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Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
The term now means a place behind the scenes, where cigar-smoking party bosses make political decisions. [4] "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.", from Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address. [5]
The rules of the House and Senate allow a bill to be delayed, even permanently, by various means, such as by tabling the bill, recommitting it, or amending it in the second degree. By appealing for an "up or down vote," an advocate of the bill tries to get it out of committee and past all other legislative hurdles and to a floor vote .
Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.
At Phoenix House, Kolodny said, they would no longer accept the norm of addicts leaving their short-term abstinence programs only to relapse days later. “In our shorter-stay program, we want to see a significant number of patients walk out the door on buprenorphine,” he said. “And we’re going to be measuring our ability to do that.”
Also, asking Canada and Mexico for full compliance with the terms of USMCA regarding the amount of regional auto parts content in North American cars which reduction benefited China and other countries, ending delays in federal drilling permits and leases, and restoring the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
As Burke wrote, "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation." In other words, a society and its traditions cannot endure unless it can also change.
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