Travel Bill Takes Strange Journey Through Congress
— [IMGCAP(1)]Little could Lungren have known that he would end up as the minority party manager of just such a bill the next day — a victim of his own prescience. That Friday, Rep.
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Heard on the Hill: The New It’ Bag
[IMGCAP(1)]An HOH tipster on Monday noticed a staffer for Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) standing in the spot usually occupied by an aide to the purse-delegating Texas Republican.
Politics & Poker: Reid Is at Top of Republicans’ 2010 List of Targets
[IMGCAP(1)]Republicans have been excited for months by the knowledge that Reid is vulnerable in his quest for a fifth term.
Sources: Obama to Meet With Senate Democrats Sunday
Updated: Dec. 5, 1:17 p.m.
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Political Football
[IMGCAP(1)]The highly anticipated Southeastern Conference championship matchup between No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Alabama is scheduled to serve as the setting for a fundraiser for Rep.
Cutting Room Floor: The Winds of Change
[IMGCAP(1)]Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton watches a member of her security detail try to open an unwieldy umbrella Wednesday while leaving the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Paula Hawkins Was Only Female Florida Senator
[IMGCAP(1)]Hawkins had been the first woman elected statewide as a member of the Public Service Commission, at a time when Republicans were struggling in Florida.
K Street Files: The Anti-Chamber
[IMGCAP(1)]The full-page ad, which ran in the Dec. 4 Washington City Paper, asks would-be tipsters to call a 1-800 number hot line or to e-mail any dirt on Donohue.
There’s Bipartisan Support for Boost in Foreign Aid Budget
With 1 in 7 U.S. jobs export-related, the international affairs budget also is critical to creating jobs and economic growth here at home by expanding export markets overseas.
Office Space: Not-So-Still Life With Roskam
[IMGCAP(1)]The artwork, which takes up most of the wall, features a parade of supporters wearing red, white and blue Roskam T-shirts, holding signs and marching behind a banner alongside Roskam,
Heard on the Hill: Another Senatorial Line-Jumper
[IMGCAP(1)]Word got out last week that Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) jumped the line at the Cups & Co. carryout in the Russell Senate Office Building.
2010 Gubernatorial Outlook Shows Voters’ Desire for Change
[IMGCAP(1)]With unemployment at 10 percent nationally and significantly higher in many states — to say nothing of state budgets being squeezed by greater needs and lower revenues — most state electorates
The Rose Garden: Obama Eschews Arm-Twisting With Senators
[IMGCAP(1)]Now, as the first Senator since John F.
For an Economic Turnaround, It’s Time for a Policy U-Turn
[IMGCAP(1)]Earlier this year, in the effort to turn our economy around and spur job growth, our leaders in Washington, D.C., were faced with two very different policy paths.
Big Builders Erect New Trade Association
That’s down about $1 million compared with the same period last year when the NAHB reported spending $3.8 million on lobbying for the first nine months of 2008.
Hill Climbers: In the Details
[IMGCAP(1)]Aaron Rottenstein joined Hodes as communications director last month. Rottenstein, 24, came from the Joint Economic Committee, where he was most recently press secretary.
Snowe Chilled by Reid’s Slight
[IMGCAP(1)]“Harry Reid had a tough decision because overwhelmingly his caucus supported the public option and he gave an opt-out to satisfy those who were opposed to it,— Durbin said.
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
[IMGCAP(1)]With the Congressman’s blessing, I went to Kabul on my time and dime, in an unarmored “soft-skinned— vehicle, locally attired in a Peran Tumban, without a flak jacket and armed with nothing
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Rogers Under the Microscope, but Not in the Hot Seat
[IMGCAP(1)]During a hearing at the House Homeland Security Committee, ranking member Peter King (R-N.Y.) said he wants to subpoena Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, who declined to come to the hearing.
Ex-Rep. Hostettler to Run for Senate
In his 3 1/2-minute video, Hostettler sought to link Bayh several times with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), saying that since they’ve been in control of Congress, the nation’s unemployment