So again, we fundamentally are talking here about a series of talking points that were provided to the administration as well as to members of Congress on Capitol Hill that acknowledged within them that this was preliminary information that everyone who spoke on the issue made clear might change, as is often the case here in situations like this.
Nonetheless, in recent years America has come to resemble much more closely that brightly lit, fume-free city on a hill that policy wonks dream about, where energy is cheap, clean and reliable (if you consider self-sufficiency a proxy for reliability).
About the mortgage deduction and the charitable deduction, last year when that was proposed for this year, 2011, it seemed as though even among some Democrats on the Hill that there was considerable resistance to that idea, especially in a slow mortgage market or a slow housing market.
This gambit is so controversial (and cynical) that the word on Capitol Hill and in industry circles is that the White House will bigfoot HHS and make the final decision on the Advantage cuts.
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There is a sense of complacency on Capitol Hill that is totally lacking in Virginia Beach.
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Because when asked about that on the Hill today, some Senate leadership aides and senators involved were unaware of it.
We know there are people up on Capitol Hill that have been working on health care on the Republican side for several decades.
In her book, the now-retired Snowe writes about her 34 years on Capitol Hill that she says went from a place where parties worked to forge compromise to today's obstructionist politics and partisanship.
Kennedy knew well that on Capitol Hill you tried for a full loaf, sometimes took half of one and, if necessary, you planted the flag, took a slice and came back another day for more.
At the same time, and I guess, you know, in support of the was he pushed a little bit argument, there is also - there's been a perception certainly among senators and congressmen who you speak to on Capitol Hill that Negroponte never quite managed to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with in Washington power circles.
There is no doubt, Jake, that there is a process up on Capitol Hill right now that was not in any danger of moving forward in a way that was quick enough and needed somebody at HHS to run CMS -- that is an important job.
Look, on financial regulatory reform, this is something that certainly the President wants to work with the Republican Party and others on, understanding -- but I think that the President has to have, and people on Capitol Hill need to understand that the President is not going to compromise because lobbyists tell somebody that we shouldn't have an agency that protects consumers.
The Phoenix Suns' CEO Rick Welts, who has since resigned for personal reasons, had just come out in public, revealing that he was gay. (Welts is now president and chief operating officer for the Golden State Warriors.) Unfortunately, on the same day that Hill was taping his public service announcement, Laker star Kobe Bryant was caught on camera shouting a gay slur at a referee.
Now, there is criticism out there from folks on Capitol Hill and not on Capitol Hill who say that we could have done this differently.
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And I would suggest, whether it's to Senator Bond or others on Capitol Hill, that these are decisions best left to people that have an understanding of counterterrorism, experience in counterterrorism and law enforcement, rather than to politicians on Capitol Hill.
"There are still some differences between Democrats and Republicans on the Hill, between the White House and some of the products that have been discussed on the Hill, " he said.
And we believe that there are a lot of serious lawmakers up on Capitol Hill who agree that we need to do this.
The President believes that, and the leaders on Capitol Hill I think appropriately believe that, the process that we've seen has been extensively covered.
Meanwhile, on the federal level, a bill currently being bandied about on the Hill would force companies that track location on more than 5, 000 devices to notify users that their location information is being collected and stored, making this kind of surreptitious monitoring harder to do.
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Short of that, because every leader at the table, every responsible leader on Capitol Hill, agrees with the President that we cannot let the United States default on its obligations for the first time in its history, we must pursue a fallback or last-ditch option, if you will.
Top lawmakers on Capitol Hill agreed that there's no immediate need for additional disaster aid.
He's hoping that legislators on Capitol Hill will work to iron out their differences.
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Some Dems on the Hill feel that it could be a tool for intimidation against the farmers.
The debate inside regulatory agencies rarely draws the kind of public scrutiny that activity on Capitol Hill does.
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To some degree that depends on Capitol Hill and whether a resulting law requires limited or extensive clinical trials.
There was a hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday that started digging into this.
Fleischer said the political dynamics have changed on Capitol Hill and that such legislation should be able to pass through Congress.
Some people on the Hill think that it's 12:01 a.m. tomorrow morning.
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