Life and Death to Taxes
</p> Baucus hopes to advance his health bill to President Barack Obama by August, and he then plans to focus on numerous issues ranging from routine tax bills to revamping the energy sector.
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K Street Files: Working the Recess
</p> The bill was approved in a dramatic 15-4 vote that saw one of its original sponsors, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), vote against it, and the other, Sen.
Editorial: Do Right by D.C.
</p> For 220 years, the latter clause has been used to govern and misgovern the District, and it’s being underhandedly employed now by Republicans to block the voting rights bill by linking it to a change
Menendez Keeps Up Cuba Fight
—</p> Still, Menendez’s stance angered many of his colleagues and the White House — including powerful Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel — when he threatened last month to vote against an omnibus bill funding
Norton Willing to Accept Gun Provision
</p> House leaders have spent weeks trying to detach the gun amendment from the bill, which would give D.C. its first-ever voting Representative.
Senate Finance Committee Through the Ages
</p> 1913 States ratify the 16th Amendment, allowing Congress to levy an income tax. Congress passes an income tax bill, including some Finance Committee exemptions for individuals.
Democrats Looking to Retire Young
</p> “Bill Young has dedicated most of his life to serving the people of Florida with unshakable commitment and utmost fervor and his constituents not only admire and respect him, but have continuously
Virginia Governor Rivals Talk Business in First Joint Forum
</p> The forum, which focused on issues important to the business community, was sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and held at Microsoft’s technology center in Reston, about 20 miles
A Quick-Hit Lobby Blitz Yields Little — So Far
</p> “This was a little out of left field,— said an aide to one of the Members targeted by the coalition.
Pelosi Holds Line for Obama Budget
</p> “What does it mean to the American people?
Cantor Fires Back at Critics
</p> “That is so ridiculous,— Cantor said.
Cornyn Poised to Play the Skeptic on Energy
</p> He also carved up plans for quick passage in January of a massive public lands bill advocated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and killed efforts to seat Democrat Al Franken as the junior
Pennsylvania: Specter Strikes Toomey Early in Television Ads
</p> “In recent weeks as you have shifted your attention from a long-planned run for Governor to another Senate campaign, you have criticized the TARP bill I voted for last fall,— Specter wrote.
The Most Vulnerable Senator Up for Re-Election in 2010?
Allen Stanford, a financier accused of defrauding investors, and admitted that he had been involved in the process that ultimately stripped from the stimulus bill a provision that would have limited bonuses
Obama Shows His Substance and Style
</p> While, on the heels of his disastrous effort to reshape the nation’s health system, former President Bill Clinton committed himself to tinkering on the edges of the economy with boutique programs
Democratic, GOP Leaders Are Ready to Rumble
</p> House Republicans — like their Senate counterparts — will spend the recess trying to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility by touting their economic policies over those passed by the Democratic
Taxing Job Energizes Committee Staff Chief
</p> “My first week on the job we were doing the first economic recovery bill, and we have not stopped since,— Koch said.
No Shortage of Political Work Overseas
</p> And he’s hardly alone.
GOP Members Choose Sides in Kansas Senate Race
</p> Kansas Gov.