Lobbyists Ask Obama for a Hand
“I wish I could find someone in Congress as interested as the president,” said Susman, who added that he and Marlowe have met a few times to discuss their respective reform efforts.
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“I wish I could find someone in Congress as interested as the president,” said Susman, who added that he and Marlowe have met a few times to discuss their respective reform efforts.
Jesse Jackson Jr. is rarely seen in the Capitol without his trademark Bluetooth earpiece.
“I set up the auditions, I get in contact with the people, I take pictures of them, I hook them up with their section leaders and then I transfer their information to our member roster,” she said
Though Waters has been under an ethics cloud in recent years, sources said the Californian appears to have all but secured the slot being vacated by retiring Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.).
a balanced approach to deficit reduction,” Van Hollen said.
“It is a subject that I think touches all of us, because Ted Stevens touched all of us, and what happened with that Department of Justice investigation was a travesty,” Murkowski said in the Feb.
The Supreme Court has spelled out that independent expenditures must be “totally independent,” “wholly independent” and “made without any candidate’s approval (or wink or nod)” in rulings going back
Democrats repeatedly said Pingree was their strongest potential candidate, but in her statement Wednesday, she said, “I concluded that I will best serve the people of Maine by running for re-election
“Jean has always had some tough races, but she’s always sort of hung on and won, so I guess I expected that again,” fellow Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan said Wednesday.
Obama said his record on Israel is solid. “It is indisputable that I have had Israel’s back,” he said. The president also seemed to signal an acceleration of a pullout from Afghanistan.
He was an icon who was not only a trailblazer for New Jersey, but also a pioneer who made a real difference in the lives of all Americans, particularly African-Americans,” he said.
“I think it is time to consider a resolution authorizing the use of force,” the Minority Leader continued.
Payne, often described as “low-key,” was generally able to do his job without controversy since arriving in Washington in 1989.
“I look at the big picture first. I think it is clearly important we draw a contrast with this president,” RSC Chairman Jim Jordan (Ohio) said.
As a patient who has suffered from epilepsy for more than 50 years, I know how important these decisions are.
“I learned the power of a positive headline” and the importance of a good photo, he said. Dealing in Relationships His work at the DSCC wasn’t Nevins’ first foray to politics.
“I cast my vote already in Virginia for Mitt Romney,” Cantor told David Gregory on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I think it was difficult in some ways for Collins on certain issues to express herself exactly on how she saw things because they were seen as such tandem.”
“Chairman Issa put forward a proposal … that was rejected by District officials,” Fallon said.
He rejected the fiscal 2012 defense policy law because of the controversial detainee provision allowing the president to hold without trial U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism.