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Health Care: 10 Staffers to Know

Now, as the Speaker’s right-hand man on one of the top issues before Congress, lobbyists say Primus has hit his career stride.

Members Rush to Strip Bonuses

Liddy is scheduled to appear before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises today.

K Street Files: Sticker Shock

The Biotechnology Industry Organization painted a dire picture of the state of its membership in a press briefing Thursday, reporting that 30 percent of its 900 for-profit member companies are now operating

Reid Predicts Health Care to Hit Floor by August

Roused by President Barack Obama’s address to Congress on Tuesday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) followed suit Wednesday by laying out an ambitious agenda and predicting the Senate will

GOP Lawmakers Planning United Message on Budget

Determined to present a unified front against the White House and a Democratic-run Congress, Republicans plan to use the budget release today to kick off a five-week campaign that will highlight areas

D.C. Bill Passes First Test on Senate Floor

“This was a long and hard-fought battle,” she said at a press conference. “We have already shown by today’s vote and today’s fight that we are ready” for any future obstacles.

Ex-Members Get Earmarks

David Hobson (R-Ohio) is out of Congress, but that apparently won’t stop him from getting millions of dollars worth of earmarks in the sprawling spending bill that the House is expected to vote on today

Vote Today

Today is the second chance in as many years for the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, with the Senate set to vote on a procedural motion that could lead to the bill’s passage by the end of

Heard on the Hill: Pressing Monkey Business

“I think the picture that emerges of Ted Kennedy today and over the last 20 years will surprise people,” he told HOH. ‘Bright Knight’ to Save Gotham, er, Chicago?

GOP Denies ‘Party of No’ Label

During a press conference following Friday’s vote on the economic stimulus bill, House Republican leaders took to the podium to praise the decision of their 176 members to reject the stimulus bill for

Stimulus Totters Home

After bungling the selling of the economic stimulus bill and miscalculating how much political capital they had to ram it through Congress, Democrats stumbled again on Wednesday’s announcement of a deal

Heard on the Hill: Obama Drops the N-Word

Barbara Boxer is known as a celebrity-friendly Member of Congress, with a campaign donor list that includes A-listers such as Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg.

K Street Files: Try and Try Again

” [IMGCAP(1)]“I think there are areas, like education, where some in my party have been too resistant to reform and have argued only money makes a difference,” Obama said later in the press conference

Turbulent Ride for Private Jets

Eight big-bank executives will be making their way to Washington today to testify before the House Financial Services Committee. And they won’t be flying into town in private jets.

Heard on the Hill: More HGTV, Less C-SPAN

But the defiant New York Democrat isn’t shying away: He’s slated today to appear at a press conference unveiling a grant offering free tax preparation and filing services for eligible taxpayers.

McConnell Embraces Spotlight

appearances on ABC’s “This Week,” NBC’s “Meet the Press,” CNN’s “American Morning” and NBC’s “Today Show.” He also has delivered the Republicans’ national radio response to President Barack Obama

Bunning Insists He’s Running

In a conference call with Kentucky reporters Tuesday morning, Bunning lashed out at his fellow Kentuckian for his “lapse of memory” in saying Bunning’s re-election plans remained up in the air.