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But what he delivered was a political speech meant to cast doubt in swing voters’ minds about the economy with Republicans in charge.
In a floor speech Tuesday, Reed said he was proud to have “put people before politics” in the House but denounced the tensions between Democrats and Republicans.
Ambition, and some friendly nudging to break out his comfort zone from the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Jerrold Nadler, are what led Cicilline to where he is today: chairman of the Subcommittee
All of us. All of us.”
“That, I think, reminds us that there is still so much yet to accomplish and that we can accomplish, including a day like today that is so historic and so important, for so many reasons,” said Harris
“He pleaded for us to do more. With the legislation that stands before us at this hour, we intend to answer his call,” Neal said.
Describing Zelenskyy’s speech as “magnificent,” Rep.
Though they were from opposite ends of the political spectrum, they listened to each other’s viewpoints, which is not always a given today, Leahy said.
“Hell, I think there’s not one of us in the office who hadn’t felt that at some time or another,” he said.
Senate — effectively killing the voting rights legislation the president and Democratic leaders say is necessary to safeguard elections.
for the voting rights legislation that was the focus of Biden’s speech Tuesday in Atlanta.
The House delayed a planned vote on Democrats’ roughly $2.2 trillion package of spending and tax breaks Thursday night when the Republican leader delivered an hourslong speech in opposition that ran into
“Today, the CEOs of the largest oil companies in the world have a choice,” Khanna said.
“Today, we are going to have to take the long way to move forward with seven of the nominees currently on hold,” Schumer said.
The 416-11 House vote Thursday afternoon clears the measure for President Joe Biden’s signature with just days to spare before the Capitol Police and National Guard are expected to face funding shortfalls
Advocates of the repeal measure note it’s been a decade since President Barack Obama ended formal combat operations in Iraq tied to the 2003 U.S. invasion of the country.
We cannot let the former president drag us backward and make us complicit in his efforts to unravel our democracy,” she said.
“In a typical year, many of us would invite guests from our states and our districts to join us to sit in the chamber.
But today there are far fewer — about 3,000 American military personnel in the country, plus up to 7,000 troops from other nations.
The speech bidding the country goodbye was penned by America’s first president weeks before electors cast ballots in the third American presidential election.