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Almost 25 years into his Congressional career, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) compares his preparation for the upcoming re-election battle to a veteran athlete gearing up for one last big
Newly filed fundraising reports also showed that three out of the four campaign committees spent more than they raised last month.
But Manning’s most profound impact could come in helping to determine the fate of the Congressional Accountability Act itself.
That the court would step in to a matter involving Congressional rules, given that Rule XXII did not raise the bar from a majority to end debate but lowered it from its previous unlimited status, seems
While Congress has seen its share of confounding leaks that have damaged both parties at times, Congressional experts said they could not recall a similar circumstance involving potentially purloined
will not take up the reform legislation until next year, the twin moves in Washington are expected to deliver an improbable victory to the $7 trillion mutual fund industry in the closing days of the Congressional
With reports proliferating of new organizations designed to pump large chunks of unregulated money into the political system, the House Administration Committee will convene a hearing next week to examine
[IMGCAP(1)] In the last year, the nation’s dozen Federal Home Loan Banks have boosted their budgets in Washington, hired new K Street firms and even sponsored out-of-town seminars for key Congressional
What’s more, the new Republican-drawn Congressional redistricting maps for Texas and Colorado could be upheld by the courts, and that could have a tremendous impact on the fate of incumbents.
“It would appear, at least from initial reports, that organizations such as the Democratic Senate Majority Fund and the New House PAC violate the spirit, if not the letter, of [BCRA].”
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Matsui (Calif.) sought to reassure his colleagues that regaining control of the House is in their grasp with roughly one year to go before the
Revised screening procedures resulted in long lines for many Congressional staffers arriving for work Monday morning and drew the ire of House Administration Chairman Bob Ney (R-Ohio), whose committee
But with the clock ticking on the Congressional calendar, the Senate would likely wait until next year to address the matter.
Many of the approximately 140 Members with offices in the Cannon House Office Building complained that the first notification they received came from television reports or even district offices rather
as being “extremely helpful in our … efforts to mitigate the impact of providing credit reports nationwide.”
But expanding that approach to other issues could cause more legislative delays via a backlash from Democrats, who are already holding up action on some conference reports because they were not
“I agree errors were made,” Ballance said in a statement that characterized the failure to file financial and tax reports as “administrative oversights.”
But he has indicated to Congressional colleagues this week that he plans to seek a second term.
But the Congressional calendar looms as a major obstacle to that goal.
Newly filed Federal Election Commission reports show that two Appropriations Committee chairmanship candidates, Reps.