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William O'Neill said he was sorry to his family, friends and "thousands of strangers" who were hurt by his Facebook post on Friday in which he decided to "speak up on behalf of all heterosexual males" in light of critics calling for the resignation of Democratic US Sen. Al Franken after a woman accused him of groping her. "There comes a time in everyone's life when you have to admit you were wrong," O'Neill wrote .
Connecticut's U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy must do more than stand united with fellow Democrats in seeking to block a tax reform bill that would be bad for Connecticut and for many middle-income taxpayers, while exploding the national debt. They and their fellow members of the loyal opposition must offer alternative tax relief ideas that are more fiscally responsible.
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Illinois, says the watchdog agency, created by the Dodd-Frank Financial Regulatory Reform Bill, has overstepped its mission under its current director, Richard Cordray. "The intention of those who pushed this in through the Dodd-Frank legislation was to make it a completely unaccountable bureau," Hultgren said.
National security officials are urging President Trump to approve the sale of nearly $50 million worth of U.S. weapons to Ukraine, which has confronted what it sees as military aggression from Russia and pro-Russian separatists for years. Congressional and State Department officials said Monday the weapons proposal had gained traction in the National Security Council.
LINCOLN, Neb. - The Latest on Nebraska regulators deciding whether to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline through the state : A Nebraska commission has approved an alternative Keystone XL route through the state, removing the last regulatory hurdle to the $8 billion oil pipeline project.
The announcement was made Monday morning at Union Station, where Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno was joined by Congressman Richard Neal and President of Peter Pan Bus Lines Peter Picknelly. The lease agreement has a potential for 20 years with a five-year initial term.
After years of heated debate, Nebraska's Public Service Commission approved an alternative route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, The Associated Press reports. The decision comes days after part of the existing Keystone Pipeline spilled 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota.
Authorities were scouring West Texas on Monday for those behind an apparent attack that killed one U.S. border agent and injured another. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement Sunday that was thin on details about what happened, saying the two agents "were responding to activity" while on patrol near Interstate 10 in the area of Van Horn, which is about 30 miles from the border with Mexico and about 110 miles southeast of El Paso.
A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate touching, saying Monday that he put his hand on her bottom as they posed for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010 - after he had begun his career in the Senate. Lindsay Menz told CNN that the interaction made her feel "gross."
More than a quarter of Ohio's registered voters didn't cast ballots last year. And for some of them, that could have been one inactive election too many.
On November 14, 2017, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch released a new modified mark of the Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that modifies provisions related to Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A and 162 . The Chairman's modification adds a transition rule for the elimination of employer deductions for payments over $1 million to certain executives under Code Section 162 .
The following exchange between former New Jersey governors Brendan T. Byrne and Tom Kean took place via telephone last week. GOV. BYRNE: The first would be not to take advice from guys like me.
Conor Lamb, Democratic nominee for the special election in the 18th Congressional District, greets well-wishers after the second round of balloting Nov. 19 at Washington High School. Conor Lamb, Democratic nominee for the special election in the 18th Congressional District, greets well-wishers after the second round of balloting Nov. 19 at Washington High School.
Oregon governor Kate Brown recently wrote to her state's two Democratic senators warning that federal funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program will run out in December. About two months after federal funding lapsed for the Children's Health Insurance Program, state officials still don't know exactly when they'll run out of money or when Congress will renew funding - leaving families that depend on the program increasingly anxious about their benefits.
President Donald Trump isn't campaigning for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore because of "discomfort" with the sexual misconduct allegations made by several women but isn't calling on the controversial judge to drop out of the race because the state's voters should decide, the White House says. Ultimately, Trump doesn't know who to believe following decades-old allegations made one month before the Dec. 12 election, according to his aides.
But perhaps tellingly, the woman who came forward with allegations, Leeann Tweeden, is not a member of the Capitol Hill community. In the House and Senate, lawmakers and staffers alike say sexual harassment is a common problem that makes Congress no different from other industries roiled in recent weeks by documented cases of harassment and even assault.
Barama Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Azercell Telecom LLC represented Azerbaijan in yet another international conference together with Technote, the most successful start-up of the country, supported by PASHA Bank. Thus, Barama and Technote attended the web-summit held in Lisbon, Portugal, being the only representatives from Azerbaijan and joined various events, exchanging their experience during the summit.
The photo that emerged last week of the senior senator from Minnesota pawing the breasts of a sleeping woman was heinous, but it wasn't unfamiliar. Nor was the mugging grin on Al Franken's face as he grabbed her, or his initial response that he was trying to be funny.
Jared Bernstein, a former chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden, is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and author of 'The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity'. In a song about the plight of the leftists in the Spanish Civil War against General Francisco Franco, the great musical satirist Tom Lehrer sang : "Though he may have won all the battles, we had all the good songs."