Holzer: When Congressional Hate Speech Begets Violence and Violence Begets War
[IMGCAP(1)]In 1856, in the midst of growing, increasingly furious and often intemperate debate over American slavery, the pro-abolition Sen.
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Is the Time Ripe for Third-Party and Independent Bids?
[IMGCAP(1)]So is this the time for third-party candidates and Independents to show their political muscle and become serious players in the fall campaigns and in November?
Hill Climbers: Policy Experts Are New to Capitol Hill Positions
[IMGCAP(1)]Ron Kendall joined as staff director for the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Kendall, 55, works with the subpanel chairwoman, D.C.
Facebook Status Update: Owens Hired
Owens recently updated his status on Facebook to let his friends know he has accepted an offer to join the company on April 1.
Police Investigating Bullet That Struck Cantor’s Campaign Office
But the first-floor window was struck by the bullet at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, according to the release — when the building was unoccupied.
Members Again Thwart Flake’s Push for PMA Probe Details
The House voted, 406-1, to refer Flake’s motion — which would require the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, commonly known as the ethics committee, to report how many people it interviewed
Senate Appears Set to Work All Night
Senate after seven hours of votes on health care reform legislation continued to grind on with no plan in sight that would bring the process to an end, leaders in both parties indicated shortly before 1
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Coming Up Roses
[IMGCAP(1)]A liberal blogger on the Daily Kos is spearheading an effort to deliver a massive bunch of roses to the California Democrat.
Spivak: The Long Debate Over a Senatorial Recall
[IMGCAP(1)]But a New Jersey state appellate court decision has, at least temporarily, upended this barrier. The court ruled that a recall against Menendez can go forward.
Indiana: Challenger Launches Attack Ad at Burton
Bayh Gives $1 Million to Indiana Democrats Retiring Sen. Evan Bayh (D) is beginning to unload some of his $13 million campaign treasury.
Photo From the Attic: Their Big … Deal
[IMGCAP(1)]Paul McNutt, Social Security administrator, was all smiles after he left a meeting at the White House with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Nov. 16, 1936.
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Paying Court
[IMGCAP(1)]With Sens.
Dodd: Financial Reform Could Be Done by Memorial Day
He said he is optimistic about moving forward with their legislation because when lawmakers return after next week’s Congressional recess, “the No. 1 issue before the U.S.
Shank: Americans Find a Rash of Contradictions in Venezuela
[IMGCAP(1)]This is not to say that I am aggregating these three states into some kind of axis-of-evil or rogue state conglomerate, because I am not.
Businessman Creates One-Stop Internship Site
This idea came to fruition on March 1, when Richards launched Internships.com, of which he is now CEO. The Web site lists thousands of internships at no cost to the employer.
Senate Lawyers Wait on Menendez Case
[IMGCAP(1)]”To summarize, we neither declare the recall provision in our State Constitution as applied to a United States Senator definitively valid or invalid.
Democrats’ Health Victory May Limit Losses in November
[IMGCAP(1)]The question is, will the passage of health care reform also prove a Pyrrhic victory for Democrats — one that will devastate the winners in the 2010 elections?
Shop Talk: Devine Intervention
[IMGCAP(1)]Tad Devine and Julian Mulvey have signed state Treasurer Tim Cahill in Massachusetts, attorney Eliot Cutler in Maine and former Sen.
Republicans Risk Sour Grapes Label With Talk of Repeal
[IMGCAP(1)]Apparently unaware that Americans who strongly oppose the Democratic health care overhaul are already poised to vote Republican in November, many GOP officeholders and candidates have
Jaraczewski: Donors Need the Personal Touch From Democrats
[IMGCAP(1)]Approaching a tough election, Democratic donors are observing that for the past year many Democratic Members of Congress have taken the line of least resistance in campaign fundraising