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Obama’s Recast Agenda Faces Doubters

And separately Obama outlined his agenda in an interview that was originally off the record with the Des Moines Register, where he gave perhaps his frankest answers to date about what he thinks he can

West Region Roundup

Sean Parnell (R) Electoral Votes: 3 2008 Presidential Vote: McCain 59%/Obama 38% House At-large | Incumbent: Don Young (R) 19th term (69 percent) | Outlook: Safe Republican The biggest news Young

Policy Gridlock: Is It the New Regular Order?

That was consciously replaced by Democrats in the 1970s because the bipartisanship that existed on committees did not always reflect the majority will of the Democratic Caucus. 

House Democrats Big on Talk, Not on Walk

“The minority in the House has very few ways of getting things on the agenda,” said Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project at the Wilson Center, a former top staffer for the House Rules

Term Limits Heat Up GOP Gavel Contests

He was stripped of the chairmanship of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee in the 109th Congress, when he bucked leadership and called for increases in veterans’ health care spending.

Drawn Into a Fight

The reception was the brainchild of House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), both of whom praised their occasional tormentors for keeping Congress honest.

House Tax Overhaul Process Divides Parties

Lost in the shuffle of House and Senate votes on the dueling Bush and Obama tax plans just before the August recess was a House vote on a bill to establish a process for considering comprehensive tax legislation

House Democrats: Don’t Blame Us

Pelosi has been eager to point out that when she was Speaker, she worked with President George W. Bush to increase the minimum wage.