But he said Democrats would do well to play legislative small ball.
"[T]he Senate should make no mistake, if it does not pass the bill and the provisions expire — it will have a lot of questions to answer about why it decided to play legislative chicken with important intelligence tools," said Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif ., ranking D-Calif .of the House Select Committee on Intelligence.
Obama's sheer popularity will make it harder for members of Congress to water down regulations, but his willingness to play legislative hardball has already score a major victory over another key bank lobby priority: student loan subsidies.
We will learn how to analyze policy problems and design solutions, taking into account the multi-dimensional aspects of making federal policy and the many constraints upon those decisions.The second part of the class is a multi-week role-playing legislative simulation.
The result is powerful senators like Graham apparently believing it's a privilege to be "in his world," rather than emphasizing the role they play a legislative branch that is meant to be a check on the executive.
WHAT role are many families of the Newtown, Conn., shooting victims playing in the legislative process?
With its tag line, Shreve's is playing off the legislative battle that will allow voters to weigh in on same-sex weddings as early as 2006.
Here and there, while playing up his own legislative achievements, such as leading a bipartisan effort to remake the public housing system, Mr. Lazio worked in subtle digs at Democrats, but did not mention his Democratic opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Mudd said Fannie had a "voice" and a "constructive role" to play in the legislative process, as compared with six months ago, when, he said, the company "didn't have a seat at the table" because of its troubles.
