Month: July 2013
Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN) talks about No Labels and the Problem Solvers coalition on WSJ Radio
Listen to Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN) talk about No Labels and the Make Government Work! legislative package put forward by the No Labels Problem Solvers coalition on Wall Street Journal Radio’s “This Morning” with Gordon Deal.
With eye on ending Hill gridlock, 81 lawmakers rally to back bipartisan bills
Eighty-one House and Senate lawmakers on Thursday pushed for a new bipartisan effort to pass nine relatively noncontroversial bills. Most members of the coalition appeared together at a rally on Capitol Hill, expressing hope the package would become a down payment on ending the intense gridlock that has characterized the 113th Congress. Partisan bickering in …
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Members of Congress introduce bipartisan legislation as the ‘Problem Solvers’
Today, more than 70 House and Senate members who have banded together to form a bipartisan coalition introduced a legislative program of nine bills designed to “make government more efficient, effective and less wasteful.” In the same branding vein of the Blue Dogs and the Young Guns, the group has named themselves the “Problem Solvers,” …
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It’s about time legislators cooperated
Their numbers are growing, and that’s a good thing for the people they serve and possibly our country. We’re talking about lawmakers who are members of No Labels’ Problem Solvers. The No Labels movement wants to cut out the ideological fervor and partisanship that have ground our Congress to a halt. Therefore, those who have …
81 Lawmakers Join Forces to Fight Dysfunction in Congress
New data from the Vital Statistics on Congress shows that the 112th Congress was the least productive in more than six decades. It passed only 561 bills, the lowest amount since record-keeping began in 1947. And looking at what the 113th has accomplished so far reveals it may be on track to beat that record. …
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Huntsman and No Labels seek to break D.C. gridlock
Top strategists launched the post-partisan No Labels group in 2010 to combat the polarization of politics. They added new co-chairmen, including former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, in January to renew the group’s efforts. And Thursday, the group will unveil its now 81-person-strong coalition of members of Congress. The No Labels website’s list of accomplishments includes …
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