against the Buffett Rule requiring people making
“The people of the District of Columbia should not be held hostage to the gyrations of a divided Congress,” Lieberman said in a statement.
Louie Gohmert went on without him.
Second, the messages that once primarily were about Budget Committee preferences on how programs and provisions should be changed are today about electoral maneuvering.
Many observers say the federal government should be spending far more on energy research, which Gates recently estimated should be at least twice the current levels.
“Without a Congress that’s willing to pass [the Employment Non-Discrimination Act], I wish the president was a little more aggressive to pursue nondiscrimination,” openly gay Rep.
But just because private companies and trade associations hold comparable meetings to reward employees, build morale and spur motivation does not mean government agencies should emulate them.
“James Madison described this institution, the process of lawmaking, it should be ugly and messy and difficult,” Dreier said.
. … If my daughter wants to be able to say, ‘I’m staying home and raising my kids,’ no one should question it,” Biden said.
The bill makes a simple fix to current law to boost economic growth without spending a dime of taxpayer dollars or adding to the deficit.
Without a doubt, these “Swing Independents” are opportunity voters, yet they currently associate President Obama with a fairness message. 63% say he would be more likely to talk about fairness and
Without a doubt, these “Swing Independents” are opportunity voters, yet they currently associate President Obama with a fairness message. 63% say he would be more likely to talk about fairness and