vastav.su
12-27 08:29 PM
My H1 is expiring Jan'2011 with company A and company A has not filed my labor yet due to economic slow down.
As an employee of A, I have been working hard about 10-12 hrs day for last 3 years, and now they are saying they cannot file my labor.
Since, I'm not sure, if they will file my labor, I applied for h1 transfer in aug 2008 to company B but have not started working to company B.
I'm still working for company A, now that company B is willing to file my labor & 140 asap.
Now, If I move to company B and start working, what would be the chances of getting my labor approved through company B, I have been working here in US for last 5 years with great job history and tax history.
As an employee of A, I have been working hard about 10-12 hrs day for last 3 years, and now they are saying they cannot file my labor.
Since, I'm not sure, if they will file my labor, I applied for h1 transfer in aug 2008 to company B but have not started working to company B.
I'm still working for company A, now that company B is willing to file my labor & 140 asap.
Now, If I move to company B and start working, what would be the chances of getting my labor approved through company B, I have been working here in US for last 5 years with great job history and tax history.
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mk26
11-24 08:26 PM
u.s. Ambassador announces more convenient u.s. Visa application process - u.s. Embassy of the united states new delhi, india (http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/pr111810.html)
please read the above link.
good or bad?
please read the above link.
good or bad?
chanduv23
04-28 12:01 PM
10 year visitor visa. They visited few years back. They want to visit again this year. Do I need to send any documents? (letter to IO or affidavit of support or anything?)
any help is appreciated....
Yes, send a letter to President Obama so that he invite your family to the white house for dinner :) :)
U must be fine, but you may just want to give a letter to them staating your current address and contact information, in case they need to fill out thei 94 forms and need accurate info. Its your choice :)
any help is appreciated....
Yes, send a letter to President Obama so that he invite your family to the white house for dinner :) :)
U must be fine, but you may just want to give a letter to them staating your current address and contact information, in case they need to fill out thei 94 forms and need accurate info. Its your choice :)
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chanduv23
07-09 06:20 PM
There seems to be an update on the AILF lawsuit in Murthy.com, we must follow up and keep close watch on these developments
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indianabacklog
06-19 08:08 PM
do v need to print 325A form on coloured paper ?
This is not necessary. Curious what gave you this impression?
This is not necessary. Curious what gave you this impression?
anilsal
05-23 08:19 AM
Use your gmail account.
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rpat1968
09-06 12:54 AM
My PD is 08 july 2004. ND 08/09/2009 (NSC) and no approval yet. Multiple SLUD's from 4/2/09 - 04/16/09 on dependents and my cases after we sent response to RFE.
Last update was on 04/16/09.
Opened an SR on 09/03/09 and the wait goes on ...
Its furstrating to see the "Inorderly" and "out of turn" approvals ...
I don't want the miss the boat as PD later than me are using up the numbers.
There must be lots of IV members who are in similar situation.
Attorneys please suggest how we should tackle this.
Thx
:confused:
Last update was on 04/16/09.
Opened an SR on 09/03/09 and the wait goes on ...
Its furstrating to see the "Inorderly" and "out of turn" approvals ...
I don't want the miss the boat as PD later than me are using up the numbers.
There must be lots of IV members who are in similar situation.
Attorneys please suggest how we should tackle this.
Thx
:confused:
2010 Daisy and her 5 healthy
cantbelieve
07-06 02:07 PM
Hi,
Please help me out on this.
My employer provided me with substituion LC with PD: Oct 2002, EB, and filed an I140 using it last year. The RD on it is Nov 2005. The 140 had 2 RFEs both asking for submission of original LC. As per the attorney the original LC was submitted with the application, and the attorney requested the CIS to get the copy of LC from DOL, as per the regulation as she says. Now this week CIS as send a denial on this case.
My questions are:
1. The attorney says, she can no longer get the duplicate of the LC from the DOL, as it's an old substitution case. Is there any other way, or solution on this?
