Democrats Ready to Roll Over on Roberts? Don’t Bet on It.
[IMGCAP(1)]Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) acknowledged, “The president has chosen someone with suitable legal credentials.”
Search Roll Call
Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
1,090 results for "1"
Slippery (Western) Slope For Republicans
While he filed candidacy papers for a second try earlier this year, he did not raise a dime from April 1 to June 30. (He does have $63,000 remaining in his campaign account.)
Latinos Become Pivotal in R.I. Race
Whitehouse began July with more than $1 million in the bank, thanks to a $360,000 donation to himself.
Confirming Cox
[IMGCAP(1)]Cox’s nomination will be considered along with the nominations of two SEC commissioners chosen by Democrats, Roel Campos and Annette Nazareth.
Congress Poised To Take Modest Action on Health
[IMGCAP(1)]Last week, for example, a Harvard University study showed wide variations between hospitals in various cities in the treatment of heart diseases and pneumonia, ranging from 95 percent
One of Their Own
[IMGCAP(1)]In 1997, midway through his decade in private practice at the Washington law firm Hogan and Hartson, Roberts lobbied the House and the Justice and Agriculture Departments for the Western
That’s Amoré
[IMGCAP(1)] The House Barber Shop’s Joe Q, officially Joe Quattrone, was a friend of Dean Martin.
Most Farms Don’t Feel The Pinch of Estate Tax
In our current budget situation, where the federal government is spending nearly $1 billion a day more than it takes in, the cost of full repeal is especially irresponsible.
Robb, Grams, Abraham, Daschle … And Santorum?
[IMGCAP(1)] Is Santorum better positioned at this point than Sens. Rod Grams (R-Minn.) and Chuck Robb (D-Va.) were a year and a half before their re-election races?
‘Unfair’ Tax Places Burden on Heirs
Should they, however, die on January 1, 2011, their lifetime of work can be subject to marginal tax rates as high as 60 percent.
Behind Closed Doors
[IMGCAP(1)]In honor of Tuesday’s 200th anniversary of Brumidi’s birth, Roll Call set out with the help of Capitol Curator Barbara Wolanin and Senate Curator Diane Skvarla to go beyond the well-traveled
Oct. 1 Adjournment Hopes Evaporating
This year’s target for Congress to finish work — Oct. 1 — is no different.
First Steps
[IMGCAP(1)]Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Pickle (left) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (center) escort Judge John Roberts, President Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court, up the steps of the Capitol
Come Sail Away
Sailing Director Amy Zang said the sailing school has a staff of about 30, and the instructor-student ratio for all sailing classes is at least 1-to-6, if not 1-to-4.
Closing Out His Tab
[IMGCAP(1)]While the finance office initially billed Lampson for about $16,000 in expenses, it later revised that figure upward.
Does Bush Really Back New Energy, Environment Policy?
[IMGCAP(1)]That is, we need to produce more domestic oil and gas in the short run, but also conserve energy and invest in cleaner and more efficient alternatives that could displace fossil fuels
NRCC Hopefuls Generous
Cole, for example, said that he was getting close to his goal of raising or contributing a total of $1 million for his fellow lawmakers over the last three years.
Roberts May Not be the Issue Democrats Hoped for in 2006
[IMGCAP(1)] That “analysis,” of course, wasn’t really analysis at all, since it apparently was based on nothing more than unsubstantiated rumor, idle speculation and first lady Laura Bush’s comments
CBC and The Juice
[IMGCAP(1)]The aide added she “didn’t think he was very nice at all” and added that one of Simpson’s bodyguards flirted with the young aide. He asked her what she did.
Practical Jokes, Formalities Marked Historic Nomination
That concluded a whirlwind final few days of consideration to a process that started out slowly but thoroughly upon O’Connor’s July 1 retirement and ended in a flurry of mass speculation by the media