What Are Lessons of Carib News Investigation?
[IMGCAP(1)]A: Last year, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct began an investigation of trips that six Members took to business conferences hosted by the Carib News Foundation
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Conway, Mongiardo Getting Nasty in Kentucky Race
[IMGCAP(1)]The early frontrunner in the Democratic race, Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo, has been short on cash, and it is unclear whether Attorney General Jack Conway has caught him or still trails.
GOP Vows Rough Road for Kagan
[IMGCAP(1)]Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also took issue with Kagan’s résumé. “The American people also want a nominee with the requisite legal experience.
Cutting Room Floor: Sky-Watcher’s Delight
[IMGCAP(1)]An umbrella and the U.S. flag sit on top of the Hall of the States building on North Capitol Street Northwest on a cloudless Thursday.
Burns Flush With Cash With 12 Days to Go Before Pa. Special
Both candidates spent about the same amount in the pre-primary period from April 1-28. Burns spent about $605,000, and Critz spent $630,000.
Weissman: More Must Be Done to Curtail Size of Banks
[IMGCAP(1)]With a partisan dispute evidently now resolved, it appears the Senate financial reform legislation will give regulators new powers (“resolution authority”) to wind down failing megabanks
Wang: Swing Door’ Is Good for the Political System
[IMGCAP(1)]In the wake of both events, the Washington Post ran front-page articles citing the hundreds of former NHTSA, Transportation Department, MSHA and Congressional officials and staffers who
Hispanics Divided Over Immigration Debate
[IMGCAP(1)]Still others said a Senate debate could be acceptable, for now, but only if it represented a good-faith effort to pass a bill, rather than just political posturing.
Hill Climbers: Deutch Staffers Start to Settle In
[IMGCAP(1)]Welcome to the office of Capitol Hill’s newest Member, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), who was sworn in April 15. (He replaced former Rep.
Schumer Asks Arizona Governor to Delay Implementation of Immigration Law
“I therefore ask you to call on Arizona’s legislature to delay the date of enactment of SB 1070 for 1 year in order to permit Congress sufficient time to enact comprehensive immigration reform to
Waters: Bill Prevents Predatory Practices
H.R. 4173 included $1 billion for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, which assists states and localities revitalizing neighborhoods plagued by blighted, abandoned and foreclosed homes, and $3 billion
Kaufman: No Bank Should Be Too Big to Fail’
Under Brown-Kaufman, big financial conglomerates such as Bank of America and Citigroup will still have balance sheets that exceed $1 trillion — about half of their current size.
Obey to Retire
Updated: 1:03 p.m. Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), the chairman of the Appropriations Committee and the third-most-senior Member of the House, has decided he will not seek re-election in November.
Senate Begins Approving Financial Reform Amendments
Barbara Boxer’s (D-Calif.) amendment to ban taxpayer bailouts, the first amendment considered in the financial reform debate, was approved on a 96-1 vote, with Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) serving as
Photo From the Attic: That Championship Season
[IMGCAP(1)]Utah Republican Sen.
Kerry Calls Climate Change Bill a Jobs Bill
“The revolution that fueled the wealth creation of the 1990s … came from a $1 trillion market — technology — with 1 billion users,” he said.
Who Is the Real Obama? A Uniter or Divider?
[IMGCAP(1)]From BP to banks, health insurance companies to special interest lobbyists, Obama & Co. pass up no opportunity to slash and bash — except when they are asking for industry cooperation
Stringfellow: Time to Take Cybersecurity Seriously
[IMGCAP(1)]Well, I say it’s time to talk more about what we can do to minimize the threat of being attacked.
Dorgan & Copps: Online Freedom Is Good for Democracy
[IMGCAP(1)]But the continued openness of the Internet is in jeopardy.
Why Illinois Senate Is a Tossup but N.H. Isn’t
[IMGCAP(1)]Shortly after that development, my newsletter moved the New Hampshire Senate race from Tossup to Narrow Advantage for the incumbent party (my version of Leans Republican).