2. The origianal LC was filed along with the I140 petition. Is that usual? Should all the originals must have been submitted only on request?
3. Is there any way to make this case alive again? What are the chances of approval if we reopen the case.
Thanks,
CB
Please help me out on this.
My employer provided me with substituion LC with PD: Oct 2002, EB, and filed an I140 using it last year. The RD on it is Nov 2005. The 140 had 2 RFEs both asking for submission of original LC. As per the attorney the original LC was submitted with the application, and the attorney requested the CIS to get the copy of LC from DOL, as per the regulation as she says. Now this week CIS as send a denial on this case.
My questions are:
1. The attorney says, she can no longer get the duplicate of the LC from the DOL, as it's an old substitution case. Is there any other way, or solution on this?
2. The origianal LC was filed along with the I140 petition. Is that usual? Should all the originals must have been submitted only on request?
3. Is there any way to make this case alive again? What are the chances of approval if we reopen the case.
Thanks,
CB
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lelica32
09-09 05:46 PM
from Oh Law:
Full House Judiciary Committee Mark-Up of EB Visa Recapture Bill and Nursing Relief Bill on 09/10/2008 10:15 a.m.
By the direction of the Chairmain, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to debate and act on the following immigration bills:
H.R. 5882 Visa Recapture Bill (Zoe)
H.R. 5924 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Bill (Wexler)
Video Wabcast
http://judiciary.edgeboss.net/real-live/judiciary/17223/56_judiciary-coj_2141_070212.smi
Full House Judiciary Committee Mark-Up of EB Visa Recapture Bill and Nursing Relief Bill on 09/10/2008 10:15 a.m.
By the direction of the Chairmain, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to debate and act on the following immigration bills:
H.R. 5882 Visa Recapture Bill (Zoe)
H.R. 5924 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Bill (Wexler)
Video Wabcast
http://judiciary.edgeboss.net/real-live/judiciary/17223/56_judiciary-coj_2141_070212.smi
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Ann Ruben
03-05 09:11 PM
gcformeornot is correct. Only taxable remuneration counts for purposes or the LCA wage.
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ameerka_dream
03-24 08:26 AM
Yes something basic seems to be missing in our immigrant community. I want to repeat these are just 6 users who are very vocal and influencing thousands of people.
Sorry to say this, but it appears our worst enemies seem to be fellow immigrants, not anti-immigrants.
All I can say is someone has to be criminally negative minded, to oppose a campaign where money is not even being solicited. This culture of hate has to go and has no place in the USA.
This campaign along with the DREAM campaign was also supported by Murthy forum.
Murthy is one of the top immigration lawyers. It is a moderated forum, and the lawyers are personally aware of the content. They have supported us on previous Advocacy days.
As far as the question about law, I am no lawyer and will defer to admins. Core is in touch with many lawyers and I can assure you, they will pick up an action item, only if it has a very good chance of success.
Also Greg Syskind, one of the best lawyers in the country is on our advisory board, and core talks to USCIS, law makers regularly. So to claim this is not legally possible is just absurd.
On our home page we have the best minds on immigration listed, in our advisory board.
So you have all the above lawyers, lobbyists, core who are supporting this and 6 people with EAD think its not possible?
.
I don't care them but they are influencing others to believe in them.
I believe same. Those minds are not only selfish but they are really really cruel, cunning and they don't deserve to be part of american dream.. All they care is their green card..rest of eligible people who are waiting to file 485 can have unknown waiting time for their chance of filing 485 and can live in the state of limbo.
Hope there are no issues legally for this to see as admin fix as you already mentioned that Murthy and Greg are aware of this initiative.
Sorry to say this, but it appears our worst enemies seem to be fellow immigrants, not anti-immigrants.
All I can say is someone has to be criminally negative minded, to oppose a campaign where money is not even being solicited. This culture of hate has to go and has no place in the USA.
