H St.’s Atlas Center Gets Matching Donation
Gil and Jaylee Mead will give $1 of their own for every $2 raised for the Atlas Capital Campaign from Feb. 1, 2007, to March 1, 2008, up to the $700,000 threshold.
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Gotta Make a Call
[IMGCAP(1)]Finally getting a break from a meeting in a Capitol Hill building, a number of attendees claim real estate on the brick-paved patio to catch up on their phone calls and e-mails.
King’s New Throne
[IMGCAP(1)] King also previously served as chief of staff to Lantos’ son-in-law, former Rep. Dick Swett (D-N.H.), during his tenure. A D.A. for the District. Del.
Wean Americans Off the Barrel, Introduce Biofuels
The American Jobs Creation Act created a production tax credit for biodiesel of $1 per gallon for biodiesel from virgin oils and 50 cents per gallon for biodiesel from recycled restaurant grease.
Lott Pledges GOP Filibuster of Union Bill
The House voted on March 1 to pass the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800). The legislation would authorize creation of a union if a majority of employees signed cards in favor of doing so.
Biofuel Options Should Be Explored
The DRIVE Act also would help speed up the introduction of cellulosic technology into the marketplace by setting a benchmark of producing 75 million gallons of cellulosic biomass fuel by 2010 and 1 billion
Footloose and Berry-free
[IMGCAP(1)] And on Capitol Hill, where news cycles are measured in minutes and schedules can shift at the drop of a gavel, that’s no small task.
Domestic Partners and Travel Reimbursement
[IMGCAP(1)] A: The House ethics provisions governing travel expenses appear in House Rule 25.
Susan Collins May Be Vulnerable, but Don’t Underestimate Her
[IMGCAP(1)] Well, stop thinking that way.
Labor’s Den
[IMGCAP(1)] Instead of prowling around the Capitol’s marble hallways, the labor lobbyists got to set up shop in an office in the Capitol suite of House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) as they
Two Chiefs for Hastings
[IMGCAP(1)] Fred Turner, who has served as Hastings’ chief of staff since 2000, is moving offices but not leaving Hastings’ team.
Ensign Promotes GOP Harmony
The committee ended January with a little more than $1 million in the bank and more than $6.4 million in debt.
House Panel Backs Federal Subsidy for Hurricane Recovery
The program authorized loans up to $1 billion in loans waived the $5 million per loan limit. Under current law those loans cannot be canceled.
Grassley Keeping His Powder Dry
[IMGCAP(1)] “If I endorse anybody, it won’t be until summer,” Grassley said in an interview this week, noting that by then the Republican field undoubtedly will have dwindled.
NASA Pleads for Full Funding, Citing Growing Delays for Human Flight
Members noted that the continuing resolution omitted $1 billion in additional funds for NASA that Hutchison and Sen.
Take a Chip Trip to Route 11’s Factory
[IMGCAP(1)] The building houses Route 11 Potato Chips, aptly named for the road it sits on. It’s here that the company churns out its 14 flavors of hand-cooked potato chips.
Lunch Police
[IMGCAP(1)] Simmons was in the Capitol and House office buildings on Wednesday, spreading joy — and some unsolicited advice — to unsuspecting staffers.
Too Much Smoke and Mirrors in Vilsack Campaign
[IMGCAP(1)] But in politics, many of us have become so accustomed to being deceived by politicians, staff and campaigns that we don’t scream when it happens.
Schwarzenegger’s ‘Post-Partisanship’ Is Model for D.C.
[IMGCAP(1)] The idea doesn’t have to sweep the nation like Hula-Hoops or counter-culturalism. It just has to take hold in Washington, D.C.
The White Stuff
[IMGCAP(1)] The new unit, which has a staff of six including White, will focus not just on political races but on ballot measures across the country and on grass-roots issue advocacy, said John Stocks