Senate Approves Stopgap Funding Measure
The new fiscal year began Oct. 1, necessitating the stopgap funding until all the appropriations measures are approved.The continuing resolution, attached to the $32.2 billion Interior appropriations bill
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HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Dead Chef Walking
[IMGCAP(1)]Isabella, head chef at Jose Andres’ Chinatown hot spot Zaytinya, was in the bottom half of the competition on Wednesday’s episode, along with female contestants Jennifer Carroll and Robin Leventhal
Limiting Flexible Spending Accounts Is Not Effective Health Care Reform
[IMGCAP(1)] A flexible spending account is a tax-advantaged account for use in paying for qualifying medical expenses.
Photo From the Attic: A Form of Flattery
[IMGCAP(1)]Former Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio) poses in his office in October 1997 with an unidentified young man who apparently believed that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Insult Arsenal
—[IMGCAP(1)] And in the interest of inspiring other Members to such creative and candid heights, we’re loving this list, a handy compendium of metaphors for the more pedestrian “crazy— or “dumb.
Morning Business: Better Together
[IMGCAP(1)]Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) introduced the bill in the House, while Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) shepherded its passage in the Senate.
Congress Should Find Third Way’ on Legal Reform
[IMGCAP(1)]Even President Barack Obama ought to join the cause and go beyond the tepid studies that he’s instituted and push for real centrist legal reforms.
Shop Talk: I, Carly
[IMGCAP(1)]The firm’s head, Fred Davis, has a strong track record in statewide races in his home of California: Strategic Perception crafted advertisements for Gov.
The Hot Plate: Tricks and Treats on Menus Around Town
[IMGCAP(1)]Several bars and restaurants around town are rolling out creepy cocktails and spooky specials in honor of the holiday.
Get Your Halloween On
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., HallowFest is free of charge. The event will include the opportunity to decorate a pumpkin, attend a “Monster Meal— cooking demonstration and create a craft.
Resuscitate End-of-Life Counseling
[IMGCAP(1)] In the end, the difficult reality of end-of-life decisions and objective thinking prevailed over the hyperbole of ³death panels² and government-encouraged euthanasia.The decisions are no less
Exhibit Lauds Unsung Parking Sites
you want to have a clandestine handoff, do it in the vegetable aisle at Safeway, where it is not unusual to see random people milling about, not in the shadows of a parking lot, where every passerby (1)
One Down, Two to Go: The Outlook for the 2009 Elections
[IMGCAP(1)]The clearest evidence that the Virginia gubernatorial race is over — apart from a blizzard of surveys showing Republican Bob McDonnell well over the 50 percent mark in the ballot test
Reid’s Strategy on Health: Baby Steps
— Strategically, the Majority Leader is wagering that — once the bill is on the floor — no Democrat will want to be tagged as blocking the party’s and President Barack Obama’s No. 1 domestic priority
Heard on the Hill: Capitol Thriller
[IMGCAP(1)]Ghost sightings have “spooked the living daylights out of Hill staffers and Members alike— for decades, according to Anthony Wallis, who works for the House historian.
Photo of the Week: Just In His Grasp
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HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Settle Down, Sen. Specter
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Moderates Make Feelings Known
[IMGCAP(1)]The Majority Leader is taking the long view, and he appears unconcerned by the early opposition from Democratic moderates, although he is not dismissing it.
GOP Candidates Hit TV Airwaves Early in Connecticut Senate Race
Simmons, who many still consider the frontrunner, raised $986,000 in the third quarter and had just over $1 million cash on hand. Public polls show Dodd trailing Simmons.
Freshmen Get a Frontline Role
— [IMGCAP(1)]“This is only my first year in Washington, but if this is business as usual then it’s time for business to change,— Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) added.