This campaign along with the DREAM campaign was also supported by Murthy forum.
Murthy is one of the top immigration lawyers. It is a moderated forum, and the lawyers are personally aware of the content. They have supported us on previous Advocacy days.
As far as the question about law, I am no lawyer and will defer to admins. Core is in touch with many lawyers and I can assure you, they will pick up an action item, only if it has a very good chance of success.
Also Greg Syskind, one of the best lawyers in the country is on our advisory board, and core talks to USCIS, law makers regularly. So to claim this is not legally possible is just absurd.
On our home page we have the best minds on immigration listed, in our advisory board.
So you have all the above lawyers, lobbyists, core who are supporting this and 6 people with EAD think its not possible?
.
I don't care them but they are influencing others to believe in them.
I believe same. Those minds are not only selfish but they are really really cruel, cunning and they don't deserve to be part of american dream.. All they care is their green card..rest of eligible people who are waiting to file 485 can have unknown waiting time for their chance of filing 485 and can live in the state of limbo.
Hope there are no issues legally for this to see as admin fix as you already mentioned that Murthy and Greg are aware of this initiative.
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Deepadandamudi
01-27 01:00 AM
you can work on 1099, if you have EAD and you dont need to open any company
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anilsal
03-03 03:01 AM
Work at IL State Chapter is going on. Mainly visit the lawmaker(s) via their staff / case workers on immigration.
For anyone interested in the IL State Chapter, you will have to PM me.
For anyone interested in the IL State Chapter, you will have to PM me.
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shaji_p_j
01-22 01:48 PM
I am working on my H1B and on I-140 approved Stage. At the same time I have applied for I-485 as Derivative applicant on my wife's application and also got the Advanace Parol.
If I use the AP (obtained based on wife's application) will my H1B got invalidated? My intention is keep my H1B and to avoid the H1B stamping.
Thanks
If I use the AP (obtained based on wife's application) will my H1B got invalidated? My intention is keep my H1B and to avoid the H1B stamping.
Thanks
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dammeinmarrtin
08-10 01:56 AM
My wife and I got married here in the Phil.He wants to file for an immigrant visa.We've been searching on the internet for some info but unfortunately we have some problem with some sites coz we cant get access to it.I also want to know how long it'll take to process an immigrant visa and the fees.
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chantu
11-14 04:42 PM
No other fees. If you go to VFS site, everything is written there clearly.
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kirupa
05-06 06:19 PM
Added the Brian, Stewie, and the Evil Monkey one from the other thread ;)
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Macaca
07-20 07:56 AM
Breakdown in Relations in the Senate Hobbles Its Ability to Get Things Done (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/washington/20cong.html?_r=1&oref=slogin) By CARL HULSE (http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html) New York Times, July 20, 2007
WASHINGTON, July 19 � Arlen Specter is a senior United States senator who expects to be allowed his say on the Senate floor. So he bristled when Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, brusquely cut him off at the end of the Iraq debate.
�The leadership is setting a dictatorial tone,� Mr. Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said Thursday, still furious over his treatment the day before. �Senators didn�t get here to be pushed around.�
It may seem small-minded to bicker over a few words at the end of a 24-hour debate. But the clash between the two veteran senators is evidence of a larger breakdown in relations in the Senate, a deterioration in cooperation that is hobbling the Senate�s ability to get things done. The situation is not likely to improve with a presidential election on the horizon.
As the cots were rolled away and lawmakers left for a decent night�s rest after the around-the-clock debate that ended � like others this year � in stalemate, lawmakers of both parties said they had rarely seen the tone so poisonous and the willingness to work together on the floor at such a low ebb.
