Democrats Spring Forward, While the GOP Falls Back
[IMGCAP(1)] Party leaders, from Bush to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), have key decisions to make.
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Pssst: Here Are the Real Rules for Congressional Travel
1. Don’t go anywhere with indoor plumbing. No one was ever slapped with the headline, “Congressman Criticized for Desert Junket to Visit Poor People.”
Democrats Still Don’t ‘Get It’ on Religion
[IMGCAP(1)] But the minute Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) signed on to participate in a religious-right rally against the Senate filibuster, prominent Democrats such as Sen.
Like Predecessor, Allard Backs Mounted Patrol
During the fiscal 2005 appropriations cycle, the Capitol Police had sought about $1 million to purchase prefabricated stables and support sheds for the mounted unit that would have been located in D.C.
Issue a Big Factor in Tenn. Senate Race
In a column that ran on April 1 in the Memphis Flyer, an alternative newsweekly, Bryant was quoted saying: “If there’s a second President Clinton then we want to make sure that we look very closely
Baltimore Health Official Eyes Run for Cardin Seat
“I’ve had a different level of experience in that for the last 12 1/2 years, I’ve been held accountable to the taxpayers,” he said. Other Democrats considering the race include state Del.
Lincoln Home Marks Facelift
The restoration project, expected to be completed by early 2008, is still about $6 million short of its estimated $12.1 million capital budget — though a $1 million matching grant from a private
There’s Time to Reform the Ethics Process. Is There the Will?
[IMGCAP(1)] Now, even the Speaker seems to be having second thoughts — and a good thing, too. The ethics process is a key to the integrity of the House.
Weiner Hopes Political History Repeats Itself, Sort Of
[IMGCAP(1)] After all, both are wise-cracking SJLMs (single Jewish liberal males).
Blunt Staffers Boost DeLay’s Legal Fund
Newly released reports from DeLay’s Legal Expense Trust show that the fund received contributions of at least $250 each from six Blunt staffers from Jan. 1 to March 31.
‘Speaking Freely’ Highlights Abrams’ Top Cases
That June 13 Times article took up space on page 1, in addition to three full pages inside the paper, and was described in the story as “a massive study of how the United States went to war in Indochina
Mehlman: RNC Poll Vindicates Stance on Judges
The results stand in stark contrast to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Monday afternoon that showed voters by a 2-to-1 margin against changing Senate rules to bar Democrats from opposing
Can Someone Please Tell Congress to Stop the Madness?
[IMGCAP(1)] On Wednesday in Washington, D.C., my good friend, former Vice President Al Gore, will deliver a tough speech about the Republican Party’s obsession with garnering power for the sake of
What ‘Nuclear’ Option? Highway Bill Keeps On Truckin’
[IMGCAP(1)] Granted, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) could still interrupt debate on the six-year highway bill with a showdown over Senate Democrats’ use of the filibuster to block 10
Montana’s State Auditor Says He’ll Take on Burns
Last time around, Burns won a third term with only 51 percent of the vote against political neophyte Brian Schweitzer (D), despite outspending the farmer and rancher 2-to-1.
State Pols Fight Congress on Funding, Mandates
[IMGCAP(1)] With a reformist wind at their backs, the GOP majority managed to roll a generally skeptical Democratic minority and pass the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, which placed an extra
Sullivan’s Travels
[IMGCAP(1)] Sullivan, who had been DeLay’s policy director, will serve as a senior adviser in Akin Gump’s policy department.
Congress Must Increase Bush’s Science Budget
[IMGCAP(1)] Over a series of years, one alarming report after another has warned that the nation is falling behind in scientific education and discovery and stands to lose jobs as a result.
Feeney Promotes One
[IMGCAP(1)] RSC Picks Up Two. The Republican Study Committee, chaired by Rep. Mike Pence (Ind.), added two new staffers to its legislative staff earlier this month.
Frist’s VolPAC Pays $10,000 Penalty
closes the book on the long-running enforcement matter, which resulted from an FEC-initiated audit of Volunteer PAC, which raised $4.6 million in the three most recent election cycles and made more than $1