Election-Year Rhetoric Trumping Legislation
He said the nuts and bolts of coordination between his Conference and Obamas campaign might take time, but it will not be a difficult transition.
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Old Vs. Old
The votes in Tuesdays Congressional primaries were tallied too late to be included in todays edition of Roll Call.
Model Mess
But Democratic aides prepping for one such visit Tuesday found themselves tripped up by a new role cleanup crew for the House Republican Conference.
House Republicans Try to Climb Out of ‘Hole’
The new agenda starts today. House Republicans have been scrambling to figure out what changes to make to avoid an all-out disaster in the November elections after a trio of special election losses
Fiscal Hawks Eye Farm Bill
And on the GOP side, House leaders had not decided at press time whether to whip against the bill or for sustaining a Bush veto.
Hispanic Caucus Demands Action
“Unfortunately, the Hispanic Caucus indicated today that it will not relent.
GOP Finesses Line of Attack
Barely six months ago, Senate Republican leaders held a well-choreographed press conference decrying the Democratic majority’s 2007 legislative record and inability to deliver on change.
Pelosi Pockets Colombia Chip
“What happened today is the leverage came back to working people in our country,” she said.
Odds Are Even for Porter Re-election
in Nevada have made much of their surge in voter registration numbers, which has turned a few-thousand-voter registration deficit two years ago into a lead of nearly 41,000 enrolled voters statewide today
An Unusual Path to the Hill
Murphy’s book “Taking The Hill,” which hits bookstores today, follows his path to Congress, from his childhood in Philadelphia to a stint teaching law at West Point to his service in the sweltering
Spy Bill Knots Up Senate
. … We’re doing nothing today. Can’t we at least on [the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] have some amendments offered?”
Mukasey, Senators Brace for Round 2
Durbin was referring to Alberto Gonzales, who was knocked from power last year after being accused of misleading Congress and bungling the firing of nine federal prosecutors in 2006.
Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Jet?
Any Member of Congress can get a lobbyist to throw down some dough for a U2 or Bono fundraiser, but it takes a certain baby-faced Florida Republican with the courage to take on the Spice Girls. Rep.
Emanuel Strafes Bush Record
“By any measure, America is worse off today, and over the last seven years, than was the country that George Bush inherited and ran for in November of 2000.”
Stimulus on Tight Schedule
“We need to do something that’s simple, something everyone can understand,” Hoyer said of the rebate proposals in a Tuesday press conference.
Fast Track Set For Stimulus
Quickly means exactly that — quickly,” Hoyer said at a press conference. “I’m hopeful within the next, certainly, 30 days, to adopt a program that would be a stimulus to our economy.”
Fighting for D.C.’s Identity
hometown to 600,000 residents,” Norton said during a press conference at the National Capitol Station Post Office near Union Station.
Patching Up the AMT — In Time to Rev Up the IRS
Beyond the speed with which the IRS should be able to move once Congress finally clears this year’s AMT patch — possibly today or Thursday — the agency is under no legal restrictions to wait until
GOP Plans a ‘Butcher Shop’ to Chop Earmarks
With House Democratic leaders poised to introduce and pass a massive appropriations bill today covering funding for nearly every federal agency, Republican staffers and outside interest groups prepared
Hoyer Dreaming of Adjournment Next Week
“Clearly we are in the last two weeks of the Congress,” Hoyer said at his weekly press conference Wednesday. “I say that with a smile because there are some of you who do not believe that.”