Leahy Joins Effort to Put Cameras in Courtroom
</p> Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is a co-sponsor of a bill that would give federal trial and appellate judges the sole discretion to decide whether to allow proceedings to be televised.
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Reformers Hope to Beef Up Public Financing
</p> The bill also would up current spending limits for participating candidates from roughly $45 million to $150 million in the primaries and provide a one-third spending limit increase for general elections
Lorraine Miller Named House Clerk
She also worked in the legislative affairs shop at the White House under then-President Bill Clinton, and has served stints at both the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission
Earmarks, Revisited
Bill Clinton.
Pelosi Picks New Clerk and CAO
</p> Miller will succeed Karen Haas, who was appointed by then-Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), while Beard will replace Jay Eagen, who has served in his post since 1997.
McConnell Takes the Inside Track
In the two months since he became the top Senate Republican, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has worked to avoid the early pitfalls of his predecessor, former Majority Leader Bill Frist (Tenn.),
Cole Taps Colleagues for Key NRCC Positions
Brown-Waite (Fla.), Mike Castle (Del.), Virginia Foxx (N.C.), Phil Gingrey (Ga.), Darrell Issa (Calif.), Howard McKeon (Calif.), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), Jeff Miller (Fla.), Jon Porter (Nev.), Bill
House, Justice Close to Deal On Cunningham Subpeonas
</p> Neither the Justice Department nor the U.S. attorney’s office would comment on Tuesday.
Staffers Hold Out Hope for Raises This Year
But one adjustment in the legislative branch appropriations section of the bill bumps up House and Senate office budgets by a combined $41 million this year.
Democratic Retreat Has a New Focus
</p> “It takes on a great new meaning,” Rep.
Baucus Pushes Inclusion
</p> Already Baucus’ plan to add small-business tax breaks to a minimum-wage hike bill has run afoul of House Democratic leaders, and Rangel in particular.
CVC Watch
</p> Rep.
Iraq Issue Will Percolate Through the Summer
Democrats will really make their mark on foreign policy and the conduct of the Iraq War in binding votes later this year — starting first with the supplemental war spending bill in the next month or so
Few Congressional Sites Meet CMF’s Approval
In upcoming weeks, expect much buzz on Capitol Hill about which Members will find themselves as the next Harry Reid, Bill Frist or Bernie Sanders.
Brakes Thrown on Iraq Fight
</p> If Republicans use all the time available to them under Senate rules on the minimum-wage bill, debate on the Iraq resolution likely would begin at the end of this week at the earliest.
Nashville City Hall Race Captures Political Spotlight
</p> The list begins with Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell (D), whose eight-year tenure in City Hall comes to an end in September.
Miller’s Crossing
</p> According to Norton, Hoyer agreed that March would be an ideal time to bring the bill to the floor, but that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) would have to give the final approval.
Food Fight Over Corn
</p> When it comes to the farm bill, the high corn prices will keep down the government’s baseline spending for farm “safety net” programs, said Robert Young, chief economist with the American Farm Bureau
Sports Guy
</p> Last week, Towns dropped H.R. 693, a bill “to amend title 40, United States Code, to require restroom gender parity in federal buildings.”
‘Magnificent Seven’ Put on Floor Show
</p> Buoyed by a few wins on the lobbying bill, DeMint and his troupe kept up the heat on Democrats during last week’s minimum-wage debate as well, even as they say their coordination on tactics has been