Even Silicon Valley's representative in Congress, Democrat Zoe Lofgren, is lukewarm in her support of skilled immigration.
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For the time being, the city's representative in Congress is William Jefferson, who faces trial later this year on 16 bribery-related charges.
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That leaves the Republicans with this message: even if you're upset with the national policy, you still like your own representative in Congress.
He served two terms as a Representative to Congress from Texas.
In Congress, Representative Bernard Sanders, a Vermont independent, has introduced federal anti-surcharge legislation.
The Royal Statistical Society decided to ask a group of British MPs (Member of Parliament, think Representative in the US Congress) a really very simple question.
Outstanding member of Congress, Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. (Applause.) UAW President Bob King is in the house. (Applause.) And Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne. (Applause.) Sergio is modest.
The attorney is also looking to Congress, where Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has sponsored a bill to clarify that the OPA doesn't preclude state suits over oil spills.
"The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable, " DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said, also calling it a distraction.
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He has served in the Congress since 1995, first as a Representative and now as a Senator.
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The influence over federal money enjoyed by Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Charlie Rangel, now that the Democrats rule Congress, will help.
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As calls for his removal from Congress intensified, the New York representative took his home off the Forest Hills real estate market.
Representative HENRY HYDE (Republican, Illinois): Congress was being asked to vote to remove itself from the process almost entirely, and abandon its Constitutional role.
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Among those attending the session is a representative of Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress.
Representative SILVESTRE REYES (Democrat, Texas): Even if Congress were to say we're funding 10, 000 new agents, we're giving the border patrol the green light and we want you to hire them next year.
Representative JERRY LEWIS (Republican, California): One member of Congress who raises his hand and then violates the law, takes the bribe, should not reflect the entire Congress.
In testimony before Congress earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Scwab indicated that the discussions can be revived, adding that fast-track renewal is necessary to make this happen.
Representative PETER HOEKSTRA (Republican, Michigan): I would apologize for Congress asking you to do this work in the first place.
Colorado representative Jared Polis created two half-billion dollar companies from scratch before joining Congress as a Democrat in 2009.
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Representative CHARLES RANGEL (Democrat, New York): It's bad for the Congress.
Representative RAHM EMMANUEL (Democrat, Illinois): Democrats made a pledge that if we got to Congress we were going to take the language that the pharmaceutical companies got, strike that language, rip it out and then specifically tell the secretary to begin negotiating prices with the pharmaceutical companies so we can get a better price both for the seniors and the taxpayers.
Representative NANCY PELOSI (Democrat, California): We will have a rules package that will hold this Congress to the highest ethical standards.
As we've been reporting this hour, it's opening day for the new Congress, and what better to celebrate your newly elected lawmakers win, or cheer up your outgoing representative, than sending the perfect gift.
Minnesota representative and Tea Party favorite and one-time presidential candidate Michele Bachmann announced that she will not run again for Congress.
In the meantime, the U.S. Congress can constructively get into the act by seriously considering the Price Stability Act of 2008, sponsored by Representative Paul Ryan (Republican--Wisconsin), the ranking Republican on the House Committee on the Budget.
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