...it calls "extraordinary measures" to delay the effective default date until the White House and congressional Republican leaders agreed to put off the battle until later this year.Congress suspended the debt limit through May 18. The next...
...consultant Mark Rountree, president of Landmark Communications in Atlanta, says the trends present a challenge for Republican leaders because changing them takes such a long time."It will take a generation or two to change the way voters look...
...jobs the budget cuts would mean to each state. The cuts would slash from domestic and defense spending alike.Republican leaders were not impressed by the reports."The White House needs to spend less time explaining to the press how bad...
...commerce because it would have granted generous tax credits for rehabilitation of downtown properties. While most Republican leaders say they agree with the logic behind the bill, they held it in the House Ways and Means Committee over concerns...
...learn to forgive some people," Meadows said, a not-so-subtle warning ahead of the floor vote.A few House Republican leaders are snipping at the NRA. On Wednesday, Rep. Alan Powell, R-Hartwell, the chairman of the Public Safety Committee...
...41 billion budget for the fiscal year starting in July, one of the General Assembly's last remaining tasks. Republican leaders in both chambers had long been divided on how to change lobbying rules. The debate intensified this summer after...
...interest is whether Deal and Republican leaders can proceed next year, with...commanding legislative majorities, Republican leaders did not pursue changes on the...pro tem, said he and other Republican leaders were disappointed that they...
...curbing or eliminating the deductibility of tax-exempt bonds.Separately, in a bit of political theater, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell urged Democrats to allow a vote on Obama's current plan, which calls for a $1.6 trillion tax...
...the right, switched to become a Democrat. DeMint also broke with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Republican leader's backyard to support tea party favorite Rand Paul in the Kentucky Senate primary. Both Paul and Pat Toomey...
...claimed the federal guest worker program is difficult to use and doesn't provide workers when they need them. Republican leaders in Georgia have offered farmers few alternatives. Aside from Black's liaison program, the corrections system...
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