McConnell Seeks to Slow Stimulus Push
With estimates for the stimulus package reaching as high as $1 trillion, McConnell called on his Senate colleagues to proceed with caution, hold a series of hearings and dedicate at least one week
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‘Hunk’ Obama Can Help Nation Fight Obesity Epidemic
Obama, at 6-1 and 180 pounds, has a BMI of 23.7 perfect. (You can easily find out your own at the National Institutes of Health Web site, www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/.
K Street Files: Holiday Dreams
[IMGCAP(1)]Ten companies and lobbying groups, under the umbrella of the Campaign to End Obesity, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging
Broken Steam Valve Caused Longworth Evacuation
The steam set off an alarm shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The Capitol Police officers who initially responded thought it was a fire and evacuated the building.
Norton Seeks $15M for D.C. to Cover Inauguration Expenses
Only 300,000 people showed up that year; this time, the city expects more than 1 million people.
FEC Approves Bundling Rules
Itll get the job done, said Democratic-appointed Commissioner Steven Walther, who will become the agencys chairman on Jan. 1.
Virginia Recount Maintains Perriello as Victor
But because he trailed by less than 1 point in the contest, Goode was allowed under Virginia election law to ask for a taxpayer-funded recount.
Top General: Large Military Presence at Inauguration
Officials are anticipating more than 1 million people will descend on the city for the event.
Best Auto Plan: Bankruptcy Terms Minus Bankruptcy
[IMGCAP(1)]Even if most Congressional Republicans are determined to have the Detroit auto companies go into Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization, the Bush administration and the incoming Obama
Liberal Lawmakers Want $1 Trillion Stimulus
The House Progressive Caucus is pushing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to back a $1 trillion, two-year stimulus package aimed at low- and middle-income Americans about double the amount Pelosi has publicly
Blue Cross Alters Planned Health Care Change
staffers currently under a popular health care plan will not have to pay the entire expense for out-of-network surgeries that cost less than $7,500 a policy that was supposed to go into effect Jan. 1.
Conservatives Oppose Bush Plan to Help Auto Industry
Last years federal deficit was the highest nominal deficit in U.S. history, and many economists believe this years deficit will exceed $1 trillion. Similarly, late Tuesday afternoon GOP Sens.
Quick Pace Planned for Nominations
Holder was nominated Dec. 1. One Senate Democratic aide suggested Holder has already been exhaustively scrutinized, having been confirmed by the Senate three times for positions in the past.
CVC Alarm Set Off by Construction Work
Police will soon reopen the building, after evacuating staffers and visitors at about 1 p.m. on Friday.
White House Signals Auto Sector Move
Updated: 1:36 p.m.
Busy, Busy
The point is, Congress needs to be careful or as careful as it can be in allocating the $300 billion, $500 billion or $1 trillion in stimulus, all to be legislated upon by Jan. 20, lest it become
Congressional Reform Promises Yield to Political Impulses
. [IMGCAP(1)]I recalled that remark in reflecting on the House Democratic leaderships promise in 2006 of substantial Congressional reform if they regained majority control.
GOP, Rothenberg Should See Futility of Relying on Attacks
[IMGCAP(1)]Clearly, the American people have moved on and want more from political leaders than negative campaigns and pork-barrel politics.
Chicago Machine Produced Scoundrels as Well as Titans
[IMGCAP(1)]Let me start, though, with a brief defense of Chicago and Illinois, and of machine politics.
Heard on the Hill: Lack of Bread Gets a Rise
[IMGCAP(1)]An HOH tipster spotted Dicks waiting in line behind two staffers at the sandwich counter in a mostly empty Longworth House Office Building cafeteria on Thursday afternoon.