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Obama, in his address, cited President Abraham Lincoln’s famous saying that “government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves and no more,” but his speech and administration
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Obama, in his address, cited President Abraham Lincoln’s famous saying that “government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves and no more,” but his speech and administration
The president said the Senate should exempt nominations for judicial and “public service” positions from the filibuster, ending a current practice that allows individual Senators to put a hold on
“Yes, I may be old, but I am also old-fashioned, too, where I feel you should judge a man by his record and his word,” he said in a statement.
“The OPEN Act creates uniform and targeted online infringement policies that will help protect intellectual property rights — without threatening internet safety and the thriving internet marketplace
Cooper Chief intellectual property counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee Cooper’s position puts him at the center of the most consequential technology policy debate to bedevil Congress in years: What should
House and Senate staffers from both sides of the aisle will be working over the weekend to lay out what exactly the scope of the committee should be.
“Behind the scenes, their offer should represent the nearly done map,” one Florida Republican official told Roll Call.
“Higher education can’t be a luxury — it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.”
The Senate is perfectly within its constitutional rights and framework to reject a presidential nominee for whatever reasons a majority might have, but to quash nominees without even a chance at a vote
“If the president really believes that ‘We can’t wait,’ as he says about American job creation, he should immediately reverse his Keystone XL decision.”
The lawyer who a decade ago advised Newt Gingrich on how to engage in advocacy without officially becoming a “lobbyist” is now working to close the loopholes that enable the former Speaker and other Members
Now, we can’t, so the dollars we have should be devoted to those who need them most.
The heart of Obama’s argument is that the middle class is in danger of slipping away, and that he needs to act — with or without Congress — to help give them a fair shake.
On the Senate floor, Grassley said that President Barack Obama’s recent recess appointments are “a matter of concern to my Republican colleagues, as it should be for all Senators; we must consider
“The Supreme Court confirmed that the San Antonio court drew illegal maps, without regard for the policy decisions of elected leaders,” Abbott said in a statement following the decision.
“Rather than prematurely bringing the Protect IP Act to the Senate floor, we should first study and resolve the serious issues with this legislation.”
Bingaman is known for forging bipartisan compromise without pizazz.
For example, if something on a website contained copyrighted material, the entire website could be shut down without first notifying the users or the owners of the website, opponents allege.
Now that outside groups can raise and spend unrestricted money, they argue, candidates and parties should be free to compete on the same terms.
Whether the initiation of military engagement in Libya without Congressional consent or a variety of secrecy practices, the president has acted on a number of occasions in ways that enable him to