Heard on the Hill: Candidate’s Chances Take a Dive
[IMGCAP(1)]But so far, his campaign has been all wet. Literally.
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Politics & Poker: Gillibrand Family Has Deep Ties in Albany
[IMGCAP(1)]It seems like just yesterday that Republicans were running attack ads against Gillibrand featuring the high-rise apartment building on Manhattans Upper East Side where she and her husband
Sharing a Liver, Saving a Life
For Croom, the risk of death was less than 1 percent. But the surgery was invasive and painful, requiring close to two months of recuperation and two years of checkups.
Democrats Post $27 Million Campaign Debt
Meanwhile, the National Republican Senatorial Committee brought in just more than $1 million and spent $3.1 million in the same time period.
No Identity Crisis Here
We don’t have this administration and so we have a bigger task than we had prior to Jan. 1.”
Year-End Senate Fundraising Numbers Are Here
The committee raised just over $1 million and spent $3.1 million from Nov. 25 to Dec. 31. The NRSC ended the year with about $749,000 in cash on hand.
Morning Business: Cornyn’s New Crew
[IMGCAP(1)]Randy Bumps will be the NRSCs political director this cycle. Bumps was Northeast regional political director at the RNC during the 2008 campaign.
Of the Play, for the Play
On Sept. 22, 1862, Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation announcing he would free the slaves in the Confederate states if the rebels did not join the Union by Jan. 1, 1863.
Nation Needs Commission to Find Solution to Deteriorating Education System
[IMGCAP(1)] The governors proposal to slash education funding by roughly $7 billion from administrative funds will undermine our states already-struggling and cash-strapped schools.
Hill Climbers: Plans for a Busy Year.
[IMGCAP(1)]President Brandon Garrett went through a list of priorities, while his vice president, secretary and several committee chairs piped in with their own opinions and divvied up the tasks.
Stimulating the Economy With the F-22
In the 2009 Defense spending bill, Congress approved $383 million for materials and equipment to keep F-22 production going beyond 2010, but left it up to the new administration to decide by March 1 whether
House GOP Finds the Right Economic Stimulus Strategy
[IMGCAP(1)]Americans United for Change President Brad Woodhouse, a veteran Democratic operative who spent the past few years opposing President George W.
K Street Files: Exxon Turning Blue?
[IMGCAP(1)]The company is replacing Dan Nelson, its Washington office head, with Democratic donor Terri Fariello, said Exxon Mobil spokesman Alan Jeffers.
Debate on Adopting Rules Offers Clues to Majority’s Intentions
[IMGCAP(1)]After Members are sworn in, the House chamber and visitors galleries empty in favor of celebratory receptions in Members offices.
The Rose Garden: White House Transparency Off to a Cloudy Start
[IMGCAP(1)]But there are growing questions about the extent of access that will be provided to the press and whether transparency means true openness or a strategy of broadcasting a message over
Heard on the Hill: Senator in Train-ing
[IMGCAP(1)]His successor, on the other hand, has a thing or two to learn about public transportation. A Senate staffer eyed Sen.
Not Your Grandfather’s Recovery Plan
[IMGCAP(1)] There seems to be an assumption that the answer to this question must include spending of taxpayer dollars on infrastructure.
Green Building Can Lay a Fast Foundation for Economic Recovery
[IMGCAP(1)] Greening our schools and our homes, our firehouses and our courthouses, our office buildings and our neighborhoods is a sound, strategic approach to jump-starting our economy and paving
Health Care IT a Major Step Toward Reform, Smarter Ecosystem
[IMGCAP(1)] Technology alone will not solve the myriad of problems in our health care system; however, the ultimate value of developing a fully functioning digital backbone is the ability to interconnect
Obama Can Do More to Be Post-Partisan, but Will GOP Join?
[IMGCAP(1)]He has to keep trying, though, because, even if Republicans vote en masse against his short-term stimulus package, hes going to need bipartisan solutions to address the continuing banking