Parties Head Home With Mixed Records
</p> Some House Democrats worry Pelosi’s refusal to vote for the bill will be viewed as a tacit admission that the White House was able to strong-arm Congressional Democrats.
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Path Cleared for Lobby Vote
A reform bill Senators approved earlier this year included a more broadly drawn bundling provision.
Alan Bates (Not the Actor) Ponders Smith Challenge
</p> After Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D) and Peter DeFazio (D) declined to throw their hats into the ring, Democrats are still looking for a high-profile candidate to take on Smith.
Lights, Camera, NRSC
Serving as Randall’s deputy is Mike Stakias, who came to the NRSC from former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s (R-Tenn.) political action committee, VOLPAC.
Baroody Ends Bid to Run Consumer Agency
</p> And before Engler took over as president of NAM, Baroody had been considered a top contender for the job. </p> Claybrook said that Sens.
Eastern Market Funding Plan Questioned
</p> It’s a plan that worries some fiscal conservatives like Blackburn.
Van Hollen, Cole Hit Road
Rick Renzi (Ariz.), Bill Young (Fla.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Ralph Regula (Ohio), Graves and Chabot.
Iraq Deal Struck
</p> House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) said the spending bill would be brought up as two amendments to the Senate-passed Iraq bill.
Recess Battle On Tap for Immigration Measure
</p> At the same time, immigrants’ rights organizations, labor unions and conservative opponents of the bill are all stepping up their attacks and hope to use the break to pressure rank-and-file Democrats
Conservatives Vow to Uphold Vetoes
</p> It’s unclear, in particular, whether Bush will veto every bill that exceeds his request, including such politically sensitive bills as Homeland Security and military construction, Veterans Affairs
Lobby Bill Vote May Face Delay
</p> So far, most of the resistance to the reform bill appears to be coming from members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Blue Dog Coalition. Rep.
Big Energy Decries Democratic Policy Reversals
</p> “I think the Rahall bill goes a long way towards fixing some of the more egregious problems and overreaching that we had in EPACT,” said the Sierra Club’s Josh Dorner.
Pocketbook Patent
And those advocates pushing for a bill sponsored, in part, by Rep.
Names in the News Can Be Divided Into Heroes and Villains
</p> The Old Bulls managed to dilute the ethics and lobbying reform bill, taking out the two-year lobbying ban and killing the revised grass-roots lobbying disclosure provision.
House Tables Murtha Rebuke
</p> Rogers said Murtha made the threat after he made an unsuccessful attempt to gut a pet project of Murtha’s from the Intelligence authorization bill on the floor two weeks ago.
White House Boosts Hill Outreach
</p> President Bush certainly is making use of both, having vowed to veto scores of bills after six years of using the blocking mechanism just once, when he nixed a bill last year to provide federal funding
Obey to Hold Earmarks Until Conference
</p> Rep.
Obama’s K Street Ban
</p> Besides, even if someone does not register to lobby, they can still have jobs that influence public policy, said The Center for Public Integrity’s Bill Hogan, who is directing the group’s The Buying
Immigration Deadline Slips
</p> “I think attempting to finish this bill this week would be unsuccessful,” McConnell said earlier on Monday. “This is a two-week bill.”
Good Night, Chamber
</p> Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) was waxing eloquent — or perhaps monotone — during Thursday’s debate over the GOP motion to recommit on the defense authorization bill.