The WWII Memorial is an open space that is funded almost entirely by private donations with almost no oversight from Park Police personnel, who as Mike Flynn notes, are exempted from the government shutdown, anyway. There is no reason to block veterans from
On Tuesday, the House GOP proposed legislation to restore funding for the National Park Service, the Veterans Administration and DC local government, but a united block of Democrats, with the White House’s blessing, blocked the funding. The GOP was trying
These are the words of Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Monday. “Why don’t we make sure that every American is treated just like we are?” Boehner asked, seeking to prohibit members of Congress and Capitol Hill aides from getting
(AP) House to vote on reopening national parksBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONHouse and Senate Democrats say they’ll reject a bid by Republicans to reopen portions of the government, including national parks and processing of claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs.They
In response to The Community Organizer In Chief Appalls Again: They say there’s no crying in baseball, but there’s nothing except crying in “community organizing.” It’s just an endless series of complaints, Americans pitted against each other savage combat, with
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Senator Patty Murray and Senator Charles Schumer all use the same GOP has a gun to our head line on the Senate floor…
The House first tried to defund ObamaCare. Then, it tried to delay the whole law and then just the individual mandate. In the final hours before the midnight deadline, the House ended with a simple proposal. It would agree to
Late Monday, as the government neared a midnight deadline triggering a shutdown, the House voted to appoint conferees to negotiate a solution to the funding crisis. These conferees would form the House contingent of a “conference committee” of Reps and
Shortly before midnight, Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected a request from the House of Representatives to appoint conferees to negotiate a funding bill before the government shut down. When the House and Senate each have differences on their respective bills,
In a press release issued Monday evening Senator Ted Cruz vowed to donate his salary to charity for each day Majority Leader Harry Reid forces the government to shut down. “Harry Reid should not force a government shutdown. I hope
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: “The Senate bill is a short-term extension, it’s what it is. This is a six-week funding bill, it’s all it is. Six weeks. If we can’t pass this we are truly entering a banana Republican
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “…One reason they are so afraid its just like social security, its just like medicare. You know, Republicans hated those two programs and now they are so popular with everybody and given a little bit
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “Understand we are dealing with anarchists. They hate government and who is the worst part of government from their perspective? It’s people who work for the federal government whether waiting on tables whether part of
Democrats have provided New Yorkers with a shockingly poor choice for mayor in Bill de Blasio, whose left-wing resumé not only includes helping the Sandinista communists in Nicaragua but also welcoming butcher Robert Mugabe to City Hall in 2002. Yet
If the government shuts down at midnight on Monday, it will largely be the result of a strategy pursued by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The Democrats have lined up so squarely behind Reid’s strategy that President Obama cancelled planned
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says he is not concerned there will be a government shutdown, as the House has done its part and the responsibility to pass a spending bill now rests on the Senate. “No. We’re not
Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who last week gave a 21-hour speech on the floor of the Senate against funding Obamacare, said that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s intransigence would be to blame
On Meet the Press on Sunday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) emphasized that Democrats have not compromised on Obamacare, are essentially holding the military hostage, and would be responsible if the government shuts down because they refused to budge from their
(AP) House votes to avoid shutdown, delay ObamacareWASHINGTONThe Republican-run House has voted to avoid a partial government shutdown next week but also delay President Barack Obama’s health care law. Because of that condition, the White House has promised the overall
House Republicans remain united against Obamacare, demanding that it be delayed in its entirety for a full year before they agree to any stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown before Tuesday. Technically, the government will run out of
Greta Van Susteren: Give me little behind the scenes. When you see Harry Reid on the floor in the last 24 hours, did you look each other in the face or look away or hi, how are you doing? Ted
UPDATE: The House voted 231-192 to keep the government open and delay Obamacare. Harry Reid has said that the Senate will reject the measure. ** On Saturday, House GOP Leadership announced plans to take up the Senate stop-gap spending bill and
This week in the U.S. Senate, cloture was approved to end debate on the Continuing Resolution to fund the government until November 15. But the principled CR passed by the House is now unrecognizable, as the Senate resolution includes an
Senate Republicans are angry at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for saying that a vote to allow Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to add an amendment to fund Obamacare is in fact a vote for Obamacare. In addition, Senate Republicans are
Cloture invoked 79-19 (60 vote threshold, there are 54 D, 46 R Senators) This was the vote that mattered because Harry Reid could only get the 60 votes he needed with Republican help. 25Rs joined 54Ds to end debate on
The consequences of three of the biggest political battles of the last four years are all converging over the next two weeks. With a polarized Congress and an intransigent Obama Administration, there is no clear path to settle the current
The vote to invoke cloture on the CR passed as expected, moments ago with the final tally 79-19. 19: Vitter,Paul,Lee,Cruz,Crapo,Enzi,Fischer,Roberts,Scott,Heller,Grassley,Toomey,Moran, Rubio, Shelby,Risch,Inhofe, Portman, Sessions — Byron York (@ByronYork) September 27, 2013 NRSC’s leadership – chairman Jerry Moran and vice chair
On Friday, the Senate voted 79-19 to invoke cloture and end debate on the House-passed Continuing Resolution. The vote paves the way for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to offer an amendment to restore funding for ObamaCare. Funding for the
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled four votes Friday afternoon to complete the Senate’s work on the Continuing Resolution. Once the Senate passes the CR and sends it back to the House, Senators will leave DC for the weekend.
CNS News is reporting that a group of 21 House members have sent a letter to all GOP Senators, warning them against a cloture vote on the Continuing Resolution. A vote on cloture would give Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) the
According to sources on the Hill, there is growing support among Senate Republicans to support Sens. Cruz and Lee’s efforts to scuttle Sen. Harry Reid’s attempt to reinstate ObamaCare funding in the House Continuing Resolution. On Friday, the Senate is
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters on Thursday that he hasn’t had a single conversation with House Speaker Boehner concerning the continuing resolution or debt ceiling debate. He also said he has no plans to talk with Boehner or
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, while discussing the Affordable Care Act’s tax on new medical devices, had a little Freudian slip.
On a conference call Thursday with reporters, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that the next stage in the fight to defund Obamacare occurs Friday when the Senate votes for cloture on the Continuing Resolution. Cruz says Senate Republicans must unite
Wednesday night, Senators reached a deal to speed up consideration of the House Continuing Resolution, as fears grow that Congress may run out of time to avoid a government shutdown. If Congress doesn’t pass some kind of continuing appropriation by
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke to reporters following his 21 hour and 19 minute speech on the floor of the Senate. Cruz discussed the problems of Obamacare during that time with the intention of convincing his Senate colleagues to vote
In response to Chris Matthews Admits: Cruz has 30%…Harry Reid Doesn’t Have 30% Behind Him: Harry Reid doesn’t need the American people behind him. He has The New York Times. NYT, 6/25/13, on Wendy Davis: ‘The Great Abortion Filibuster.’ NYT,
More GOP senators continue to buck Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s efforts to gain support for a plan that will allow Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to fund Obamacare using a procedural trick in the Senate that Sen. Ted Cruz
On Morning Joe, Chris Matthews made a stunning admission. At the conclusion of a discussion about the Cruz “filibuster”, Matthews said that Cruz was playing to his crowd. He went on to say: We all know this country is balkanized..and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) dismissed reports that as the Obamacare implementation deadline looms, businesses in the United States are cutting hours for more employees or going through rounds of layoffs. When asked by Breitbart News how these businesses
