Members Security Gets Renewed Focus
Gabrielle Giffords has generated a larger discussion about the level of security Members should have when they’re not in Washington, D.C.
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Gabrielle Giffords has generated a larger discussion about the level of security Members should have when they’re not in Washington, D.C.
But there is some common ground, and we should take health care being the most recent example,” the Arizona Democrat added.
“No Member should consider this vote as the end of the reform efforts of this Congress,” Rules Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.) said on the floor.
“We cannot ignore that, nor should we. My belief has always been, we can disagree without being disagreeable to each other.”
. … When government sees insufficient benefit, all but the wealthiest and most politically connected will have to go without” life-saving treatment.
The Ohio Republican assumed the Speakership without the pomp and circumstance that characterized Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s “marble-ceiling-shattering” ascendance to the job just four years ago.
He said experience is necessary on any staff, but the chief pick should send a message to the political base.
Dreier also defended a scheduled vote next week on repealing the health care overhaul, which has also drawn fire from Democrats because it will be brought up under limited debate and without an opportunity
But he returns this week to a much different climate: His own party is deeply divided over how he should work with the new Congress and Republicans are ready to hold him to his word about cutting deals
. … Should the voice of 600,000 people count for nothing?”
Should Ethics opt to re-establish the subcommittee, however, it could give Waters a new opportunity to object to the panel’s membership.
looming over health care reform, federal spending and the debt, and a proposed Republican House rules package that would allow, among other things, Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to craft a budget without
This is not a game,” Goolsbee told fill-in host Jake Tapper when asked whether the president’s team has a contingency plan should the vote fail.
A dispute ensued, which resulted in Nadler taking another cab without paying Habteab at all. But Nadler tells HOH it was Habteab who broke the law.
“He said ‘We’ll do without a press secretary for a while so if the primary doesn’t go how you want it to, you can come back to your job.’”
“It’s clearly where they should start,” former DCCC Chairman Martin Frost said. “That is the beginning of the comeback.”
Coburn said all Americans eventually would be called on to sacrifice in the name of getting the nation’s finances in order, but he noted, without specifics, that “those that are more well-to-do are
Well, without predicting that Obama will win, I’d say that he certainly can.
The need for reforming the labyrinth of Congressional DHS oversight is abundantly clear to most (without regard to political party), though Congress has yet to take action. Rep.
The House voted 277-148 in favor of the measure as passed by the Senate, even though the Democratic Caucus approved a nonbinding resolution last week stating that the chamber should not bring up