Hill Climbers: Been There, Done That.
[IMGCAP(1)] Finding the office? He had been working a door down from there for more than a year. Being able to handle the work? He had already worked press jobs for Rep.
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Heard on the Hill: Burr Uses Prickly Language
[IMGCAP(1)]This is another attempt to grow the size of a government program to include more Americans into it without taking on the tough task of debating how in the hell do we fix health care in
Campus Notebook: A Quarter of Equality
[IMGCAP(1)]D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) lobbied seven years ago to get the city included in the effort to design a coin for every state.
Obama to Lunch With GOP on Tuesday
Updated: 1:45 p.m. President Barack Obama will travel to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for separate luncheons with House and Senate Republicans, officials said on Monday.
Obama Could Be Most Fiscally Responsible President in History
[IMGCAP(1)]How could this happen? It begins with what is now incontrovertible: Obama has permission to preside over an increase in the federal deficit to levels never previously imagined.
Murtha Got Payback in ’08
The Defense appropriations cardinals more than $1 million haul in the last two weeks of the campaign included about $40,000 from employees of nine contractors that together received $60.6 million
GAO at-Risk List Underscores Importance of Oversight in 2009
[IMGCAP(1)] Twelve of the 30 programs on this 2009 high-risk list have spanned both the Clinton and George H.W. Bush administrations.
Road Map: GOP Wants Obama to Give on Stimulus Bill
[IMGCAP(1)]President Obama has probably had more meetings with Republicans than the Speaker of the House has, one House GOP leadership aide quipped.
Heard on the Hill: Another Mulligan for Justice Roberts
[IMGCAP(1)]But this time, there were no gaffes. (Whew!)
Democrats’ Stimulus Mired in Invalidated Ideas From the 1930s
[IMGCAP(1)]When the control room erupted into chaos, Flight Director Gene Kranz told his team to settle down, Lets work the problem, people, he said.
Getting Paid: Collect Unpaid Campaign Fees
Heres how: 1. Look through your papers to see if you have a written contract.
N.Y. Seat Gives GOP Fresh Hope
You guys gotta go in there and understand that youre going to be outspent 2-to-1.
Cutting Room Floor: Two Belles of the Senate
[IMGCAP(1)]Halina (left), 8, and Caroline, 9, daughters of Sen.
Ralph Vinovich, Former Chief of Staff, Dies at 80
[IMGCAP(1)] Vinovich served as chief of staff to Rep. Robert Michel (R-Ill.) for 16 years, beginning in 1967.
Morning Business: ‘Advisor B’ Outed
[IMGCAP(1)]Yang was named by Michael Ettinger, a lawyer representing Blagojevichs brother.
Battle Afoot Over Earmark Cut
Obey and Inouye have promised that they will limit earmarks in future years to 1 percent of the discretionary budget, but that would still exceed $10 billion, well over Obamas commitment, which
McConnell Says Bipartisanship Could Help GOP
. McConnell said he has spoken with Obama about his top legislative priorities for this year, with an overhaul of entitlement programs ranking No. 1.
Campus Notebook: Slow Crimes, Quickly Punished
[IMGCAP(1)]Christine Rhodes, 61, told investigators that she took the money because she believed other employees were doing the same.
K Street Files: The Inside Story
[IMGCAP(1)]If I told you that I believe it is possible in this town to use inside information to get fabulously wealthy or help a supporter get fabulously wealthy in a way that is untraceable
The Rose Garden: Lobbyists Feel a Chilly Breeze From White House
[IMGCAP(1)]While there are ways to finesse the rules, the ban on lobbyists ever petitioning the administration makes it unlikely that those with broad practices or who work for major corporations