Heard on the Hill: Honeymoon On Hold
Correction: July 6, 2011 The article incorrectly identified the Senator who congratulated Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on his wedding. Sen.
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Correction: July 6, 2011 The article incorrectly identified the Senator who congratulated Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on his wedding. Sen.
In a 6-0 ruling, the FEC delivered an emphatic, “No.”
But the FEC’s 6-0 ruling includes a little-noticed provision that frees up federal officials to attend and speak at fundraisers for such big-money PACs, events where PAC organizers may encourage
According to the event’s website, the 5,000 riders commit to raising $500 to $4,200 to participate in the race on the weekend of Aug. 6 and 7.
Other potential GOP contenders for the seat include Dan Eichenbaum, a ophthalmologist who lost to Miller in the 2010 GOP primary by 6 points, and Hendersonville District Attorney Jeff Hunt.
Admission is $15 for adults, $7 for children ages 6-11 and free for children 5 and younger.
The result could further entrench the eight remaining incumbents — four Democrats, four Republicans — and give Democrats the opportunity to hold a 6-4 advantage in the delegation.
Republican National Committee rules currently prohibit states other than Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina from holding primaries or caucuses before March 6.
But by 6 p.m., Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) dug into his procedural bag of tricks, holding a vote on a motion to instruct the Sergeant-at-Arms to request the attendance of all Senators.
Such subsidies totaled close to $6 billion in 2010, according to the Environmental Working Group, a leading critic of the agriculture industry.
No Republican holds a seat rated higher than a D+6, according to the National Republican Congressional Committee. Not that flukes don’t happen.
The accuser, Ashley Harper, said the incident happened about 6:45 a.m. in the lobby of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms’ Office on the sixth floor of 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE.
Runyan, the 6-foot-7-inch former offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles, knew from his 14 years of playing professional football that it doesn’t help to dwell on the things you’ve done wrong.
Kent is CEO of the competing American Seniors Association, a 6-year-old outfit that bills itself as AARP’s conservative alternative.
Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), No. 6 on the seniority list, opted to stay in the office he wrangled in 2005, a second-floor room with a beautiful view of the West Front and the Mall that used to belong to then-Sen
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“I‘d rate it a 6 or 7 in terms of most interesting exchanges I’ve seen in a Small Business Committee hearing,” our spy tells us.
In their letter, the Republicans wrote that annual increases of about 6 percent through the year 2025 would be acceptable.
In the end, only one of Broun’s amendments was approved: a proposal to trim the Homeland Security Department’s $6 million legislative affairs budget by $600,000.
That’s after paying down $6 million so far this year — including $500,000 last month.