"This virtual march on Washington will allow every American opposed to the war to stand up and be counted, by calling, faxing and emailing the US Senate and the White House, " Sheen says in the ad.
Well, I want to thank both Democratic and Senate Leaders -- Democratic Senate Leaders, Democratic House Leaders, as well as Republican Leaders from the House and Senate for joining us.
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On Friday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner reiterated his party's refusal to allow taxes to rise and challenged the gridlocked US Senate to pass a bill first before the House acted on a plan.
The House and Senate budget committees could assist us by requesting that the CBO score all proposed legislation according to its alternative scenario as well as according to current law.
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The financial crisis really was a severe body blow to us, and a lot of the American people still think the Republicans are in control of the House and the Senate and the White House.
Also on Tuesday's ballot were 11 state governorships, a third of the seats in the 100-member US Senate and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives.
On Friday, Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones proposed a new upper house similar to the US Senate with equal representation for England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the event of Scottish independence.
While the Senate, the House and the President are letting us hurtle to the fiscal cliff and we are held in suspense as to what the tax law will be, she is introducing legislation to change the name of a type of IRA. You know how the IRAs that allow you to accumulate income that is never taxed are called Roth IRAs.
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But Reid insisted several times that raising taxes on wealthier Americans has to be part of any compromise to resolve the crisis and, emboldened by election gains in the House and Senate, Reid said Republicans "can't push us around" on the issue.
Markets also serve us best for pricing in the future, and with pundits suggesting that Republicans will achieve House and Senate gains in the 2010 elections, stocks are likely pricing in future policy moderation out of Washington thanks to more pushback from an emboldened GOP minority.
In the US today, there is a widespread public perception that Obama and his party colleagues in the House and Senate have gone on a spending spree when what the deepening economic recession requires is frugality.
This could mean more law-making powers are devolved from Westminster to Cardiff, he has suggested, or the creation of a new upper House of Parliament, modelled on the US Senate with equal representation for Wales, Northern Ireland and England.
And I thank Senators Schumer and Graham for working with us to forge a bipartisan consensus on a framework for moving forward, and I welcome the commitment of House and Senate Democratic leaders to take action.
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