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20 Mar 2017, 3:00 am by Scott Bomboy
The last time a GOP-controlled Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee from a Republican President was in 1930, when President Herbert Hoover’s choice for the Court, John J. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 5:18 am
First Minister, Jack McConnell, stood up in plenary session and apologised "on behalf of the people of Scotland". [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 3:28 pm
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Michigan) released the letter (.pdf) Wednesday in anticipation of a planned Thursday vote on a new House spying bill that proposes just a "tell it to the judge" solution, in lieu of the get-out-of-jail-free provision in the Senate bill. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 7:35 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
Mikulski (D-MD), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jim Webb (D-VA) wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), urging the use a pro forma session of Congress in order to offer a solution. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 1:47 pm
She was appointed by President Obama to replace retiring associate justice John Paul Stevens, a reliable vote in the liberal bloc of the court.The vote was mostly along party lines, with five Republican senators and two independents voting with Democrats for her confirmation. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 12:35 am
For additional information regarding access to these documents contact [www.gallerywatch.com] 12/12/2007 Certification Letters for the Energy and Water Appropriations Appropriations Bill, H.R. 2641 -- Abercrombie-Drake (PDF 17.0 MB)Letters Requesting Earmarks and Certifying That Those Earmarks Comply With Ethics Rules as Required by House Rules (Text is Searchable)12/12/2007 Certification Letters for the Energy and Water Appropriations Appropriations Bill, H.R.… [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 3:00 am by Scott Bomboy
The last time a GOP-controlled Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee from a Republican President was in 1930, when President Herbert Hoover’s choice for the Court, John J. [read post]
31 Aug 2013, 12:19 pm by Jack Goldsmith
And this morning, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell agreed that this is the right thing to do for our democracy. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 5:23 am by lawmrh
But it wasn’t to be, thanks to the mouthful of a bill entitled the Reid-McConnell Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. [read post]
27 Dec 2012, 7:29 am by Paul Horwitz
And when it does so apparently as much to secure a tradeoff with particular political leaders as for reasons related to the group's mission, that's worth noting too: Greenhouse reports that one reason the NRA scored the vote on Sotomayor was because it was asked to by Senator McConnell, in order to keep the Senate Republican caucus in line on the vote. [read post]
12 Feb 2018, 3:28 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell will propose a “shell bill” which is a bill that can be amended and debated over the next few weeks. [read post]
8 Aug 2006, 9:25 pm
The Rehabilitation of Law and the Possibility of Politics Aldo Chircop, Scott Coffen-smout & Moira McConnell (eds.), Ocean Yearbook 20 Andrew F. [read post]
14 Oct 2014, 7:53 am by hlpronline
If a bill can be passed out of committee to the full floor, Senator Mitch McConnell will likely have to advance PATRIOT Act reauthorization legislation while beating back criticism not only from Democrats, but also the always-vocal Rand Paul. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 1:30 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Voter opinions of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader John Boehner are up slightly, too, after all three scored record unfavorable ratings the month before. [read post]
2 Oct 2007, 2:18 pm
The nation's spymaster, Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell, for one, has repeatedly warned that even talking about what powers the government should have will kill Americans. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 7:29 am by Douglas A. Berman
John Corbyn (R-Texas) blames the House of Representatives for not moving more quickly, which he said would have created "momentum" in the Senate for passing the law. [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 3:39 am by Amy Howe
”  At Blue Mass Group, David Kravitz suggests that the president should nominate a sitting Democratic senator from a state with a Republican governor — so that, by confirming the nomination, Mitch McConnell would gain an extra Republican vote in the Senate. [read post]