Topic: John Cornyn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leaders said on Tuesday they were considering introducing legislation to allow financially stressed U.S. states to declare bankruptcy, even though the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives has rebuffed the idea."We're exploring that as a ...
John Cornyn is a Cornyn delayed the confirmation vote for Hillary Clinton 's appointment to Secretary of State on January 20, 2009 , by voicing an objection concerning Bill Clinton 's involvement with foreign donations. Senate Confirms Clinton (January 21, 2009) Member ...
"CIA Director Leon Panetta testified before a congressional committee that he was told former vice president Dick Cheney ORDERED THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION ABOUT A SECRET COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAM FROM CONGRESS, the chairman (actually, Feinstein is a chairwoman) of the Senate ...
More than a half dozen tea party-backed candidates have captured Republican Senate nominations, and now the GOP is trying to bring their rebel supporters' enthusiasm into the fold for November.. Judging by how quickly the GOP establishment embraced tea party nominees after ...
Who is the most powerful Texan in Washington? Over the years, the state has sent to the capital three presidents, three vice presidents, three House Speakers, a Senate majority leader, three House majority leaders, and a Supreme Court justice.. Several House members ...
GOP senator suggests Obama remarks on mosque in NY will be considered by voters this fallA Republican senator is suggesting there could be political fallout from President Barack Obama's remarks about building a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans blocked a White House-backed bill on Tuesday to require unprecedented disclosure of who pays for political campaign advertising.On a Senate vote of 57-41, Democrats fell short of the needed 60 to clear a procedural hurdle Republicans set up ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker on Sunday predicted his party would win back the House of Representatives from Democrats in the November mid-term elections, as both parties previewed the arguments they will deploy in the battle for control of Congress.Republican ...
Two US Senators unveiled legislation Wednesday to quash what they described as the growing market in "murderabilia" -- trinkets and trophies tied to notorious violent crimes.Republican Senator John Cornyn and Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced ...
Top Republicans are starting to worry about their health care rallying cry "Repeal the bill." It just might singe GOP candidates in November's elections, they fear, if voters begin to see benefits from the new law.Democrats, hoping the GOP is indeed positioning ...
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