Johanson Squares Up
[IMGCAP(1)] Johanson, who began her new gig on Wednesday, spent last cycle as executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — where she previously had worked in the 1994 and
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NCLB School Reform Deserves Renewal, and It’s Not Enough
[IMGCAP(1)] The crisis, documented in one alarming report after another, is that American schools systematically are failing their students and endangering the nation’s ability to match global economic
House Financial Services Backs Housing Aid Package for Hurricane Victims
It gives HUD a deadline of Aug. 1, 2008, to provide adequate housing and authorized HUD to provide relocation assistance to those displaced families.
Pentagon Cutting JSF to Help Fund $1 Billion for Troop ‘Surge’
Facing rising Congressional concern over war costs, the Defense Department is cutting spending on its next-generation Joint Strike Fighter warplane to help free up $1 billion that would partially cover
Mr. Gates Comes to Capitol Hill
[IMGCAP(1)] “Microsoft has really put an emphasis on worker retraining,” Terzano said. “People who have gotten laid off, some don’t have basic computer skills.”
Clinton’s Umpteenth Kickoff
[IMGCAP(1)] Dodding His i’s. Sen. Chris Dodd (D) on Monday announced two key Iowa hires for his 2008 presidential campaign.
D.C. Dog Has His Day
[IMGCAP(1)] “She’s been around Capitol Hill for so long that there are a lot of people who know her and feel connected to her,” Schlimm said of Longmire.
Hill Hires
[IMGCAP(1)] Before moving to Capitol Hill, Yancey worked as deputy research director for Jim Pederson’s 2006 Senate campaign. In 2004, he was an intern on Sen.
HOH Warned You!
[IMGCAP(1)] Palfrey, who denies her “adult fantasy firm” was illegal, has only generated a few thousand dollars from donations to her Web site, www.deborahjeanepalfrey.com, Sibley said, so she still
South Carolina Democrats Shaking Cup in D.C.
He continued: “I’ve told my committee that we should prepare for hard costs of $350,000 and I have a goal to raise to raise $1 million between now and the primary date.”
On Oversight and Iraq, Congress Finally Asserts Itself
[IMGCAP(1)] Take the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Who’s on First for New Ethics Training?
letter to House ethics committee leaders last week raising concern that no training sessions have been scheduled, though rules changes adopted at the beginning of the year called for them to start March 1.
Republican Solidarity Signals Tough Road for Labor Bills
The House bill, H.R. 800, passed March 1 by a vote of 241 to 185.
CVC Watch
[IMGCAP(1)] And although AOC project teams “are continuing to make progress, the contractor continues to miss scheduled activities or ‘milestones,’” Ayers said in prepared testimony before House and
Hill Committees Scramble for a Piece of Walter Reed Oversight
tape for recovering service members; provide improved counseling services for service members and their families; and improve support for families of recovering service members, according to a March 1
Possible Brazil-U.S. Ethanol Alliance Irks Corn State Senators
“I appreciate that increased consumption of ethanol in such countries might eventually benefit the U.S. ethanol industry and U.S. farmers,” Grassley wrote in the March 1 letter.
I’m Kind of a Big Deal
[IMGCAP(1)] The bold white embroidery on the front of the jacket celebrates, we can only assume, Dicks’ chairmanship of the House Appropriations subcommittee on Interior and environment.
Rehberg Would Be Catalyst for Significant Change
[IMGCAP(1)] “Everybody agrees he’s an A-plus candidate,” Ensign said in an interview. But Rehberg has not taken the bait yet.
Consensus Slow to Build on Iraq Supplemental
[IMGCAP(1)] As of Monday evening, the chances of committee action on a bill this week were slipping away and it was unclear whether House Democratic leaders would include language, first proposed
This Unique Campaign Begins to Define Itself
[IMGCAP(1)] So, what follows isn’t a prediction but an assessment of where the race stands today, understanding that two weeks from now it could be a whole new universe.