In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 House Meets At... 10:00 a.m.: Legislative Business First Vote Predicted... 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Last Vote Predicted... 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ***Members are advised that votes could occur as early as 10:00...
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So far today on Congress Matters: CA Berkeley WV examines "Things Left Undone" -- part of that closer look at the unfinished business of appropriations that I've been hinting at for a while Quick! Without looking it up, can you think of who the other Dems are in Baucus' so-called "Gang of Six?"...
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In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: Majority Leader Hoyer Statement on House Floor Schedule WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight on the schedule for the U.S. House of Representatives: "Due to the weather affecting the ability...
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Today is the day that Michele Bachmann (LUNATIC-MN) plans to lead her army into the halls of congress to "scare" members into killing health care reform. Freedom-haters need not apply: "Nothing scares members of Congress more than freedom-loving Americans,” Bachmann said. “I think that will absolutely scare these members of...
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One thing leads to another, you know what I mean? Congress Matters was actually established on that premise. What I mean is, it was set up to be the place where you could go to get down in the weeds, or follow the twists and turns that explaining one little piece of legislative...
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Today on the House floor: H.R. 3326, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010. What's in it? What's not? Who's got earmarks? Who's got amendments? (And what's up with Rep. Jeff Flake's 553 of them, and what are they going to do about it?) Congress Matters.
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Another full day of appropriations madness in the House. Today: H.R. 3293, the FY10 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill. What's in it? What's it do? Who's trying to amend it and how? Congress Matters.
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In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009 House Meets At... 9:00 a.m.: Legislative Business Five "One Minutes" Per Side Last Vote Predicted... 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. H.R. 3293 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...
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Republicans won't get their massive November victories with numbers like these: Democrats lead Republicans by a slight 47% to 44% margin when registered voters are asked which party's congressional candidate they would support in their district "if the elections for Congress were being held today." That's up from 44-44 in...
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As debate over health care legislation dominates cable news today, the New York Times made a move to increase the paper's coverage of Congress.Jennifer Steinhauer, who's been with the Times since 1989, is joining reporters Carl Hulse and David Herszenhorn on Capitol Hill, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO.The memo -- signed...
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