Burr Amendment to Veterans Bill Fails
That legislation passed, 96-1, afterward.
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That legislation passed, 96-1, afterward.
“It’s amusing that after $1 million of TV ads, Lynn Jenkins can’t crack the mid-30s against Jim Ryun, and she thinks this is good news.” — David M. Drucker
[IMGCAP(1)]Despite of all of the truly silly spin about how much ground Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) made up in the Keystone State and all of the bashing of Sen.
The watchdog group focused on a legal but “unusual sweetener” used by the retail titan to seed its political account: matching employee contributions 2-1 with donations to a Wal-Mart foundation.
[IMGCAP(1)]The DSCC alleges that U.S.
[IMGCAP(1)]For Capitol Hill residents, the collection can be used to track how the neighborhood has changed over the years.
[IMGCAP(1)]Until Hooley announced that she would retire, wealthy businessman and 2006 nominee Mike Erickson (R) had a clear path to his party’s nomination in the competitive 5th district, which stretches
[IMGCAP(1)]Gorbey, 38, is representing himself in the case, which is being heard in the District of Columbia Superior Court.
[IMGCAP(1)]And in a bit of political theater, the DCCC picked an eye-catching emissary to deliver the present: a guy dressed up to look like Abramoff, sporting the disgraced lobbyist’s trademark
[IMGCAP(1)]Except, the joke isn’t valid any more.
Attorney Jennifer Kerkhoff argued that while police didn’t formally arrest Gorbey until about 1:50 p.m., they took him into custody at about 1:07 p.m. and seized the evidence shortly thereafter, which
[IMGCAP(1)]“It was two years ago this week, on April 24, 2006, when you pledged that ‘Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices,’” the leaders wrote.
[IMGCAP(1)]The tab so far: $140,000 and counting. Covington and Burling LLP was paid $28,540 for Ward-related legal work in early March.
On March 1, it added to that list by signing three clients that each paid $50,000 for the month: Shell Oil (for work on offshore oil and gas issues); Nissan North America (climate change and clean
[IMGCAP(1)]I have raised this issue before, namely in the months leading up to the 2004 election, and got some serious pushback.
[IMGCAP(1)]That was the variation on the age-old question that HOH was musing after Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s security entourage showed up Tuesday afternoon for an eco-friendly Earth Day celebration
that 2010 could be the most expensive election cycle on record for incumbent Senators, more than half of the 34 Republicans and Democrats facing re-election already have amassed war chests of at least $1
[IMGCAP(1)]The fellows — Joanne Manrique, Jennifer Taylor, Pamela O’Leary, Anh Phan and Carolyn Hughes — come from diverse backgrounds and will work to further the mission of the research institute
President Bush won the district by 1 point in 2000 and 2004, and for years the GOP had held a slight voter registration edge in the district.
It wasn’t until nearly 3 p.m. that Gorbey got his chance to examine Crawford, focusing his questions on the fact that he had been taken into police custody at about 1:07 p.m., but not officially