�The last vestiges of courtesy seem to be going out the window,� said Senator Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican who has served as majority and minority leader. �Every time I think the Senate � Republican or Democrat � has gone to a point where you can�t go any lower, we go lower.�
It is hardly startling that members of the two parties do not see eye to eye. And the spirit of bipartisanship in the Senate always rises and falls depending on the subject and the election calendar. But seven months into the new Democratic regime, the environment seems unusually hostile. Occasionally, senators do, too, as exhibited in a Sunday television exchange between Senators Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, and Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, that looked for a moment as if it might turn physical as the two men argued about the war in Iraq.
The angry attacks nearly spiraled out of control Thursday night as the two parties lobbed political bombs at each other during the windup of work on an otherwise popular higher education measure.
After Republicans brought forward proposals intended to embarrass Democrats on terror detainees and union elections, Democrats countered with a resolution urging President Bush not to pardon I. Lewis Libby Jr., a former top White House aide. Republicans struck back with a resolution deploring the pardons issued by President Bill Clinton.
The floor descended into chaos as members of the two parties glowered at one another across the aisle. Evidently recognizing they had gone too far, party leaders pulled back and agreed to try to finish the education bill as Democrats struck their Libby proposal from the record.
Hard feelings have consequences. Without agreements between the leaders of the opposing parties, the Senate has been plunged into a procedural knife fight, with Democrats forced to scramble to find 60 votes not just on contentious issues like an Iraq withdrawal plan, but on once-routine matters like motions to proceed to a spending bill.
The feuding has spilled into subjects that would seem to hold the potential for common ground, like antiterror legislation and lobbying reform, and will doubtless tie up other measures to come.
Democrats contend that Republicans have embarked on a strategy of delay, using Senate rules to chew up scarce legislative time and deny Democrats any accomplishments. Republicans complain that Democrats are trying to jam through objectionable bills and are mainly interested in building a political case for 2008. The relationship between Mr. Reid and his Republican counterpart, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has cooled after it was initially thought the two Senate tacticians would be able to do business.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who has been in the Senate for more than four decades, said he was not sure bipartisanship was at an all-time low, but acknowledged things were tense.
�The fact the Senate is so evenly divided makes big causes out of smaller events,� Mr. Kennedy said.
Besides the narrow 51-49 majority Democrats enjoy, lawmakers and others attribute what senators deplore as a lack of comity to various reasons, including the emotions surrounding the Iraq war debate, a Republican payback for Democratic stalling in recent years and pure political maneuvering in a hot-house environment.
Mr. Reid on Thursday blamed Republican ideology, saying the Senate�s conservative contingent was unwilling to swallow legislation sought by most Americans.
�Republicans in the Senate do not represent mainstream Republicans around the country,� he said.
Members of both houses have been contending for years that the sort of personal interaction that can lead lawmakers to overcome partisan differences has been on the decline, leaving Congress polarized.
But Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Specter and others say they find that committee leaders still tend to be able to work together. And a bipartisan group of senior lawmakers put together the Senate�s immigration proposal, though it went down in flames to the broader political divide in Congress.
Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee who has been in the heat of the battle over the Iraq legislation, said he did not believe feelings were frayed beyond repair.
�The Senate is a unique place where wills are tested, and this was a very important issue that people have very strong feelings on,� he said, referring to the Iraq debate. �Instead of fighting over it physically, there are battles that are fought on the floor of the Senate. But these are important disagreements and they should be aired.
�Isn�t that what we are here for?�
WASHINGTON, July 19 � Arlen Specter is a senior United States senator who expects to be allowed his say on the Senate floor. So he bristled when Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, brusquely cut him off at the end of the Iraq debate.
�The leadership is setting a dictatorial tone,� Mr. Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said Thursday, still furious over his treatment the day before. �Senators didn�t get here to be pushed around.�
It may seem small-minded to bicker over a few words at the end of a 24-hour debate. But the clash between the two veteran senators is evidence of a larger breakdown in relations in the Senate, a deterioration in cooperation that is hobbling the Senate�s ability to get things done. The situation is not likely to improve with a presidential election on the horizon.
