Ensign Declines to Endorse Stevens Re-election Bid
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) when queried about the indicted lawmaker’s tough re-election race by reporters on Wednesday. “I’m not going to make any comment,” Ensign said.
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Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) when queried about the indicted lawmaker’s tough re-election race by reporters on Wednesday. “I’m not going to make any comment,” Ensign said.
Octogenarian House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) got in a tiff on the floor over tobacco-regulation legislation, and the exchange got
Tom Davis (R) is retiring, but also in three other Republican-held House districts around the state.
[IMGCAP(2)]“I’m from Louisiana,” Spring said matter-of-factly, when asked why she wanted to work for the committee. “Energy issues come with the territory.
“I’m getting better, but my speech needs work,” Sen. Johnson continues. Johnson is running against state Rep. Joel Dykstra (R).
John Culberson (R) in the 7th district. The 30-second spot, running mostly on cable with a small supplement of broadcast, focuses on SkellyÂ’s history as a wind- energy executive.
“I’m going to vote for him because he’s the Democrat, but beyond that he has to win his election,” Thompson said in an interview Tuesday.
Bob Bennett (R-Utah) as he left the NRSC meeting. “Sen.
Ted StevensÂ’ (R-Alaska) legal woes relegated them to playing defense and effectively quashed the ConferenceÂ’s optimistic mood of the past few weeks.
“I’m not saying no name … but we can’t afford for history to repeat itself.” Herds of supporters for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Sen.
Porter Goss (R-Fla.), who will serve as co-chairman.
“Because if you ever do it without my permission, I’m going to kick your ass.” (Moore later lunged for a Roll Call reporter who took a photograph of the escalating confrontation.)
“I’m deeply disappointed the White House will sign this bill,” said House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), who ripped it as a “multibillion-dollar bailout for scam artists and speculative lenders
Paul Broun (R-Ga.) may be forced to seek assistance to manage the officeÂ’s day-to-day functions. At the same time, BrounÂ’s office said it was unaware of any problems.
“But at the end of the day, it’s more about what I know and what our family knows and what our son knows about why I’m doing this.
Chip Pickering (R-Miss.), who accidentally clocked a fan in the head with an errant bat at the Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game last week, as the possible culprit.
Kenny Hulshof (R) late last week, endorsing state Rep. Bob Onder (R) and buying $100,000 worth of television ads hammering his main primary opponent. “Blaine Luetkemeyer, a conservative?
Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.), claiming that his criticism of the HouseÂ’s greening initiatives is a sign that heÂ’s not as environmentally friendly as his reputation suggests.
Mark Souder (R-Ind.) said he has no doubt that 2008 is his toughest year yet. “The year is as tough as any year that I’ve run,” Souder said in a phone interview Monday afternoon.
big question heading into todayÂ’s debate over a measure aimed at tamping down speculation in the oil futures market is whether Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky