Democrats Continue to Press for Stimulus
With nearly 600,000 jobs lost last month and the nations unemployment rate now at 7.6 percent, a trio of Congressional Democrats reiterated Friday their call to pass the economic stimulus bill without
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War Over Wars Looms Large
Once President Barack Obama gets the stimulus package battle behind him, he will have to navigate what could be an even thornier issue for his party: how to push through a major bill funding the wars in
The Rose Garden: Outreach and Opposition Could Pay Off Later
bill which many find to be an expensive vehicle for Democratic priorities just because Obama is being nice.
Hill Foundations Attract Cash
The company donated an additional $100,000 to the CBC to bring victims of Hurricane Katrina to Washington for the Obama inauguration, Altria spokesman Bill Phelps said.
House GOP Drafting Earmark Reform for All
</p> Those proposals which included bans on monuments to me or earmarks named after a sitting Member, amendments inserted after a bill is voted out of committee and several provisions aimed at increased
GOP Payback on Court Nominees Is Hard to Justify
. </p> Opposition to qualified Obama judicial nominees cannot be justified as payback.
Ford Looks for Traction at Auto Show
</p> As of late last week, he said, Senate and House lawmakers continued to be sympathetic, but Members of both parties are still on the fence, and a final bill is not expected for perhaps a week or
From Senator to Senate Staffer
</p> Following his unsuccessful 2008 campaign against Rep.
New Shop on the Square
</p> Once a staffer to ex-House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and former President Bill Clinton, Ackil exudes a nerds delight for gadgetry
Senators Still Seek Spending Cuts as Vote on Stimulus Nears
voting for the bill without cuts.
Weakening of ‘Buy American’ Provokes Manufacturers’ Ire
</p> The U.S.
Ginsburg Surgery Fuels Talk of Obama’s Supreme Court Picks
</p> Nominated by then-President Bill Clinton in 1993, Ginsburg, 75, is one of the most reliably liberal members of the Supreme Court.
Jobs Bill Criticized by Democrats, Too
</p> And in fact, its the House version of the bill that is the root of Obamas problems, K Street operatives said, adding that the bill contains too many apparent giveaways.
Gregg Supports Senate Stimulus, New Boss
</p> In the last 24 hours, President Barack Obama has staged a multifront effort to rally votes for the stimulus bill, to which even some Senate Democrats have given a tepid response.
LGBT Caucus Has Ambitious Agenda
employment nondiscrimination bill that also covers transgender people.
GOP Reconsiders Use of Filibuster
</p> GOP leaders have not publicly discussed the possibility of using a filibuster to block the pending economic stimulus bill.
Campus Notebook: Government, Online
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) has re-introduced a bill to eliminate Congressional review of D.C. laws, just a couple of weeks after introducing her bill to give the city a voting seat in the House.
Stimulus Faces Knife
</p> Obama met with Nelson, Collins and a third moderate, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), on Wednesday to gauge what changes to the bill they were seeking.
Gregg Says He’s Not Target of Abramoff Probe
</p> Among the official actions that Boulanger sought was assistance in September 2002 with retaining a $3.5 million earmark inserted by House lawmakers into the fiscal 2003 Defense appropriations bill
Pelosi’s Restless Team Seeks Voice
</p> Tensions between moderates and Pelosi, often at a low boil, heightened over spending provisions in the economic stimulus package that prompted several to oppose the bill and others to complain openly