Cuts to Sergeant-at-Arms Raise Concerns for Some
In an interview before the hearing, the Florida Republican said administrative employees and equipment purchases would most likely take the hit.
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Vulnerable Democrats Display Their Timidity
The Senator, during a brief interview with Roll Call, sounded as though she expects her presumed votes on the debt ceiling and spending cuts to make her re-election that much more difficult.
Tough Terrain for Senate Democrats
the state.
House’s Last Doorkeeper Dies
The Buffalo, N.Y., native became doorkeeper in 1974, controlling access to the House chamber and overseeing the page program, the cloakrooms and the press galleries, among other things.
New N.C. Map Gives Democrats More Heartburn
Bob Rucho (R), chairman of the chamber’s redistricting committee, said in an interview. Rucho was referring to counties covered by Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Latest N.C. Map Further Imperils Democrats
Heath Shuler’s western 11th district would be the most Republican in the state under the new draft map, using the metric of the 2008 presidential election. Under the proposed lines, Sen.
Feingold Still Fights for Reform
In an interview with Roll Call, he voiced confidence that the ban on large, unlimited campaign contributions remains essentially intact, but he warned that the wall between politicians and unregulated
Heard on the Hill: Member Moves His Family Out of His State
Cravaack spokesman Ben Golnik told the Minneapolis Star Tribune last weekend that the family will be moving from Minnesota to New Hampshire because the Congressman’s wife, Traci, got a promotion
DeMint Tome Tracks Two Years of Tea Party
In the First Great Awakening in the 18th century and the Second Great Awakening in the 19th century, Americans turned their eyes toward God. Sen.
House GOP Wary of Plan B
John Shimkus said he will vote for the Republican Study Committee-backed plan this week. But the Illinois Republican said in an interview, “The question is what happens after that.”
Bachmann Knows It’s Iowa or Bust
Michele Bachmann raised the stakes for herself in the Hawkeye State this past weekend. “The whole thing could get decided in the straw poll!”
Bachmann Accuses Obama of Being Disingenuous About Default
There’s absolutely no reason to default,” Bachmann told Roll Call and the Des Moines Register during a brief interview on her presidential campaign bus just after greeting voters at the Jasper County Fairgrounds
Some Members Lash Out Against Cuts to Their Own Budgets
it reaches the floor.
Dale Kildee to Retire After 18 Terms
Dale Kildee, one of the most senior Democrats in the House, announced Friday that he will not run for re-election in 2012.
Obama’s Dinner Donor Stunt Builds Grass Roots
“Really, he hasn’t done anything to disappoint me,” Margaret Thomas-Jordan told Roll Call in a recent interview.
Hochul’s Advice for Caucus: Stay on Message
are on the table.
Clyburn Keeps Pulse of a Diverse Caucus
The quality came through in a Friday interview with the House’s No. 3 Democrat in his first-floor Capitol office, where he discussed his responsibility in promoting Democrats’ role in the debt talks.
Default Could Blunt GOP Deficit Goals
Republicans have made reducing the deficit their cause célèbre, but a failure to boost the debt ceiling could make the GOP’s policy goals that much harder to accomplish.
Guyana-Born Man Asks FEC If He Can Run for President
Releasing the request Wednesday afternoon suggests the FEC is taking it seriously. The agency could vote on an official opinion during the next 60 days.
GOP Sees Opportunity With Maine House Seat
Although the 2nd voted 55 percent for Barack Obama in 2008, Republicans hope the rightward shift of the state in 2010 — the GOP holds both chambers of the state Legislature and the governor’s mansion