As the cots were rolled away and lawmakers left for a decent night�s rest after the around-the-clock debate that ended � like others this year � in stalemate, lawmakers of both parties said they had rarely seen the tone so poisonous and the willingness to work together on the floor at such a low ebb.
�The last vestiges of courtesy seem to be going out the window,� said Senator Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican who has served as majority and minority leader. �Every time I think the Senate � Republican or Democrat � has gone to a point where you can�t go any lower, we go lower.�
It is hardly startling that members of the two parties do not see eye to eye. And the spirit of bipartisanship in the Senate always rises and falls depending on the subject and the election calendar. But seven months into the new Democratic regime, the environment seems unusually hostile. Occasionally, senators do, too, as exhibited in a Sunday television exchange between Senators Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, and Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, that looked for a moment as if it might turn physical as the two men argued about the war in Iraq.
The angry attacks nearly spiraled out of control Thursday night as the two parties lobbed political bombs at each other during the windup of work on an otherwise popular higher education measure.
After Republicans brought forward proposals intended to embarrass Democrats on terror detainees and union elections, Democrats countered with a resolution urging President Bush not to pardon I. Lewis Libby Jr., a former top White House aide. Republicans struck back with a resolution deploring the pardons issued by President Bill Clinton.
The floor descended into chaos as members of the two parties glowered at one another across the aisle. Evidently recognizing they had gone too far, party leaders pulled back and agreed to try to finish the education bill as Democrats struck their Libby proposal from the record.
Hard feelings have consequences. Without agreements between the leaders of the opposing parties, the Senate has been plunged into a procedural knife fight, with Democrats forced to scramble to find 60 votes not just on contentious issues like an Iraq withdrawal plan, but on once-routine matters like motions to proceed to a spending bill.
The feuding has spilled into subjects that would seem to hold the potential for common ground, like antiterror legislation and lobbying reform, and will doubtless tie up other measures to come.
Democrats contend that Republicans have embarked on a strategy of delay, using Senate rules to chew up scarce legislative time and deny Democrats any accomplishments. Republicans complain that Democrats are trying to jam through objectionable bills and are mainly interested in building a political case for 2008. The relationship between Mr. Reid and his Republican counterpart, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has cooled after it was initially thought the two Senate tacticians would be able to do business.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who has been in the Senate for more than four decades, said he was not sure bipartisanship was at an all-time low, but acknowledged things were tense.
�The fact the Senate is so evenly divided makes big causes out of smaller events,� Mr. Kennedy said.
Besides the narrow 51-49 majority Democrats enjoy, lawmakers and others attribute what senators deplore as a lack of comity to various reasons, including the emotions surrounding the Iraq war debate, a Republican payback for Democratic stalling in recent years and pure political maneuvering in a hot-house environment.
Mr. Reid on Thursday blamed Republican ideology, saying the Senate�s conservative contingent was unwilling to swallow legislation sought by most Americans.
�Republicans in the Senate do not represent mainstream Republicans around the country,� he said.
Members of both houses have been contending for years that the sort of personal interaction that can lead lawmakers to overcome partisan differences has been on the decline, leaving Congress polarized.
But Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Specter and others say they find that committee leaders still tend to be able to work together. And a bipartisan group of senior lawmakers put together the Senate�s immigration proposal, though it went down in flames to the broader political divide in Congress.
Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee who has been in the heat of the battle over the Iraq legislation, said he did not believe feelings were frayed beyond repair.
�The Senate is a unique place where wills are tested, and this was a very important issue that people have very strong feelings on,� he said, referring to the Iraq debate. �Instead of fighting over it physically, there are battles that are fought on the floor of the Senate. But these are important disagreements and they should be aired.
