The business before the House of Representatives this week includes consideration of the Democrats’ continuing resolution, or CR, on Wednesday. While the details of this Omnibus spending bill – or CROMNIBUS, to coin a hybrid phrase for cramming roughly half the entire federal discretionary budget and assorted policy changes into one vehicle – have not been made public, a few of its figures have been leaked.
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January 23, 2007Press Release
U.S. House Republican Leader John Boehner (OH) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) lowered its FY 2007 budget deficit forecast to $172 billion, a $76 billion improvement over predictions from last year:
January 23, 2007Press Release
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the bipartisan Legislative Line-Item Veto Act of 2007 was introduced today by Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan (R-WI) and a host of bipartisan cosponsors:
January 23, 2007Press Release
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) announced today that he has appointed five Members to serve on the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel for the 110th Congress. The panel is part of the Appropriations Committee and all appointed Members currently serve on either the Appropriations or Intelligence Committee. Republican Members appointed to the panel are:
January 23, 2007Press Release
U.S. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) expressed disappointment today concerning Democrat leaders’ decision to deny rights to the opposition in an unprecedented manner never witnessed under previous House majorities, Democrat or Republican. Republicans offered a privileged resolution on the House floor to protest actions taken yesterday by the Democrat-controlled House Rules Committee: