On Tax Cuts, Liberals Wanted Obama to Fight
“Democrats should welcome the chance to tell the American people what we will fight for.
Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
“Democrats should welcome the chance to tell the American people what we will fight for.
. … Without a willingness to give on both sides, there’s no reason to believe that this stalemate won’t continue well into next year.”
“I try to let the readers draw their own conclusions without getting on a soapbox, but I think there were certainly flaws on all sides in this story,” Wilkie said.
Biden made the second point that Congress should extend unemployment benefits.
Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio) blasted House Democrats for pushing through a permanent extension of middle-class tax cuts on Thursday without extending them for all Americans.
According to Ornstein, spending on speech is an “arms race,” the only outcome of which is the destruction of the way politicians would like to operate: without having to respond to the speech of
“With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities.”
Cole said the group is focused most immediately on House initiatives that can be changed without bicameral or legislative action. “That’s what leadership wants us to do,” Cole said.
Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said in a statement that the report proves that DADT “is damaging to our national security” and should therefore be repealed
Here are the “13 Leadership Criteria for RNC Chairman Candidates,” as outlined by the conservative caucus hosting the panel: “A Candidate for the position of RNC Chair should have: 1.
Rob Bishop (R), a former Speaker of the Utah House, has a set of common-sense reforms, including on scheduling and transparency, that could and should get bipartisan support.
On Tuesday, Republican Members of Congress mostly avoided the question of whether Steele should continue.
Rather than getting angry because red-light cameras are proposed, taxpayers should be furious when a local government refuses to use them.
Without proper oversight, our economic freedom is at risk. The voters do not want to see inside-the-Beltway squabbles.
That is what’s screwing up our system, because there’s no time out to do legislation in a bipartisan way or without the press of elections. And, so I said, I’m not going to be a part of that game.
Illinois is expected to lose another seat to reapportionment after the 2010 census, and Pat Brady, chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, said he expects Springfield Democrats to draw a partisan map without
Norm Coleman believes the Alaska Senate race is over and GOP nominee Joe Miller should end his lawsuit challenging the results.
Chamber of Commerce and a host of conservative nonprofits and “super PACs” helped make the post-Citizens United world a favorable climate for Republicans this time around, they should be wary of the monster
Democrats moved from bill to bill without taking the time to sell their work to the public, he said, adding, “You can’t be too busy to explain what you’ve done.”
So it should come as no surprise that when Washington wanted to find new ways to make the District more bike-friendly, it turned to the Royal Netherlands Embassy for guidance.