�Isn�t that what we are here for?�
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Macaca
12-04 05:31 PM
Old Tensions Test Congress; Democrats Seek A Political Center To Avoid Stalemate (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119664099934911173.html) By David Rogers. Wall Street Journal, Dec 3, 2007
WASHINGTON -- Congress returns today to face a pile of unfinished work, little time and many White House veto threats. With the budget process at risk of collapsing for the second time in as many years, there is a sense that lawmakers are back to where they started after the 2006 election: divided by Iraq but chasing the dream of a political center from which to govern.
The best shot for Democrats is to find that center and build coalitions with moderate Republicans to complete Congress's agenda before the holidays. But the bitter divisions with President Bush over the Iraq war make that more difficult.
"The more they take Bush to the woodshed on Iraq, the more difficult it is to bring over moderate Republicans," says Neil Newhouse, a Republican pollster.
Compounding the problem are the moods swings and often combative nature of the Democratic leadership. Republicans tend to march four abreast, even if it means heading off a political cliff as in the 1995 government shutdown; Democrats resemble a family packed into a station wagon and yelling different directions at the driver.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D., Wis.) is highly respected but can hurl insults and convey distrust even as he looks for compromise. "Against my better judgment, I am going to assume you will have good faith," he said of budget talks with Republicans. If there's not good faith? "It's not going to be pretty," Mr. Obey promises.
Democrats, as the party charged with running Congress, would pay the heaviest price for stalemate. But Republicans aren't insulated from blame, especially if they are seen as walking away from compromises important to voters.
The tensions reflect the twin legacies of the 2006 elections. Antiwar sentiment helped bring Democrats back to power while independent voters wanted an end to gridlock in Washington.
Recent votes suggest a bipartisan consensus may be emerging. The passage of an energy bill with tougher fuel standards for cars appeals to independent voters. (See related article on page B1).
In the mid-'90s, when Newt Gingrich's "Republican Revolution" collided with then-President Clinton, he never got more that 240 votes in early skirmishes over defense- and appropriations-bill vetoes. Current Speaker Nancy Pelosi has averaged 275 votes, thanks to Republican support for her efforts to expand child-care and education funding.
This month's deadlines will sorely test the new majority. A stop-gap spending bill to keep the government operating expires Dec. 14. Middle-class households counting on tax refunds don't want to go into the New Year without protections from the alternative minimum tax. And the Pentagon says it will send out furlough notices before Christmas for thousands of civilian employees unless it gets more war money.
Trying to avoid a collapse in the budget process, Democrats are trimming $10.6 billion from prior House and Senate spending bills, which will be packaged into a single omnibus package approaching $490 billion in discretionary appropriations.
Most domestic accounts will be held to 3% increases over 2007 levels. Significant new money is preserved for veterans' medical care as well as $3 billion in emergency funds for border security, both bipartisan priorities. And after falling two votes short of overriding Mr. Bush's veto, a $150.8 billion labor, education and medical- research budget would be reduced by $3.6 billion.
Other major issues include:
Health Care
The spending talks parallel efforts to win passage of a $35 billion, five-year expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Democrats will move to extend the program with additional funds to guard against state shortfalls at least through 2008. Republicans are seeking a line barring federal aid for any household whose gross income exceeds 300% of poverty or about $41,000 for a single parent and child. Democrats have agreed to such a cap for SCHIP but will want more concessions from moderates before extending the same requirement to much of Medicaid, the larger state-federal health-care program for the poor and disabled.
Farming
With winter wheat planted and farmers seeking operating loans for next year's crops, there is growing anxiety at the pace of the farm bill, which has stalled in the Senate. Some type of extension may be needed, but Chuck Connor, the acting Agriculture secretary, says "there is still time to get this done."
The threshold test could be whether lawmakers embrace the administration's goal of barring subsidies to any farmer with adjusted gross income above $200,000. "That would be an important signal," said Mr. Connor, suggesting that the administration would be more willing then to show some flexibility about Congress's demands.
WASHINGTON -- Congress returns today to face a pile of unfinished work, little time and many White House veto threats. With the budget process at risk of collapsing for the second time in as many years, there is a sense that lawmakers are back to where they started after the 2006 election: divided by Iraq but chasing the dream of a political center from which to govern.
