The Bush Factor in the Upcoming Presidential Election
The recent cases where a sitting vice president has tried to move up to the White House show mixed results. George H.W.
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Bill Lipinski (D), three years ago, but he faces a well-funded primary challenge this year from Mark Pera (D).
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Mike Huckabee, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, decides to drop out of the White House contest and challenge the Senator in 2008.
‘Apollo’s Fire’: Inslee’s Plan For an Energy Revolution
For years, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) has been frustrated with Congress’ inability to devise a clean-energy policy, so he decided to do something about it — without markups or bills or committees.
Illinois House Primary Worries Democrats
Jay Footlik (D), a former White House official during then-President Bill Clinton’s administration, filed his candidacy with the Federal Election Commission early this summer and has raised about $480,000
Partisan Politics and Democrats’ Turkey Problem
[IMGCAP(1)] The White House has opposed the action, which has been pushed by House Democrats.
Polls Aside, Bush Is ‘On Offense,’ White House Says
Getting the word out about White House initiatives is now the job of longtime GOP operative Ed Gillespie, one of several remarkable hires — for the waning years of an unpopular presidency — overseen
Rx for a Drug Company
Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and Clinton White House and House Judiciary Committee alum Jonathan Yarowsky.
No Rematch?
Those spoiling for round 2 of the smackdown between House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) and the often-acerbic Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) were left disappointed Tuesday night.
GOP Ticket May Have Trickle-Down Effect
Coleman, who has not endorsed a 2008 contender, said he is not concerned that the more socially conservative White House hopefuls would hurt his chances, either.
Biden and Dodd: Still Looking for Their Opening
In the race for the White House, Biden and Dodd are classic “in-betweeners.”
Common Ground
The online filing proposal could be included in a larger tax bill set for markup in the coming weeks, said lobbyists familiar with the issue, but at this point nothing has been introduced.
For President Bush, the Reservoir of Goodwill Is Bone-Dry
About six weeks ago, an influential Capitol Hill Democrat told me he suspected that both Democrats in Congress and the White House were itching for a fight and, he said, if there was one in the fall, he
Democrats Gain Ground in Fights Over Budget, SCHIP
[IMGCAP(1)] House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) will launch an attack on Bush’s fiscal record in a speech to the National Press Club on Friday, making the point that, after years of piling up
Sources: Weller Set to Announce Retirement
Former President Bill Clinton carried the district throughout the 1990s, while President Bush received 49.5 percent of the vote there in 2000 and 53 percent four years later.
Land of Opportunity?
Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is the party’s White House nominee next year, that will further aid their candidates in his home state.
In the Newest Congress, the Rich Get Richer
In the dozen years since former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) stormed the Capitol and led Republicans into the majority, more than one-quarter of the Senators and House Members on Roll Call’s “Contract
’96 Campaign Chairmen Recall Shifting Terrain
“We had been in control for 40 years, so it was a shock.”
Class of ’94 Set Standard for Freshman Influence
After helping take the House for the first time in 40 years, GOP freshmen took to heart their mission as the conservative conscience of the Republican revolution, pushing for a balanced budget, refusing
Do Election Trends Create Permanent Lame Ducks?
Congressional leaders can be forgiven for not sharing their 2008 presidential candidates’ enthusiasm for the White House.