Crist Switcheroo: Likely Less Than Meets the Eye
As I noted in an earlier column on the race (Should Charlie Crist Roll the Dice to Save Long-Shot Senate Bid?)
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As I noted in an earlier column on the race (Should Charlie Crist Roll the Dice to Save Long-Shot Senate Bid?)
DADT originated in those two committees 17 years ago, and that is where the matter should be addressed now.
Puerto Rico held a plebiscite anyway — without the backing of Congress. Since about half the voters chose a “none of the above” option, the unclear results have been debated since.
Though Lincoln argued passionately that her bill should not be disadvantaged on the floor, she did not appear to have swayed Reid.
“We really should be focusing on jobs right now, and we’re doing everything but,” Brown said, adding that he would “look at every bill” for which his support was elicited but that stricter enforcement
because many of these jobs will be located at existing hydropower facilities and non-powered sites that would be retrofitted to generate electricity, they will improve the economies of nearby communities without
According to Democratic aides, by Friday Graham was clearly uncomfortable with the idea of rolling out the legislation without a commitment from Reid to not push immigration first, which Reid has refused
But Shelby said that without an agreement with Dodd, Republicans were united in opposition. “The Democrats will not get cloture,” Shelby said. “But we’ll continue to work.”
This goal will require educating millions of additional college students at a cost of many billions of dollars and cannot be met without the participation of quality private sector colleges.
“There is no reason Members of Congress should get any kind of a pay increase this year,” said Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), the member of the Budget Committee who introduced the amendment.
Although Graham has not formally pulled out of negotiations with Schumer, he said the Senate should punt the issue until next year.
Instructions for the current forms, which are due in May, include no reference to the box, which was apparently added to address the recurring problem of Members reporting sales of stock without
The Senate passed legislation Thursday to stop Members’ annual automatic pay raises for 2011, raising the possibility of Members going without a cost-of-living increase for the third consecutive year.
… You could go a generation without taking it up because you get the hell beat out of you,” Graham said, adding that, “I think we should take it up next year in the new Congress” when lawmakers may have
There are a number of problems with complaining only about the amount of taxes you’re paying without any reference to the other side of the budget.
[IMGCAP(1)]Though Democratic leaders claim they are willing to bring the bill to the floor as soon as Thursday with or without GOP support, they are also relying on a full-court press by the White
Then, without the consent of Congress, the French-speaking province brazenly proceeded to elect U.S. Senators and a dozen U.S.
Section 3 of the bill defines the status as “the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics or an individual, with or without regard to the individual’s
[IMGCAP(1)]The “motion to proceed” should be made non-debatable and subject to an immediate majority-rule vote.
A classified program let the government spy on phone calls without warrants.