The best shot for Democrats is to find that center and build coalitions with moderate Republicans to complete Congress's agenda before the holidays. But the bitter divisions with President Bush over the Iraq war make that more difficult.
"The more they take Bush to the woodshed on Iraq, the more difficult it is to bring over moderate Republicans," says Neil Newhouse, a Republican pollster.
Compounding the problem are the moods swings and often combative nature of the Democratic leadership. Republicans tend to march four abreast, even if it means heading off a political cliff as in the 1995 government shutdown; Democrats resemble a family packed into a station wagon and yelling different directions at the driver.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D., Wis.) is highly respected but can hurl insults and convey distrust even as he looks for compromise. "Against my better judgment, I am going to assume you will have good faith," he said of budget talks with Republicans. If there's not good faith? "It's not going to be pretty," Mr. Obey promises.
Democrats, as the party charged with running Congress, would pay the heaviest price for stalemate. But Republicans aren't insulated from blame, especially if they are seen as walking away from compromises important to voters.
The tensions reflect the twin legacies of the 2006 elections. Antiwar sentiment helped bring Democrats back to power while independent voters wanted an end to gridlock in Washington.
Recent votes suggest a bipartisan consensus may be emerging. The passage of an energy bill with tougher fuel standards for cars appeals to independent voters. (See related article on page B1).
In the mid-'90s, when Newt Gingrich's "Republican Revolution" collided with then-President Clinton, he never got more that 240 votes in early skirmishes over defense- and appropriations-bill vetoes. Current Speaker Nancy Pelosi has averaged 275 votes, thanks to Republican support for her efforts to expand child-care and education funding.
This month's deadlines will sorely test the new majority. A stop-gap spending bill to keep the government operating expires Dec. 14. Middle-class households counting on tax refunds don't want to go into the New Year without protections from the alternative minimum tax. And the Pentagon says it will send out furlough notices before Christmas for thousands of civilian employees unless it gets more war money.
Trying to avoid a collapse in the budget process, Democrats are trimming $10.6 billion from prior House and Senate spending bills, which will be packaged into a single omnibus package approaching $490 billion in discretionary appropriations.
Most domestic accounts will be held to 3% increases over 2007 levels. Significant new money is preserved for veterans' medical care as well as $3 billion in emergency funds for border security, both bipartisan priorities. And after falling two votes short of overriding Mr. Bush's veto, a $150.8 billion labor, education and medical- research budget would be reduced by $3.6 billion.
Other major issues include:
Health Care
The spending talks parallel efforts to win passage of a $35 billion, five-year expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Democrats will move to extend the program with additional funds to guard against state shortfalls at least through 2008. Republicans are seeking a line barring federal aid for any household whose gross income exceeds 300% of poverty or about $41,000 for a single parent and child. Democrats have agreed to such a cap for SCHIP but will want more concessions from moderates before extending the same requirement to much of Medicaid, the larger state-federal health-care program for the poor and disabled.
Farming
With winter wheat planted and farmers seeking operating loans for next year's crops, there is growing anxiety at the pace of the farm bill, which has stalled in the Senate. Some type of extension may be needed, but Chuck Connor, the acting Agriculture secretary, says "there is still time to get this done."
The threshold test could be whether lawmakers embrace the administration's goal of barring subsidies to any farmer with adjusted gross income above $200,000. "That would be an important signal," said Mr. Connor, suggesting that the administration would be more willing then to show some flexibility about Congress's demands.
MDix
01-08 11:31 AM
http://www.dol.gov/dol/budget/2009/PDF/CBJ-2009-V1-10.pdf
Thanks,
MDix
Thanks,
MDix
seahawks
09-26 01:39 AM
we will discuss on the need to get this chapter active again. We need to come up with a plan on contacting law makers. All inputs are welcome.
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