Baucus: The Notable Quotable
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) was an erudite Finance chairman and a quotable source in his own right.
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Omnibus Public Lands Bill Completes Long, Winding Journey
Coburn was concerned about the cumulative costs involved (when the authorizations are later funded through the appropriations process, which he said was inevitable) and about a variety of issues affecting
Have House GOP Retirement Woes Run Their Course?
The last time more Democrats than Republicans retired was in 1998, when 17 Democrats and 16 Republicans did not seek re-election.
FEC Deadlocks on the Rise
GOP-nominated commissioner Don McGahn and current Democratic-picked chairman Steven Walther’s terms expire on April 30; Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat, has been waiting to be replaced since her term
Democrats’ Call for Regular Order Signals Problems for Leaders
What was being short-circuited, of course, was the normal, open amendment process for the initial consideration of such bills.
Report: Few Crowd Management Tools’ at Inauguration
But the event was marred by complaints from those who had received blue and purple tickets — which granted access to the Capitol’s West Front — but were refused entry.
Nickles: Humor Makes Budget Work Add Up
The 2003 budget season was a somewhat contentious time — Republicans were crafting a budget resolution that called for tax cuts.
Bonjean: Never Try to Bribe HOH, and Other Advice
The drama that would engulf the subsequent meetings was always pretty tense with most staffers furious over the leaks.
Shop Talk: In the Hole for Hodes
LaVera was the last holdover at the DNC communications shop from former Chairman Howard Dean’s tenure. He began as a deputy press secretary for the committee in 2005.
Hill Staffers to Testify in Latest Abramoff Scandal Trial
Verrusio, policy director of the Transportation and Infrastructure panel under then-Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska), appeared in the U.S.
Asian-Americans See Gains in Political Clout
Dalip Singh Saund (D-Calif.), who served in the House from 1957 to 1963, was the first Asian-American to take office. At the time, the group made up a mere 0.5 percent of the population.
Gun Amendment: Poison Pill or Silver Bullet?
But, in this case, it was responsible for putting the measure over by a wide margin in the Senate, 61-37, after the gun amendment was adopted, 62-36.
Deal Showcases Need to Fix Executive Privilege
Non-answers to these and similar questions are the price that the committee was willing to pay to ensure that its core inquiry — whether the Justice Department was perverted to serve partisan political
Shop Talk: Conant Has Left the Building
GOPAC’s previous chairman, Michael Steele, was elected RNC chairman earlier this year. Another Pretty Facebook.
NRCC Opens Door to Playing in Primaries
could wade into any GOP primary involving either Members, challengers or open-seat candidates in the 2010 cycle — which represents a change from the previous cycle when then-Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.) was
Ex-House Staffer Indicted in Abramoff Case
A former high-level Capitol Hill staffer was charged today by a Washington, D.C., grand jury with allegedly accepting World Series tickets and other illegal gifts from lobbyists affiliated with Jack Abramoff
Abramoff Case Keeps On Going
working for then-Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska).
CPAC Highlights GOP’s Struggle With Diversity
“There is a movement in the party that says, ‘We don’t do identity politics. We are Republicans,’” Vargas said.
Sanchez Continues to Rebuff CHC
A previous concern, Sanchez said, was that the group’s bylaws and task forces didn’t reflect “what was going on.” Members heading up the task forces were “the same people over and over again,” Sanchez
A Battle of the Transport Titans
“This village was built with the business park [and] the expressways in mind, which weren’t yet built.” Johnson also acknowledges that his tiny town may become a microcosm — and perhaps a participant