GOP Marches to Its Own Oversight Drum
.— [IMGCAP(1)]Issa said he preferred to have a bipartisan hearing but that the allegations against ACORN were too serious to allow them to be ignored by the Democratic majority.
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Heard on the Hill: The Salahis’ Invisible Man
[IMGCAP(1)]Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who attended the White House state dinner last week despite not being on the guest list, are the organizers behind America’s Polo Cup, an annual match held in
GOP Quickly Goes to War
— [IMGCAP(1)]With Republicans planning to use the Medicare cuts — which Democrats said will come from eliminating fraud and abuse in the program — as one of their central messages on the bill, using
Senate Still Has Time to Get Health Care Reform Bill Right
[IMGCAP(1)]Those topics will wait until another day.
Lieberman Backs Obama Afghan Strategy
Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.), who vowed in May to finance all future Afghanistan war spending in the regular budget process, has been pushing legislation that calls for a war surtax to cover the estimated $1
Campus Notebook: Belts Tighten
[IMGCAP(1)]The proposal is part of his Control Spending Now Act, which lays out several ways to reduce the nation’s deficit.
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Smoke ’Em if You Got ’Em
[IMGCAP(1)]Billed as a farewell to lighting up in the Commonwealth, the Crystal City, Reston and Tysons Corner locations of the steakhouse are hosting receptions and dinners with the very elements that
People Over Politics: Pass Health Care Reform Now
[IMGCAP(1)]Everyone in the country is interested in health care reform, but women of color, like Esmin Elizabeth Green, are in dire need of that reform.
Congress Won’t Have to Approve Funds for Afghan Strategy for Months
White House Budget Director Peter Orszag has estimated that each additional soldier in Afghanistan could cost $1 million annually, for a total that could reach $34 billion if an expected 34,000 more
Florida: Choice of GOP Insiders Set to Take On Grayson
John McCain (R-Ariz.) by just 1 point in the 2008 White House election. Putnam, however, always won easily, and Republicans are still favored to hold the seat.
Seeing the Future: the FlashForward’ Version of the Budget Debate
[IMGCAP(1)]The federal budget debate almost always seems to lend itself to this type of hyperbole, so this statement may not be as obviously appalling as it should be.
A Planner’s Reading List for 2010
Release date: April 1. “Super— by Jim Lehrer is a tale of trains in 1956, a dying millionaire and Clark Gable. Release date: April 10.
Obama Takes On Afghan War
But while he declined to discuss how the new troops will be paid for, Gibbs acknowledged that the Pentagon has been using a thumbnail estimate of about $1 billion for every 1,000 troops sent in.
FEC Implemented Congress’ Vision on Travel Rules
Thus, under HLOGA, presidential and Senate candidates and their authorized committees “may not make any expenditure for a flight on an aircraft unless— (1) the flight is operated by a commercial airline
What Is a Letter of Qualified Admonition?
[IMGCAP(1)]A: This question goes right to the heart of the authority of the Senate Ethics Committee, so let’s start there.
Heard on the Hill: Subpoenas for the Gatecrashers?
[IMGCAP(1)]The House Homeland Security Committee has graciously requested the Salahis’ attendance at a hearing on Thursday. And this time, they’re getting a prime seat: the witness table.
Congress Should Change Energy-Climate Equation
study of the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania concluded that development will pump $14 billion into the state’s economy in 2010 alone, growing to $25 billion by 2020, generating 98,000 jobs and close to $1
Road Map: Mystery Surrounds Compromise on the Public Option
[IMGCAP(1)]Few besides Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) appear willing to have their name attached to whatever messy accord the Senate will have to agree to in order to get the health care reform
Deluge of Lobbying to Hit Senate
“For years, the debate has been about the 1 in 7 who does not [have health insurance] — we need to win over the 6 out of 7 who have it,— Third Way Vice President for Policy Jim Kessler said Monday
Gillibrand’s Vulnerable, at Least in Theory
“Clearly she is unknown, that’s No. 1.