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But when it comes to whether the House should vote this week to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class, the two leaders have appeared at odds, and up until recently they haven’t seemed to care
With GOP candidates husbanding their resources for October and “outside” Republican groups focused more on Senate contests, Democratic incumbents have often been able to deliver their messages without
“To adjourn without dealing with this means that in their minds the elections are more important than jobs for the American people.”
Many earmark opponents argue that funds will continue to flow to important local projects without earmarks, with decisions based on need rather than political muscle.
Republicans have struggled to appease the socially conservative wing of the party without hurting the party’s appeal to crossover voters and independents who are more concerned about the economy.
Education Pays” report showed that the median income for Americans with bachelor’s degrees in 2008 was $55,700; for those with associate degrees, $42,000; for high school graduates, $33,800; and for those without
But the handout didn’t come without rebuke.
You can’t walk the National Mall these days without spotting a line of Segway riders following a tour guide, like chicks behind a mother hen.
They also know how to change those numbers if they decide up front that some spending should or has to be treated in a certain way or that revenues should be held to a certain level.
“First and foremost, the Senate should have the ability to debate more than the three amendments the Majority Leader is allowing,” the Maine Republican said in the statement.
On the other hand, he said, people on Wall Street who bring home hundreds of millions of dollars a year should not be complaining about their tax rates being too high.
In fact, many House Democrats think the Senate should let Republicans filibuster or “hold middle-class tax cuts hostage,” as many Democrats have put it, and the House should go home without voting on it
Jim DeMint argued for a “devolution of power out of Washington,” saying Sunday that “the fact is, education probably would work a lot better without the Department of Education.”
She was the architect behind the idea for a consumer watchdog, so it only makes sense that she should be the architect working with Secretary of Treasury Geithner in standing up the agency,” he said.
There’s no unanimity of opinion among Congressional Democrats about whether White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel should quit his job to run for Chicago mayor.
“We must not blink,” he said, noting that money cannot be spent without the House voting to pass it. “If the House says no, it’s no.”
“With our national debt at $13.5 trillion we simply can’t continue to borrow and spend without restraint,” Coburn added.
“We should set a standard for the rest of the country.”
. … Both of us are very concerned about the upcoming November 2nd election and the subsequent municipal elections, and agreed that every possible contender should conduct their effort on the moral high
President Barack Obama on Wednesday cheered Senate progress in advancing a small-business jobs bill but chided Republicans for stalling a bill that “should not have taken this long to pass.”