The Biden group was meeting off the Senate floor even as the Senate upheld the ethanol tax credits.
But even Mr. Paul called it 50-500" that a Syrian resolution would remain off the Senate floor for long.
We're pleased he's backing off," the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, said during a press conference on Tuesday.
The government plans to deploy 1,000 police officers to seal off the Senate, which is in a concrete monolith on the Manila waterfront.
WASHINGTON — As a bipartisan group of Congressional tax writers opened widely watched negotiations last Wednesday over what to do about expiring tax cuts, a secret set of tax talks was taking place just steps off the Senate floor.
WASHINGTON, June 14 — Senate Democratic and Republican leaders announced on Thursday that they had agreed on a way to revive a comprehensive immigration bill that was pulled off the Senate floor seven days ago.
Democrats face an uphill battle in Ohio, where Republicans are given a good shot at holding on to the governorship and picking off the Senate seat being vacated by John Glenn.
But privately, people in Mr. Pataki's inner circle say the party has begun shifting its priorities, determined to make Mr. Bush's campaign competitive in New York, even if that means writing off the Senate race.
"I think there is still hope of a compromise, and we are trying to work it out," she said as she headed off the Senate floor to a late-night meeting.
A Democratic campaign operative was disheartened by Ensign's resignation, given that it will likely make the Democratic chances of picking off the Senate seat tougher.
I just got off the Senate floor, where we voted to clear a key procedural hurdle of the Bipartisan Budget Act.
