Don’t Take Civility Out of the House Appropriations Panel
George Mahon (D), a tall, taciturn Texan who was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. I was awed.
Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
George Mahon (D), a tall, taciturn Texan who was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. I was awed.
John Shimkus (R-Ill.) sent her backpack through a Cannon House Office Building X-ray machine with a toy gun inside, setting off a 90-minute emergency situation.
On Friday, Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer accepted responsibility for the communications breakdown — “It was my error,” he said — and acknowledged “the command climate was a bit too lackadaisical
Schwarzenegger begins his day by meeting with the California Republican delegation, followed by a session with the full House GOP Conference and then the House Republican leadership.
Kennedy’s command of PT 109, Jimmy Carter’s service on nuclear submarines, and George H.W. Bush’s exploits as a young World War II fighter pilot, among others.
Jim Wilkinson, the House staffer turned Iraq war spokesman turned mouthpiece for next year’s GOP convention, returned to Capitol Hill as a conquering hero on Friday.
Sam Brownback (R), Democrats once again looked hopefully to former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman (D), 58, though the former House Agriculture Committee chairman eventually turned down their entreaties
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) tonight in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building to get their new caucus off on the right note.
(R-N.C.) and Bob Ney (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Administration Committee.
The restrictions on water use at the Fort Huachuca base threaten to limit the growth of the Army’s intelligence command center.
At a bicameral White House meeting Wednesday, the House GOP Conference gathering Thursday morning and the elected leadership meeting Thursday afternoon, DeLay criticized the White House message efforts
House Armed Services Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) has signed onto the legislation after “chatting about this for many years,” according to Bass.
The House voted overwhelmingly to block the change last week.
But it has also, in the view of the Dean campaign command, accomplished something more. Now, Dean operatives are peppered for advice by other political campaigns around the country.
He is as smart and articulate as anybody in the House. His command of tax and health policy is breathtaking.
But it was primarily the top of the command structure that proved problematic, according to the report.
The F-4 pilot was one of only two American Ace fighters in that conflict, and later went on to command the Navy’s “Top Gun” school before coming to Congress. Major League Media Moves.
The new system would allow the Capitol Police to monitor alarms in Congressional office buildings through a central command center, AOC Fire Marshal Ken Lauziere said.
In the first four months of 2003, the committee raised $31 million, a total that does not include the $14 million it took in at the joint House-Senate dinner with President Bush on May 21.
The group of eight House Members, which was scheduled to depart Friday, is led by Armed Services Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and includes Reps.