Schwarz: Public Financing of Races: If It Can Make It There …
Under New York’s plan, local donations of up to $175 are matched on a 6-1 basis. This has the added benefit of getting more citizens involved in elections.
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Photo From the Attic: Harding’s Hopes
[IMGCAP(1)]When President Warren Harding addressed a joint session of Congress in April 1921, he covered much ground, calling for — among other things — peace with Germany and Austria, new immigration
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: McCotter’s Hipster Litmus Test
[IMGCAP(1)]McCotter writes in an op-ed that the GOP is suffering from a “hip gap,— and that Democrats, while not hip, can “pass themselves off as cool in comparison to … well, us.— To help people figure
Can Obama, GOP Get Anything Done? They Should Try
— [IMGCAP(1)]Eames, 72, received an honorary doctor of divinity degree at the University of the South here after a career ministering to and then mediating between warring Protestants and Catholics
Heard on the Hill: Money to Burn
[IMGCAP(1)]Workers routinely collect the quarters, pennies, nickels and dimes thrown into the more than 20 fountains across the Capitol campus and bring them to the Capitol Visitor Center, where
Hamos-Seals Democratic Battle Too Close to Call
— But even with some of the best fundraising in the country (Hamos raised just more than $1 million for the race through Jan. 13, while Seals brought in $500,000), Hamos was only able to go up on
Mug Shots: You Can Pick Your Poison
[IMGCAP(1)]The bar (1021 Seventh St. NW) is broken into two parts, each one overseen by one brother. The front room, the Passenger, is manned by Tom Brown, formerly of Cork (1720 14th St.
Larson: Public Financing Takes Big Money Out of Politics
[IMGCAP(1)]Yet with a recent Supreme Court decision, that is exactly what we will get.
‘We Can Deliver,’ Obama Says
President Barack Obama, in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night, vowed to make job creation his “No. 1 focus in 2010— and to act aggressively to hold Wall Street accountable and restore
White House Taking More Flak From Its Political Allies
[IMGCAP(1)]But what is surprising is the growing criticism coming from Democratic circles and from party political insiders of President Barack Obama, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and
Shop Talk: What Would Walter Reuther Say?
[IMGCAP(1)]Perhaps best known for its adamant support of the public insurance option in the recent health care debate, the PCCC sponsored television advertisements hitting Democratic Sens.
Malcolm Reflects on a Career Spent Building a List
EMILY’s List could make a much bigger impact in House races in the 1990s, when a campaign only needed to raise upward of $1 million to be competitive.
Election Fallout, Pt. 1
RC TV - January 24, 2010: Mass. Election Fallout, Pt. 1 -
Heard on the Hill: He Who Smelt It
The bookies think current events will prevail, setting 4-1 odds that “health care reform— will be uttered first.
Photo of the Week: Music To His Ears
[IMGCAP(1)]Richard Martin, an Architect of the Capitol worker, plays a harmonica for a sound check on Tuesday before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on intelligence
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Bye-Bye Berry
[IMGCAP(1)]The Arkansas Democrat, in his unmistakable drawl, called Rep.
Staffers Warned About Hill Carjackings
—Since Sept. 1, there have been 22 carjackings in the area “just east of Capitol Hill,— with 16 occurring in the northeast quadrant, according to the e-mail.
Pence Won’t Challenge Bayh
Updated: 1:11 p.m.House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) said Tuesday that he will not challenge Sen. Evan Bayh (D) this year.
Charles Mathias, Liberal Maryland Republican, Dies at 87
[IMGCAP(1)]Mathias was born into a political family in Frederick, Md., on July 24, 1922. His great-grandfather first ran for the Maryland Senate in 1860.
K Street Files: Passing the Hat
[IMGCAP(1)]Now residing in Dallas, Bush is hitting the speaking circuit and building a presidential library at Southern Methodist University, ex-first lady Laura Bush’s alma mater.