Don Nickles: “He is saying let's take up the House-passed bill. The request I was going to make, and I ask my colleague if he would…”

The Senate is special for a couple of reasons, but amongst legislative bodies, it is really special because unlike the House and unlike most parliament procedures, members of the Senate have unlimited debate and unlimited opportunities to…

I have heard some statements where people are insinuating that American combat personnel are getting gypped by this bill. That is false. We are giving them a benefit they didn't have before. We are saying they can use combat pay in…

The administration's proposal would dramatically scale down the activity in the oil patch.

You would give such a tax advantage to Total, BP, Lukoil, other international oil companies.