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WASHINGTON — One day after Arizona Sen. John McCain forged an unusual bipartisan alliance with the White House on cutting $1.75 billion in increased spending for the controversial F-22 jet fighter, congressional Democratic leaders pressured lawmakers to drop the matter to clear the way for a controversial hate crimes provision in the defense spending measure.
Legislation to extend federal hate crimes protections to gays and the disabled reached the Senate floor Wednesday with the best prospects in years to become law.
Congressional Democrats announced that Phil Angelides, a former California treasurer, will lead a new commission to examine the causes of the financial crisis.
A key Senate vote that would eliminate $1.75 billion added to the defense spending bill for more fighter jets from Lockheed Martin has been postponed again.
Senator Carl Levin on Wednesday temporarily withdrew a bid to kill $1.75 billion in funding for more F-22 fighter jets in a massive defense spending bill but senators leading the charge vowed they would try again soon.
The Senate was expected to vote Wednesday on the amendment filed by Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. John McCain, the committee's top Republican, to cut extra money for seven more planes.
The Senate health committee approved a massive health care overhaul bill in a party-line 13-10 vote Wednesday morning, a major step in the push to create a government run health insurance plan.
A looming vote over funding for more F-22s pits the Administration and Pentagon against lawmakers trying to save jobs
WASHINGTON — Arizona Sen. John McCain, in an uncommon alliance with the Obama administration, is squaring off against fellow Republican and Senate Armed Services Committee colleague Saxby Chambliss of Georgia in a fight against adding $1.75 billion in funding to expand the F-22 Raptor jet fighter production line.
A looming vote over funding for more F-22s pits the Administration and Pentagon against lawmakers whose priority is to protect jobs rather than the nation's skies
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a rising star in the Democratic Party, resisted interest reaching all the way to the White House for her to run for higher office next year. One of the reasons: A campaign for U.S. Senate or governor would have been a burden on her young family.
No one wants to spend any more on the plane, but Congress is on its way to allocating over a billion in order to keep the jobs of people who build it.
Despite Opposition From Military and President, Congress Pushes $1.75 Billion in Funding For Seven More Raptors
A key Senate vote has been postponed to strike out $1.75 billion added to the defense spending bill for more fighter jets from Lockheed Martin.
The Obama administration is firing back at Sen. Jon Kyl for calling for an end to economic stimulus spending, and it's aiming where it hurts the most — at home in Arizona.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Carl Levin says a key vote has been postponed to strike out $1.75 billion added to the defense spending bill for more fighter jets from Lockheed Martin.
