Cardin Faces First Big Test
Barbara Mikulski (D) was running for an open Senate seat, and despite the rarity of open House seats in the Free State, Cardin glided into Congress without a fight.
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Barbara Mikulski (D) was running for an open Senate seat, and despite the rarity of open House seats in the Free State, Cardin glided into Congress without a fight.
“Oh sure, at lunch we all had the freedom that lawyers without clients have, so we were just going on about how the government wouldn’t go to court and couldn’t go to court because it wouldn’t win
“We left the meeting without a decision on who would be the best person to take on this effort.” Lampson is clearly viewed as a strong contender by national Democrats.
in an attempt to head off a bipartisan coalition that wants to hike the bill’s cost up to $300 billion, will propose a new formula designed to satisfy Senators who feel their states got short shrift without
Ten years ago, the newly installed Republican Congress was deep into debating the contentious issue of unfunded mandates — the wonky term for the imposition of federal requirements on states without providing
House of Representatives before serving two terms in the Senate, told me recently that while he thinks there should be a vote on President Bush’s judges, he also believes that Senate Republicans have moved
She said elected officials must stop abdicating their responsibility to the security sector without oversight.
“In short, Santorum has become a more controversial public figure in the past two months and Bob Casey, without doing much of anything to attract headlines, is the beneficiary.
But when it comes to CAFE, all of these groups and many others agree: Congress should not set CAFE standards that will put jobs at risk and give Americans fewer choices for vehicles.
In contrast to other multipollutant legislation, Clear Skies provides unprecedented emissions reductions nationwide without significantly increasing electricity prices for Americans.
We should put that idea behind us.
Pence opined that he believes Congress doesn’t have “any business saying how much money should be spent.”
Bush as 43rd president, the Clinton Environmental Protection Agency declared that the new government should regulate with the strictest controls.
subcommittee on the legislative branch, raised the idea during a hearing on fiscal 2006 budget proposals for the Library of Congress and Government Accountability Office, asserting that Congressional agencies should
On Feb. 20, 1975, he insisted that “the majority has rights, too,” arguing that after “reasonable debate” is over, the minority should not be able to use the “shelter” of the filibuster.
Congress waived its sovereign immunity with the CAA, and since the law sets up the “office of” instead of individual lawmakers as the defendants, Members could claim their personal Speech or Debate immunity without
The prospect of the first presidential cycle since 1928 without a sitting president or vice president seeking the nation’s highest office has prompted a scramble among aspiring politicians to claim
Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security, says he is open to including earmarks in much of the bill, mainly as a way for Congress to provide specific instructions to the department on how it should
Participants also discussed legislative fallout if the Senate should “blow up” over judicial nominations.
More significantly, Hastings suggested that he and Mollohan conclude a “gentleman’s agreement” stating that no complaint would be dismissed without a vote by the panel.