House Approves Massive Intelligence Overhaul
The final vote came only after House-Senate conferees, the White House and Hastert managed to tweak the bill enough to win the support of a substantial portion of the House GOP Conference.
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The final vote came only after House-Senate conferees, the White House and Hastert managed to tweak the bill enough to win the support of a substantial portion of the House GOP Conference.
A meeting of all House Republicans is scheduled for 10 a.m.
With the House returning to Washington on Monday, it appeared that Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other House Republican leaders had not yet been convinced to abandon their policy of seeking
Less than three years after the Capitol Police Department acquired its $1.6 million mobile command vehicle, the unit has been sidelined as “mechanically and structurally unsound for service,” apparently
But one thing is clear: It’s been handled miserably by the House.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if the emphasis shifted from Alaska to Mississippi to some degree,” said former House Appropriations Chairman Bob Livingston (R-La.).
According to a memorandum of understanding that officials spent nearly eight months negotiating, the Capitol Police will assign a “command official” to the Library to “command, direct, supervise
The White House — and many House Republicans — hoped that they could drag the issue out long enough to run the clock out.
(How far they would go is not clear: The White House has many executive nominations ahead as well.) Now for some straight talk on the filibuster.
“I had no idea that this was growing as fast as it is,” House Judiciary ranking member John Conyers (D-Mich.) said during his testimony.
Soon after declaring victory in the 27th district Democratic House primary Tuesday night, New York state Assemblyman Brian Higgins hopped on a plane to Washington, D.C.
“This is about taking the majority, so we can help [John] Kerry execute his agenda [if he wins the White House], or so we can provide legitimate opposition to the policies of a second Bush administration
From House and Senate contests on up to the battle for the White House, both Republican and Democratic party organizations say they are becoming intimately acquainted with each state’s recount laws — and
It is the goal of the incident command structure to share information and act in a coordinated effort in response to any emergency, and that requires cooperation, respect and over all trust,” Officer Ron
A 23-year veteran of the House, Hoyer served for more than a decade on the House Administration Committee and in so doing developed a reputation for objectivity and a knowledge of Congressional rules
Erie County Comptroller Nancy Naples, the Republicans’ best hope for retaining the Buffalo-area House seat now held by retiring Rep.
Jim Moran (D-Va.) last year chastened the Capitol Police at a hearing not to have designs on retaining that space while simultaneously occupying the 17,000-square-foot new command center in the CVC.
Nonetheless, Senate Democrats sought to capitalize on the media coverage provided by the unveiling of Edwards as Kerry’s second-in-command.
Municipal Employees and the Congressional Research Employees Association filed a complaint Thursday with the Office of Compliance, seeking a review of the Library’s emergency procedures, specifically its “command-decision
staff to run the all-important states of Florida and Ohio in the fall election, further emphasizing the key role individuals with close ties to Capitol Hill will play in the Democrat’s bid for the White House