...effect.The drawn out legislative success of 2008 came years after Wellstone's death and was co-sponsored by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico. It was a personal passion for the two senators, one that crossed party lines. Both of them had...
...yet law, and the good news is that they face some resistance. Some Republicans -- Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici and Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, for example -- have indicated that they will press for relatively...
...the shape or scope of government. ''We're in a presidential election,'' said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., the plan's chief author. ''And somebody next year, a new president, will tell us what changes...
...were equally scornful of the Democratic approach. The GOP favors tax cuts, said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., because ''If we don't do it pretty soon, there will be no surplus left over to the taxpayer...
...bill was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week. The ''rider,'' inserted by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., is aimed at an announcement last month by Army Secretary Louis Caldera that all final decisions on...
...for schools, foreign aid and other programs. Hoping to head off a spending spree, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., told reporters that lawmakers ''ought not do any damage this year'' by enacting expensive new programs...
...the Senate to complete its budget document by early April. Two senior Senate Republicans, Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (N.M.) and Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (Alaska), warned Tuesday that the administration's...
...has a better plan to help the American economy, ... I'd like to see it," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., after GOP senators huddled privately on their tax plans. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S...
...is too small, Nelson said. To try nailing down support from several moderates, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., was planning to include nonbinding language in the budget endorsing the idea of letting Congress...
...multiple sponsorship. Everyone from Rep. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont socialist, to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici of New Mexico, a cautious conservative, has said: Do it. Moderate Democrats like Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut...
Brainerd Dispatch ©2011. All Rights Reserved.