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Team Hoekstra Sets $500K Goal for Fourth Quarter
Hoekstra’s team is probably lowering expectations just as it did last quarter, when Hoekstra set a $500,000 fundraising goal and beat it by raising more than $1 million.
Why Isn’t North Dakota’s Senate Race a Tossup?
In the state Legislature, Republicans have an almost 3-to-1 advantage in the state Senate and well over a 2-to-1 advantage in the state House.
Earmark Ban Unlikely to Get Vote Soon
In the 15 years leading up to 2010, Toomey said earmarks tripled and had risen to $33 billion, which amounts to less than 1 percent of the federal budget.
GOP Offers Payroll Tax Cut
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has filed cloture on the Democratic version of the proposal, which would be offset by a surtax on those making more than $1 million a year, and a test vote is
John Thune’s Choice a Sign of Worry Over Newt Gingrich
Obama has $1 billion to savage our nominee,” said the Republican lobbyist, who has Senate ties. The lobbyist believes Romney would help the GOP win the Senate majority.
In a First, Senate Posts Disbursements Online
Though the Secretary of the Senate has since 1823 published statements of its outlays twice a year — one for the period from Oct. 1 to March 31 and another for April 1 to Sept. 30 — it is the first
Barney Frank Will Be Missed, Unlike Super Committee
There were four months to take Simpson-Bowles, Rivlin-Domenici and the “gang of six” plans and meld them into one, adding as much as $4 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years with $1 trillion to $1.5
GOP Tries Undercutting Democrats on Payroll Tax
Republicans will have a proposal with an alternative offset to a Senate Democratic bill that would fund an expansion of the payroll tax cut with a surtax on individuals and families earning more than $1
Senators Step Up Pipeline Pressure on White House
The company spent more than $1 million on lobbying this year. “We continue to have discussions with lawmakers,” Shawn Howard, a spokesman for the company, said in an interview.
Daunting To-Do List Before Leaving D.C.
The $265 billion cost would be offset by a tax on those making more than $1 million a year.
Balanced Budget Proposal Tilts on Procedure
Designated as House Joint Resolution 1 and 2, they attracted 133 and 242 co-sponsors, respectively.
Heard on the Hill: Can Barney Frank Be Replaced?
• Sex scandals weathered: 1 • Number of times Frank has officially come out: 2 (privately in 1978; very publicly in 1987) • Schools at which Frank has taught: 3 (Boston University, Harvard
Barney Frank to Retire
Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will retire instead of seek a 17th term, the longtime Congressman will announce today at 1 p.m. in Newton, Mass.
Cocktails for the Holiday Season
The Snow Job 1 part dulce de leche 1 part butterscotch schnapps 2 parts eggnog A favorite of the Union Pub bartenders, this take on the classic spiked eggnog is a sweet treat to add
White House Will Deal on Payroll Tax but Not on Defense Cuts
The current federal extension of unemployment benefits is set to expire Jan. 1.
Income Gap Takes the Spotlight
The $255 billion cost of the measure would be offset by a tax on those making more than $1 million a year.
Parties Contest Election-Monitoring Techniques
Engelbrecht said she has a lofty goal to train 1 million people by next year’s elections.
For Republicans, It’s a Matter of Head or Heart
A third Republican veteran, who is neutral in the presidential contest, echoed the same point, arguing that beating Obama is the No. 1 priority for most Republican voters at the end of the day.
Mapmaking Stalls Retirement Plans
“I find in redistricting, Members tend to look after No. 1,” former National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Davis (Va.) told Roll Call. “They rarely take one for the team.”