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Last week, bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committees requested that Zuckerberg testify.

Washington (CNN)- As Congress struggles to complete its lengthy to - do list before a holiday recess, bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate defense committees are pushing a compromise that would allow them to quickly pass a critical defense bill that is currently stalled in the Senate.

That has not stopped pressure from Congress, with bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee saying on Friday that they had sent a formal request for Mr. Zuckerberg to appear in a hearing over Facebook's «harvesting and sale of personal information» related to Cambridge Analytica.

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Ifill's death sparked a bipartisan outpouring of condolences from politicians ranging from House Majority Leader Paul Ryan to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Also at 1 p.m., U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will launch a major effort to push a new bipartisan bill that would help cutoff the flow of illicit fentanyl from China, Mexico, and other countries into Staten Island and across the United States, 121st Precinct House, Graniteville, 970 Richmond Ave., Staten Island.

It's fitting that Sen. John McCain's memoir, likely his last, will arrive just as a bipartisan contingent of House lawmakers is seeking to work around Republican leaders» objections to moving an immigration bill.

A simmering dispute between leaders of the House intelligence committee spilled into the public over an investigation into whether Trump has ties to Russia, even as they pledged to conduct a bipartisan probe.

House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz of Berlin, far right, and other top legislative leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on the two - year state budget, but the full details were not immediately released.

Announcing a bipartisan budget agreement, (L - R) Senate Republican President Len Fasano, Senator Martin M. Looney, Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz and House Republican Leader Themis Klarides held a press conference outside the Connecticut House chamber Wednesday.

Cuomo, in a morning radio interview, said he took issue with «the starting point» of negotiation talks between Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump, saying there was already growing bipartisan support in Congress to salvage the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program before the leaders met last week.

Announcing a bipartisan budget agreement are, left to right, Senate Republican leader Len Fasano, Senator President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz and House Republican leader Themis Klarides.

The bill signing, attended by a host of Assembly Democrats, State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and U.S House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, was a set piece designed to highlight Cuomo's faith in his own method of government, which he repeatedly characterized Tuesday as bipartisan compromise in the spirit of «getting things done.&Leader John Flanagan and U.S House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, was a set piece designed to highlight Cuomo's faith in his own method of government, which he repeatedly characterized Tuesday as bipartisan compromise in the spirit of «getting things done.&leader Nancy Pelosi, was a set piece designed to highlight Cuomo's faith in his own method of government, which he repeatedly characterized Tuesday as bipartisan compromise in the spirit of «getting things done.»

House Republican Leader Themis Klarides of Derby admits it might be difficult to get bipartisan support for the plan.

Republicans, Democrats and Independents know that Elise is not only recognized as one of the most bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives, she is ranked among the most bipartisan leaders in Washington.»

Sharkey made the comment at a Legislative Office Building press conference in which he and other House and Senate leaders announced formation of a «special bipartisan task force on gun violence prevention and children's safety.»

After the Senate's bipartisan 91 - to - 9 vote in a favor of a bill that keeps federal agencies open through March 18 while enacting $ 4 billion in new spending cuts, Mr. Obama urged House and Senate leaders to meet with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and two top aides to work out a longer - term budget agreement.

Nearly a month after avoiding a shutdown, Congressional leaders and the White House have produced the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, a two - year deal to partially roll back the spending caps and increase discretionary spending in FY 2016 by 5.2 percent.

In November, AAAS also sent letters to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Senate, urging policymakers to «complete the strong, bipartisan work already completed in both chambers to develop and move appropriations bills» through committees.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. (center), accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., (left) and House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C. — speaks with reporters after an all - day bipartisan health care summit on Thursday.

A bipartisan group of House education leaders signed a letter to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings that raises concerns over why the test scores of some students are apparently not being counted under the No Child Left Behind Act.

Committee for Children joined a list of organizations, including leaders in the global economy, to ask the House CTE Caucus Co-Chairs, Representatives Thompson and Langevin and the Senate CTE Caucus Co-Chairs, Senators Kaine and Portman, to support the bipartisan bill H.R. 5587 which would reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and fully fund CTE.

New York, NY — Today, a diverse set of 38 organizations from across the country urged the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies to provide strong funding for the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP)-- an updated version of the School Leadership Program (SLP) reauthorized in the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The leaders of the SENATE HELP Committee have a history of working in a more bipartisan manner than does the House, so there may be significant differences in what they propose.

A bipartisan group of leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee including committee chairman Greg Walden, R - Ore., and ranking member Frank Pallone, D - NJ, have also asked Zuckerberg to testify, Axios reported.

In Congress, House leaders reached a bipartisan agreement to extend federal funding for a core element of Washington state's early learning strategy, home visiting, which focuses on the first and most important three years of a child's development.

Committee for Children joined a list of organizations, including leaders in the global economy, to ask the House CTE Caucus Co-Chairs, Representatives Thompson and Langevin and the Senate CTE Caucus Co-Chairs, Senators Kaine and Portman, to support the bipartisan bill H.R. 5587 which would reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and fully fund CTE.

On August 1, the leaders of a House subcommittee that regulates online commerce issues launched a bipartisan working group to examine online privacy issues and determine whether legislation is necessary to address concerns over the way companies are handling vast troves of data.