GOP Senators Push Fixes to No Child Law
The dispute centers on just how much flexibility states will have, with the GOP proposing to end many federal mandates, while maintaining the annual testing that is at the core of the law.
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The dispute centers on just how much flexibility states will have, with the GOP proposing to end many federal mandates, while maintaining the annual testing that is at the core of the law.
The group has even engendered the resentment of some rank-and-file Republicans.
“They were the two that were on the chopping block, and they were the two that benefited the most from Turner’s win in the state,” the aide said.
Mind Your Manners Closely related to the idea of creating a desirable online image is the pitfall of presenting an undesirable one.
Orrin Hatch in the 2012 Republican primary.
Not a wishy-washy, middle of the road Republican in name only,” Hudak said in a brief interview from his stand at a Labor Day Tea Party Express rally, which also featured Sarah Palin.
“That’s just downright mean,” Pingree said in a phone interview.
In an interview with Roll Call, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) chided his ex-colleague, former Rep.
During an interview with Roll Call last week, McCain offered that his career is on the “downside.”
of the call.
The latest data on the state of the lobbying industry point to a puzzling paradox: While lobbying expenditures in Washington, D.C., are growing, the number of registered lobbyists is shrinking.
In their public session Thursday, Members from both sides of the aisle said the committee should “aim higher” and hit targets exceeding the ones set by the debt limit deal last month.
Clarke announced last month he would seek re-election in the 14th district, which includes much of the freshman Democrat’s current territory.
The shake-up continued in the Washington, D.C., health care advocacy world Thursday as the National Coalition on Health Care announced that veteran AARP strategist John Rother will replace Ralph G.
The Paul campaign conjured the image of the late President Ronald Reagan in an uber-dramatic campaign ad Tuesday.
Despite lackluster fundraising in the second quarter, Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) will run for his fourth term in 2012.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, the Office of the House Historian gathered firsthand accounts of staffers and Members who were in the Capitol that day
Weber said his exploratory efforts gave him “a strong indication that if I enter the race, I will have solid backing in every corner of the district.”
The Democratic nomination in the Madison-based district is all but tantamount to winning the seat.
In a brief interview with Roll Call on Wednesday evening, Peters said he’s zeroed in on the 14th district for his re-election campaign but stopped short of confirming his campaign for that seat.