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Heard on the Hill: Seeing and Being Seen at the Newseum
Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), a former state trooper; and Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood, the House’s top cop.</p> There was even apparently a little cross-pollination of the two events. Former Sen.
Reading List: Pointers From Previous Campaigns
</p> Here’s what they said:</p> “The Loneliest Campaign : The Truman Victory of 1948,” by Irwin Ross With his approval rating hitting record lows and the unemployment rate remaining uncomfortably high
Heard on the Hill: Can We Ask the Question First?
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Bill Flores (R-Texas).
Hill Unfazed by Daley Show
White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley was pitched to Capitol Hill as the guy who could cut deals with a resurgent GOP, but it hasn’t turned out that way amid this year’s series of debt crises and gridlock
Veterans in Congress Dwindling but Share Common Bond
He fought so hard for veterans that the expanded GI bill passed in 1984 was named for him.
Between the Lines: Interim 2012 Map Expected Soon in Texas
</p> But for now, no one knows what the interim map will look like.
McConnell: GOP Will Support Latest Jobs Bill
The Senate is coming dangerously close to legislating, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announcing today that Republicans support the Democratic jobs bill currently on the floor.
Donnelly and Boren: Positive Climate Is Key to Economic Recovery
</p> We also introduced the Small Business Administration 504 Loan Refinancing Extension Act.
Playing Defense on Guantánamo
</p> But the issue is coming to a head with the Defense Department authorization bill heading to the Senate floor with a detainee provision the White House opposes, renewed pressure from Republicans to
Alexander Breaks Ranks on Clean Air
Rand Paul’s (Ky.) bill to repeal an EPA clean air rule designed to limit power-plant pollution blowing across state lines.
House Feeling Budget Squeeze
</p> In June, the House passed a legislative branch spending bill that made a 6.4 percent cut to the 2012 Members’ Representational Allowances, which fund staff salaries and operating expenses.
Democrats: Tax on Rich In Play
</p> “They can see results when they offer a truly bipartisan proposal,” said the aide, who noted there was a decent chance the bill would pass the Senate.
Senate Agrees to Consider Repeal of Tax Withholding Rule
Senate Democratic leaders hope that the bill becomes the first piece of Obama’s jobs plan to be signed into law.
Bill Keating Announces Bid for Open Massachusetts District
Bill Keating (D-Mass.) will run for Congress in the newly drawn 9th district in 2012, rather than take on five-term Rep. Stephen Lynch, a fellow Democrat.
Proposed Massachusetts Map ‘Pretty Sweet’ for Incumbents
Bill Keating (D) into the same district.</p> Keating, whose primary residence is in Quincy, represents the current 10th district, which includes Cape Cod, where he has a longtime summer home.
Campus Notebook: Inspector General Appointed At GPO
</p> On Monday, Public Printer Bill Boarman announced that Michael Raponi would be taking over the post held temporarily by Rodolfo Ramirez since May.
Bipartisan Deal on Veterans’ Jobs
</p> The deal, announced by Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and House Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) appears to clear the way for swift passage of the bill.
Charles Schumer Predicts Failure for Super Committee
Charles Schumer said he believes the super committee will fail — making him one of the highest-ranking lawmakers to take this stance publicly, just weeks before the panel’s Nov. 23 deadline to produce a bill
For Bob McDonnell, VP Talk Won’t Go Away
</p> In 1992, Bill Clinton and Al Gore, two Southern Democrats about the same age (two years apart) ran on a generational message of change.