A Very Good Year
David Vitter (R-La.) sort of admitting that he had been a client of the “D.C. Madam,” and Sen.
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Endgame a Tale of Two Chairmen
Some expressed support for the proposal to keep the extra funding off-budget as emergency funds, while others continued to hold out the possibility that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) would
Endgame Table Turned on Reid
Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) said the circumstances are predictable, and they are unfortunate since neither party seems to learn from past mistakes.
GOP Pushes for Approps Deal
Yeah, probably,” said Senate Chief Deputy Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.).
Cubin, Saxton Set to Retire
Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.) is expected to announce her retirement on Saturday at a meeting of the state GOP central committee in Casper, a Republican source said Friday afternoon.
More Incumbents Head for Home
Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) and Jerry Weller (R-Ill.), and 82-year-old Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Ohio), are departing.
Net Neutrality Is Coming Back
Over the summer, AT&T censored part of an Internet broadcast of a Pearl Jam concert, silencing lyrics critical of President Bush.
Senate Stuck on AMT Fix
Congress can’t delay further,” Senate Finance ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a statement following House passage last week. “This legislation will come to the Senate.
A Tangled Web
Adrian Smith’s (R-Neb.) site routed visitors to an error page — the online equivalent of a snub.
Quick Veto
Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) continues to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, but his participation is not cheap.
Will Lobbyists Still Party Hardy in 2008?
Corporate America reigned supreme with companies such as AT&T, Lockheed Martin and Merck feting the likes of former Sen.
Pelosi Trumps Chairs
Joe Barton (R-Texas) of the energy bill. “If the Democrats don’t change their process, we’ll never have any kind of a bill that the president gets to sign.”
Art Imitates Life
Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) surprised the panel members by arriving dressed as their chairman, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.).
Religious Earmarks on the Rise
David Vitter (R-La.) pulled a controversial $100,000 earmark two weeks ago for a state organization promoting creationist theories, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and other groups
House Passes Revised SCHIP Bill Without Veto-Proof Majority
Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) said. “We’ve put off votes around here for everything from baptisms to bar mitzvahs.” Rep.
Under Your Nose: Barboursville Helped Put Virginia Wines on the Map
Succeeding where others hadnt, Barboursville Vineyards was at the very outset of the states wine culture.
Fire Update
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) had asked for a million bucks to look into the vote on a motion to prohibit providing welfare benefits to illegal immigrants.
It’s ‘Ping-Pong’ for Energy Bill
Joe Barton (R-Texas), ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Committee. The Texan noted that the method also has effectively blocked Republicans from contributing to the final legislation.
Big Wattage Clash over Low-Power FM
John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the other by Reps.