Mukasey Faces Slow Sailing
</p> “They’re not going to agree to everything I’ve asked for but we’ll work out something,” Leahy told reporters Monday.
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MoveOn Ad, ‘Phony Fred’ Site Are Case Studies in Bad Politics
on the state of the troop “surge” in Iraq seemed like a good idea back in the spring, when it was used as a bartering chip in the debate over the administration’s supplemental military appropriations bill
‘Hotlined’ Bills Spark Concern
</p> “If the staff do not call back … the bill passes. Boom. It can be 500 pages.
Reichert Drops Bill to Prevent Shutdowns
</p> Reichert’s bill, the Preventing Government Shutdown Act, would keep the government operating forever even if Congress and the president never get around to agreeing on annual spending bills.
Ample Earmarks Aid PMA Clients
</p> The lawmakers Reps. John Murtha (Pa.), Jim Moran (Va.) and Peter Visclosky (Ind.) used the Defense spending bill to earmark 36 projects to clients of the PMA Group.
House Plans Busy 10 Weeks
an energy measure focused on global warming, renewal of the No Child Left Behind education bill and the Head Start program, as well as reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
No Testing Company Left Behind
</p> But now that the law is up for reauthorization, the industry — whose potential revenues are some $2 billion a year — is on the defensive: A recently released discussion draft of the bill sets out
GOP Vets Have Long Supported D.C. Voting Rights
When the Senate debates S. 1257, a bill to give the District of Columbia a vote in the House and another seat to Utah (a similar bill has passed the House), Republican military veterans should be on the
Ex-VECO CEO Says Company Paid for Stevens’ Home Remodeling
CEO Bill Allen admitted Friday to using company funds to pay some of the construction costs associated with Sen.
Allen Says He Paid for Work on Stevens’ Home
CEO Bill Allen admitted Friday to using company funds to pay some of the construction costs associated with Sen.
Constitution Day and Congress’ War Powers
</p> When President Bush vetoed the first Iraq supplemental funding bill in early May on grounds that it inhibited his powers as commander in chief, the two branches were forced to compromise to ensure
Trover Card Shop to Be Folded Into Bookstore
</p> “It was the very same thing as last time,” he said. He added that even though the city has banned smoking inside bars and restaurants, cigarettes can still cause fires. </p> Push for D.C.
Ignored in 2006, Kissell Has Plenty of IOUs to Collect
</p> That’s already changed.
A Vote on Voting Rights
</p> The compromise bill would grant Democratic-leaning D.C. a full House vote while also giving one to largely Republican Utah, which just missed getting one after the 2000 Census.
Members Join Primary Calendar Debate
</p> That bill has made the most progress so far.
Delegate Looks to Boost Statehood Hopes
</p> A bill introduced by Reps. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), and backed by Acevedo Vilá, would call for Puerto Rico to host a convention on the issue.
Capitol Tour Helps Mark Constitution Day
In an effort to honor the oldest federal constitution in existence, Congress passed a bill in 2003 designating Sept. 17 as Constitution Day.
Neighbors Decry Nats Parking Plan
</p> Bill Phillips, vice president of the Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals and president of Friends of Garfield Park, expressed his concern at a Tuesday night meeting of Advisory
Petraeus Buys Time for Bush, but a Stable Iraq Is Hard to See
</p> That’s eight short of what’s necessary to break a filibuster and pass a bill and 15 short of overriding a presidential veto.
Land of Opportunity?
</p> “I’m not saying you need to be Hastert, but that model,” the source said. </p> On the Republican side, Jim Oberweis, a wealthy dairy scion, state Sen.