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Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of the House-passed Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act of 2008: “Let’s travel back in time ten months past. January 10th of this year, to be exact. In that second week of 2007, America…
Washington, DC—Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and other Democratic Committee Members joined agriculture advocates at a press conference today to discuss Republican obstruction of the farm bill. The Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 will improve the quality of life and economic vitality of rural communities,…
Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today after Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts to give our troops the resources they need while holding the Administration accountable for its failed Iraq policy: “Last week, Congress gave the Department of Defense $459 billion, but President Bush says he needs billions more. So Democrats offered…
On November 16, 2007, Senate Republicans voted to block the Senate’s passage of the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 ("the Farm Bill") by refusing to invoke cloture on the Farm Bill by a vote of 55 to 42. The Farm Bill has been the pending business before the Senate for ten days and…
Washington, DC— U.S.Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Michele Flournoy, President of the Center for a New American Security, held a press conference call to discuss this week’s Senate Armed Services Committee’s hearing on the state of our Army and our military’s readiness. The war in Iraq has stretched our forces dangerously thin, and it will…
Washington, DC – El Líder de La Mayoría del Senado Harry Reid hizo las siguientes declaraciones después que los republicanos bloquearon los esfuerzos de los demócratas para darle los recursos necesarios alas tropas, a la vez de exigirle responsabilidad a la Administración del Presidente Bush por su política pública fracasada sobre Irak: “La semana…
Motion to Proceed to S.2340, Iraq Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill Motion to Proceed to H.R.4156, Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations bill H.R.2419, the Farm bill
H.Con.Res.259, Adjournment Resolution S.2371, Technical Corrections Higher Education S.1679, a bill to provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center be known as “Emanicipation Hall” S.2168, Identity Theft S.Res.384, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month
Washington, DC—Los demócratas del Senado llevaron a cabo una conferencia de prensa hoy para discutir la crisis nacional creciente de hipotecas de alto riesgo y de embargos de propiedad y sus esfuerzos para atenderla. Mientras emerge evidencia nueva en cuanto a la severidad de estas emergencias de vivienda, los demócratas están trabajando para ayudar a…
Washington, DC—Senate Democrats held a press conference today to discuss the nation’s growing subprime mortgage and foreclosure crisis and their efforts to address it. As new evidence emerges every day of the severity of these housing emergencies, Democrats are working to help deserving families weather this storm. “The FHA Modernization Act of 2007 bill makes…