Heard on the Hill: Football Follies
The Congressional resolution to honor Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton passed the House on Wednesday, but not without controversy. Rep.
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The Congressional resolution to honor Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton passed the House on Wednesday, but not without controversy. Rep.
After more than a decade of working on Capitol Hill, there are some basic tenets that new staff should ground themselves in as they embark on their new venture.
Without procedural fig leaves behind which to hide, the question is whether Senators will put their money where their mouths are.
“We believe we should stay here as long as it takes to get this treaty ratified, and we are prepared to do so,” the Massachusetts Democrat, flanked by Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
House Democrats voted last week against bringing the deal to the floor without changes — they are particularly unhappy with its estate tax provisions — and Pelosi said she would heed the will of
McMahon’s personal wealth will allow her to remain competitive should she decide to run again.
Someone may offer the final Bowles-Simpson plan as an amendment to the budget resolutions considered by the House and Senate next year (see Prediction 4), but no one should think it is going to be supported
But some suggest that a passionate tea party push without LePage’s backing would ultimately have little effect.
Elijah Cummings (Md.) and Jim McDermott (Wash.), predicted later on CNN that the tax cut deal will ultimately pass, but without their votes.
We met away from here, away from the White House, so we could have a conversation without media scrutiny. The hardest part was ditching the media, but we were able to do so at least for a few hours.
The House Democratic leadership is pushing back against complaints from several departing Members that a Caucus vote rejecting President Barack Obama’s tax cut deal occurred without their input.
Lloyd Doggett, who wrote the resolution, said he believes Pelosi will not defy Members’ will and bring a bill to the floor without fixes.
Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who has spearheaded support for the legislation for years without success.
Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), in 1993 because I shared her vision that our government should help those who couldn’t quite dig themselves out of their woes.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) — who are vocal critics of the Biden-McConnell compromise — declined to comment Wednesday when asked whether the White House should use the vice president
I don’t think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point.
Now Rogers will have to find a way to corral Republicans and Democrats on his committee to find places to cut federal spending without the advantage of giving away earmarks as sweeteners.
As a start, they should go back and read those obituaries, and then make a note to read his wonderful book, “Journeys to War and Peace: A Congressional Memoir,” which will be published next year.
But their Senate voting records are similarly conservative, and the two Members could be fighting for the same political ground in the GOP presidential primary should both of them run.
Anthony Weiner ripped President Barack Obama on Monday for cutting a deal with Republicans to extend tax cuts for upper-income Americans without putting up a fight for core Democratic ideals.