Jesse Helms Passes Baton to Next Generation
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), who passed away on July Fourth. The vice president attended. There were two planeloads carrying a bipartisan group of more than 20 current Senators.
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DeMint Panned by GOP
“The fact that he wasn’t here for that vote on Friday really hurt him with his colleagues,” said Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio), one of 68 Senators who stayed in town for the vote.
Texas: Culberson Foe Airs His First Ad, Talks Energy
John Culberson (R) in the conservative, suburban Houston 7th district, is on the air with his first television ad.
GOP Rolls Bush on Medicare
We held at 39, but only because Kennedy wasn’t here,” one GOP lawmaker explained.
Alaska: Club for Growth Hits Young With Two Ads
Don Young (R). The two spots, which criticize Young for his comments on increasing the gas tax, will run statewide for two weeks on broadcast and cable, according to the organization.
Rescue Plan Fractures Hill
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) issued a joint statement saying they backed some action while calling for a delay on the presidentÂ’s package.
Obama’s Foreign Policy Gurus
That says something to people when you pick up people who weren’t committed” previously.
Ohio Poll Surprises Some Political Pros
Kirk Schuring (R) released a poll Monday showing him leading state Sen. John Boccieri (D), one of the DemocratsÂ’ top recruits of the election cycle, by 6 points.
Hulshof Faces Two Tough Races
Kenny Hulshof (R) hasnÂ’t had a tough race in more than a decade, but he chose to leave his safe House seat in order to run for governor.
Candidates Up Spending
as a challenger” and pointed to Kennedy’s party switch last year as a key reason voters won’t take him seriously at the polls this fall.
Heard on the Hill: Spitzer? I Hardly Knew Her
Tom Feeney (R-Fla.), ranking member of the Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, is serving as co-host.
New Effort to Restart Appropriations
House Appropriations ranking member Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) on Tuesday offered a new gambit to restart the appropriations process, stalled for weeks by a dispute over oil drilling.
Minnesota: Barkley Enters Senate Race at Filing Deadline
Norm Coleman (R) and comedian Al Franken (D) Tuesday. Although former Gov. Jesse Ventura (I) declined to run during a live television interview Monday evening, his former top aide, ex-Sen.
House Ethics Panel Leaves Funding Unspent
“You don’t want to put the committee in the position of having to come back and ask for more money, in part because it could expose the fact that the committee is conducting investigations or at
Military, Entitlement Spending Shackled by Fiscal Straitjacket
We donÂ’t have it. And that brings us to the big topic of the day: our fiscal straitjacket. HereÂ’s the grim reality.
Home Inspection
Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.).
GOP Free for All
“Mark Gordon has spent a lot of money but doesn’t have name recognition.” Winney has no other official campaign staffer besides Featherly and has no plans to bring on paid outside consultants in
Bipartisan Energy Group Taking No Names
We don’t want to put them in the position where they can’t explain” why they were part of the meeting. “We have to give a little bit, they have to give a little bit,” said the aide.
Heard on the Hill: One Unhappy Camper
Jim DeMint’s (R-S.C.) move last week forcing the Senate into a rare late-Friday vote — a vote he then didn’t show up for himself — angered Senators whose weekend plans were thwarted.
Louisiana: Trucking Executive Tops $700K in Money Raised
Jim McCrery (R), the national Republican Party has lined up firmly behind former Bossier Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Thompson (R).