Race Ratings: Illinois Democrats’ Map Makes GOP Sweat
2nd district Incumbent: Jesse Jackson Jr. 8th full term (81 percent) Rating: Safe Democratic Sources say Jackson was not completely satisfied with the changes to his South Side Chicago
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Senate Math Not So Simple
Mourdock has received endorsements from the Tea Party Express and tea party favorite Sharron Angle, but his fundraising was dwarfed through June by the six-term incumbent.
Rand Paul, Sharron Angle Wade Into N.M. GOP Senate Race
In 2010, Paul was one of a handful of tea-party-backed challengers to win a GOP Senate primary.
Don Bivens Enters Arizona Senate Race
Former Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Don Bivens formally announced his Senate campaign this morning in a video posted to his campaign website. “I’m not a politician.
Hoey: FTC Should Block the Express Scripts-Medco Merger to Promote Pharmacy Choice, Competition
While community pharmacists have felt that way since the deal was announced July 21, just hours before Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet Chairman Bob Goodlatte
A Better Way to Fund the Government On Time
The last time all regular appropriations bills were enacted on time was 1996. If Congress kicks many more cans down the road, Pennsylvania Avenue will look like tin-can alley.
Hastings: Don’t Overlook Energy’s Potential
During the president’s jobs speech, there was not one single mention of American energy. Nearly 4,000 words and not a single one was “energy.”
Administration Willing to Go It Alone
Don Stewart, a top aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), said the No Child Left Behind executive order became necessary because Senate Democrats never brought up legislation for
Not All Members Will Attend Obama’s Jobs Speech
It’s not unusual for Members to miss joint sessions, Senate Historian Don Ritchie said.
‘People’s House’ Now More Akin to Fortress
Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who was Minority Leader at the time of the attacks. “You tend to forget how open and free the Capitol was as late as the 1980s.
Mixed Records of Success for Joint Committees
It was replaced briefly in 1950 with an omnibus appropriations bill approach that was abandoned a year later as being too large, complex and incomprehensible.
Hahn: Why Don’t We Meet Over Money
Dave Vance, a spokesman for the Campaign Legal Center, said there was nothing illegal about the communication. “It seems to be a pretty unpolished solicitation,” he said.
FBI Clears Suspicious Packages Sent to Alaskan Lawmakers
A suspicious powder delivered to the offices of Alaskan lawmakers was not hazardous and the sender did not act maliciously, an FBI spokesman told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
Suspicious Packages Sent to Alaska Lawmakers
Don Young (R) in Alaska on Monday. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported the incidents.
Hatfield Remembered for Vote Against Balanced Budget Amendment
But it was his decisive vote against a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget that was recalled the most this week, as Congress considers a second attempt.
Freshmen Gripe Over Process but Don’t Block Debt Deal
But the House GOP leadership was forced to make an exception to that rule this week to ensure that the debt ceiling legislation could clear Congress in time to meet today’s Treasury deadline.
Debt Deal Shows How Process Becomes Policy
That “constitutional option” was too much for President Barack Obama’s former Harvard law professor, Laurence H.
Novel Examines Navy’s Deal With the ‘Devil’
the Nazis and was friendly with Charles “Lucky” Luciano, who was needed to order the Italian racketeers to cooperate with the Navy.
House GOP Hails Boehner as Man of the Hour
At least initially, the response from rank and file was equally effusive. Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.) thanked the leaders. “This was an amazing performance. I was expecting a lot worse,” he said.
Sloan: Does Washington Care About Ethics?
Watt was actually a target of an OCE investigation in 2010. Although he was ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing, apparently he is still smarting from the inquiry. Last Congress, Rep.