Byrd Fought for Senate Until His Final Days
[IMGCAP(1)]The hearing came to a halt in the middle of testimony by Walter Mondale as Byrd was wheeled in to the hearing room and up to his seat.
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Kansas: Poll Shows Moran Trouncing Tiahrt by 20 Points
Among Democrats, the No. 1 answer was “undecided,” selected by 35 percent.
Fox-Penner & Schmalensee: Legislation Beats Regulation
[IMGCAP(1)]This May, America got a glimpse of two different paths for reducing the greenhouse gases that are driving climate change — one would drive innovation, the other would rely on regulation
Omnibus Spending Bill Recalls Obey Reform
budget expert Allen Schick half-jokingly predicted that given the increasing use of omnibus bills, the day was not far off when Congress would consider just one bill a year that would be designated “H.R. 1-
Morton: Real Reform Bill Will Restore Americans’ Confidence
[IMGCAP(1)]The damage from the old system that imploded in the autumn of 2008 was tremendous: A recent Pew Financial Reform Project report estimated that the cost of the financial crisis to American
History May Repeat Itself in Upstate New York
Hoffman’s fundraising has lagged since the special election, when he raised more than $1 million in the final weeks of the contest.
Wise: Byrd Taught Me Something Every Time I Met With Him
[IMGCAP(1)]His legendary memory combined with a relentless quest for learning made him a masterful teacher.
Lindstrom: Stop the Fraud and Abuse at Career Colleges
[IMGCAP(1)]Constance Brown agrees. Her story depicts a sector rife with fraud and abuse: “I wanted a more satisfying and higher-paying career in health care,” she says.
Honda: U.S. Has Work to Do in Honduras and Latin America
[IMGCAP(1)]There is an ever-growing gulf of political proportions gumming up U.S.
President Obama, Welcome to Bush’s World
[IMGCAP(1)]It has been four months since Greenberg’s article, “Disaster Relief: How to Avoid a Repeat of 1994,” appeared, but there is no sign of a Democratic turnaround on the horizon — only more
Republicans Wary of Kagan’s Testimony
[IMGCAP(1)]”One challenge of this hearing is that even nominees that have expressly rejected the activist view before this committee — call it a confirmation conversion — have changed their tune
Byrd Dead at 92
Over his career, he sent more than $1 billion back to West Virginia, where he had 33 projects named after him, according to Citizens Against Government Waste.
Byrd Mourned as a Link to Senate Glory
[IMGCAP(1)]”Nearly 48 years ago Senator Byrd was one of the first to greet me in the chamber of the United States Senate,” the Hawaii Democrat said in a statement. “He was my mentor.
Cassidy: Gulf Spill Shouldn’t End Offshore Drilling
[IMGCAP(1)]For example, BP centered the well pipe for cementing with six braces, rather than the 21 braces recommended by cement contractor Halliburton, and it used a method of constructing the well
Rothman: U.S.-Israel Alliance in Better Shape Than Before
[IMGCAP(1)]On the continuing threat side, Iran-funded and directed Hezbollah and Hamas still have more than 50,000 rockets on Israel’s borders and continue to seek even more sophisticated weaponry
Cutting Room Floor: View From a Cloud
[IMGCAP(1)]Sen. John Thune walks past the Mountains and Clouds sculpture by Alexander Calder in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday.
Oxley Donates Roll Call Trophy to House
After his last game in 2006, his record was 7-1. Oxley played in his first Congressional Baseball Game just days after he took his oath of office in 1981.
Newman & Jarchow: Looking Beyond the Horizon in Oil Spill Liability
[IMGCAP(1)]For a solution, we need look no further than the nuclear-power industry’s Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act.
Butts & James-Brown: Public Policy Must Consider Future Generations
[IMGCAP(1)]Today, we are seeing visible evidence of the disastrous results that can occur when we embrace short-term gains without fully understanding potential long-term effects.