Democratic Leaders on Capitol Hill Are Still Playing Iraq Just Right
From a purely political point of view, Democrats had their cake and ate it too. Yes, the war is unpopular, and opposing it is a no-brainer.
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Carving a Niche
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) might have subsisted for a week on the food of proletarians as part of a challenge in which he ate on the same budget as the average food-stamp recipient in his state, but once it
Don’t Think of an Elephant
The Ohio Democrat was supposed to be on a strict diet last week, when he ate on a budget of $21, the amount the average food-stamp recipient gets in his state.
Good Night, Chamber
The four House Members who ate for a week on the amount of funds that food-stamp recipients in their states receive are no doubt relieved that their week of eating frugally is over.
The Dog Ate My Campaign Records
The Dog Ate My Campaign Records -
Geese Feast on Wetlands
And wetland plants are one of their favorite foods: They ate much of the $6 million worth of vegetation planted along the blighted Anacostia in 2000.
D.C.’s Fundraiser-Restaurant Nexus
Preferring a play-it-safe approach, political committees ate and drank through millions of fundraising dollars during the previous election cycle at high-end eateries, taverns, coffee shops and liquor
Making Coffee, Copies Pays Off, Hill Vets Say
I’d been spoon-fed the Democratic viewpoint and anxiously ate it up and all that is very healthy and as it should be.” But time away from the Hill broadened his perspective.
A Boy Named Sue Myrick?
The crowd ate it up, and Rethmeier definitely got a laugh out of it, though he tried to muffle it. He politely declined comment on Jagger’s mirror-mirror joke given Miers’ pending nomination.
Remembering the Little Paper That Could
Sid ate and drank there for nothing — an old fashioned barter exchange for free ads in Roll Call. By today’s standards, Sid would be a Congressman and the Carroll Arms would be a corporate jet.
Pelosi, DCCC Move to Block Espy
“When he called me and told me that’s how the cow ate the cabbage,” Duffy recalled, he told Lapp to “do what you got to do.”
Comedian Sighting
“A teary-eyed Schultz wore a tiara and held several bouquets of flowers as colleagues sipped champagne and ate pieces of a cake shaped like an edition of the newspaper.”
Ex-Florida Rep. Bill Lehman Passes Away
He regularly ate breakfast at a restaurant in North Miami, and he resided in Biscayne Park, Fla., through his final days. Although Rep.
Hollings to Women: Shut Up
.) — aka The Man Who Ate Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) For Lunch — told HOH during a visit to Roll Call’s offices Tuesday that he is miffed about his office space situation.
John Thune: A Star Is Born
Pat Roberts (R) on Monday, the elder Senator ate a bit of crow. “I’m so glad you didn’t listen to me,” Roberts told Thune. “I told you there was no way you could beat Tom Daschle.”
Thou Shalt Not Covet
He had asked photographers to refrain from taking his picture while he ate the sandwich, which, naturally, made the shutters whir even faster.
Reid Gives $1 Million to DSCC
As of June 30, Reid had $4.8 million in his campaign account, a sum, aides said, that is now closer to $4 million — meaning his donation Tuesday to the DSCC ate up roughly 25 percent of his campaign
Supplicant Comes to D.C.
She got a good night’s sleep — almost five hours — and even ate breakfast with an aide at the nearby Hyatt Regency.
Outfoxing ‘Outfoxed’
One passage read: “The women who embraced in the wagon were Adam and Eve crossing a dark cathedral stage — no, Eve and Eve, loving one another as they would not be able to once they ate of the fruit and
Activists to Rally on Ensuring Paper Trail for Ballots
Matt Holland and Mark Floegel, coordinators True Majority’s Computer Ate My Vote Campaign, e-mailed their group’s members last week, asking them to turn out today to show their support for Holt’