A Bold Vision for Stimulus, Education Reform
[IMGCAP(1)] After decades of leading the world in high school and college graduation rates, the United States is now falling behind.
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Heard on the Hill: More HGTV, Less C-SPAN
[IMGCAP(1)]Sen. Barbara Boxer left the Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Jan. 28 to mull over carpet samples, a spy told HOH.
Cutting Room Floor: Winter Afternoon
[IMGCAP(1)]A man with a cane walks past Union Station on Friday afternoon as another man rests against the wall.
Economic Stimulus Solutions Include Tax-Deductible Down Payments, Flex-Fuel Laws and Trips to Mars
[IMGCAP(1)] 1. To resolve the credit crisis, make all down payments on house purchases tax-deductible.
Hill Climbers: Seeking a Better World
[IMGCAP(1)]Until the beginning of this month, Yeo was deputy staff director for the majority office of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
K Street Files: Still Waiting
[IMGCAP(1)]More than a week after the department put out a press release announcing the new standards restricting contacts with lobbyists in connection with applications for, or disbursements
This Can’t Be What Obama, Pelosi and Reid Expected
[IMGCAP(1)]Those seem to be the two obvious alternatives that follow from the problems Democrats have had selling an economic stimulus package that began with considerable public support and the
Taking Executive Privilege to Absurd Levels?
[IMGCAP(1)] To take one important example, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) recently subpoenaed former Bush White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to testify in the controversy
Street Talk: Lobbying Is Still a Game Dominated by the Young
[IMGCAP(1)]True, he didnt technically lobby because he didnt fit the Lobbying Disclosure Acts exacting criteria.
Heard on the Hill: Clinton Nixes Curvy Comic
[IMGCAP(1)]Shes transformed from mousy lawyer (remember those headbands?)
Reid Claims Votes to Pass Stimulus
But my No. 1 goal is to pass this bill, the Majority Leader said. President Barack Obama had hoped to attract significant bipartisan support for the package, even as many as 80 votes.
Former Oregon Rep. Wendell Wyatt Dies at 91
[IMGCAP(1)]Wyatt represented the 1st district of Oregon from 1964 to 1975. He was elected to the 88th and 89th Congresses, filling the seat vacated by Rep. Walter Norblad (R) upon his death.
Stimulus Bargain Is Hard, but Debt Bargain Is Harder
[IMGCAP(1)]On Jan. 22, in the wake of President Barack Obamas pledges to address the crisis this month, four members of this Gang of 16 held a media briefing to give him ideas.
Campus Notebook: Government, Online
[IMGCAP(1)]On Wednesday, the Government Printing Office launched the Federal Digital System, an online archive of a slew of federal documents from bills and laws to the Congressional Record.
Campaign Money Game Casts Pall Over Lobbyists
But the existence of waivers is appropriate especially if the administration (1) further empowers the Office of Government Ethics, and not just the Office of Management and Budget, which is headed by an
Did Republicans Get Rolled in the Granite State?
[IMGCAP(1)]The crucial question, however, is not whether New Hampshires soon-to-be- appointed Senator is a Republican or will caucus with Republicans, but whether she will vote with Democrats to
Minnick in the Cross Hairs
Walt Minnick, a wealthy Blue Dog Democrat who raised nearly $2.7 million for his Congressional bid (including about $1 million from his own pocket).
Shop Talk: The Winning Steele-ers
[IMGCAP(1)]Steele becomes the first black RNC chairman in the history of the party.
Heard on the Hill: Our Favorite Filing, Ever
[IMGCAP(1)]Except it actually wasnt Jefferson who filed the motion at all it was convicted felon Jonathan Lee Riches, who argued he is, in fact, Jefferson.
Campus Notebook: A Monetary Reward
[IMGCAP(1)]In September, U.S.