Power Lunch: Into the Woods at Cedar
[IMGCAP(1)]Visitors reach the dining room by descending a metal staircase, where murals of forests lining the walls and large fabric panels covering the ceiling are an effort to make the place say
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K Street Files: Colombia Is … Controversy
[IMGCAP(1)]The demonstrators said they oppose a pending, but long-stalled, free-trade agreement between the United States and Colombia.
Democrats Still Seek Unity
[IMGCAP(1)]Her job got tougher Tuesday morning when the chairman of the Blue Dog Coalition health task force, Rep.
Clock Ticking on Health Deal
[IMGCAP(1)]In their statements over the August recess, both Grassley and Enzi downplayed the group’s ability to reach consensus as well as their own roles in the process, and they have come under
Heard on the Hill: Error Message
[IMGCAP(1)]Take this story, told to us by an HOH tipster who visited the CVC with his parents Friday.
An Exciting Few Months Awaits All Congress Watchers
[IMGCAP(1)]Kennedy was truly larger than life in his personal magnetism and ebullience as well as his command of the legislative process and of his colleagues’ affection and admiration.
Baucus Ready to Move on Health Care Reform Bill
In July, he declined to release details but touted a score from the Congressional Budget Office that found the bill would cost less than $1 trillion and would be fully offset.David M.
The 50 Richest Members of Congress (2009)
1. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.
K Street Files: Enviros Gain Steam
[IMGCAP(1)]“A cap on carbon will reduce our dependence on imported oil and help create new jobs here in America, all for about a dime a day,— said Keith Gaby, communications director for EDAF’s National
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Post-Recess Jolt
[IMGCAP(1)]The country’s serving up free cups of joe as part of its “Discover Colombia Through Its Heart— exhibit at Union Station, starting Saturday and running through Sept. 15.
Appropriations Endgame Hard to Predict
The clock is ticking on fiscal 2009, but how Congress moves the appropriations ball across the goal line before the Oct. 1 start of the new fiscal year is anybody’s guess.
California: Ex-Mayor Enters Race to Take On Rep. Bilbray
Bilbray has never been a particularly aggressive fundraiser, but he appears to have picked up the pace this year, raising $331,000 from April 1 to June 30 and banking $389,000 at the time.
What the Federal Budget Debate Did on Its Summer Vacation
[IMGCAP(1)]In other words, not much has changed over the past month.
Obama May Again Be Key to Ohio
Steve Stivers (R), who lost to Kilroy by less than 1 point in a four-way race.
Road Map: Beyond Health Care, Fall Agenda Is Crowded
[IMGCAP(1)]Still, intrepid Members of Congress return to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to start another long legislative slog in which health care will color everything else they try to do from now
House Appropriations Committee Through the Ages
The federal government shifts its budget year from a calendar year to a fiscal year that begins on July 1. 1865 The House creates the Appropriations Committee to approve annual spending bills.
Lobbyists Adjusting to Environment
Fiscal 2010 begins Oct. 1. With Democrats in charge, one lobbyist said privately that the downtown community originally anticipated an uptick in spending handouts by lawmakers this year.
Heard on the Hill: A Laughing Matter
[IMGCAP(1)]The California Democrat is the only Member of Congress brave enough to sign up to compete (so far, anyway) in the upcoming Funniest Celebrity in Washington contest, which will see political
Garamendi’s Long Political Journey Likely to Take Him to the House
Tauscher routinely won two-thirds of the vote in her recent elections, and the district voted 2-1 for President Barack Obama last year.
Democrats Prepare for Battle
The battle will begin in earnest on Wednesday evening, when Obama goes before a joint session of Congress to launch his opening salvo on his No. 1 domestic priority.