Is the Bartering of Official Acts a Criminal Act?
The bill to increase Salazar’s pay would have raised his salary from about $180,000 to about $200,000, to square it with the salaries of others in the Cabinet.
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Top 5 Member-Vs.-Member Battles
</p> Here is our take on the five most contentious races between Members on tap for 2012.</p> California Rep.
House Votes Down Effort to Limit Libya Funding
</p> However, Republican aides acknowledged that the bill only drew the opposition of 89 GOP lawmakers because many of them were wary of voting for anything that might be seen as a tacit approval of the
Heard on the Hill: Fort Knox Field Trip?
</p> The bill, which the Texas lawmaker introduced, would require an audit of the federal gold reserves.
GOP Wary of Repeating Redraw Overreach in Pa.
</p> “It’s a problem. He’s got to give,” another Republican source said.
Quigley Seeks Greater Transparency From Lobbyists
Quigley’s bill would also require lobbyists to register new clients within five days, as opposed to 45 days.
House Republicans Overcome Internal Division to Pass Patent Bill
</p> The bill would reform how the office is funded and how it regulates inventions, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor had regarded it as Republicans’ chance to advance a major policy measure through the
House Retains Contested Provision in Patent Bill
</p> An amendment sponsored by Reps.
Obama’s Czars Get Senate Vote of Approval
A Republican-led effort to defund presidential czars failed Thursday when an amendment to a nominations bill fell short of the 60 votes it needed to prevail.</p> The amendment, proposed by Sen.
DCCC Boasts 43 New Recruits
</p> “Victory is 24,” Schwartz said. “It will be geared toward 50 or 60 seats … maybe 70 seats will be in play. But none of this is easy.”
Cantor, Kyl Pull Out of Debt Talks
</p> In a joint statement, Kyl and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said, “A bill with new spending and higher taxes would fail with bipartisan opposition — as it should.
Patent Deal Begins Unraveling
</p> Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) had hoped to pass the bill Tuesday.
Florida Senate Hopeful Hires Two McCain Veterans
Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) next fall.
Crossroads Targets McCaskill on Radio
</p> The buy is $50,000 worth of radio ads, hitting McCaskill on what they call her “liberal voting record.”
GOP Hill Veterans Call for Stricter Auto Fuel Standards
Former EPA Administrators Christine Whitman, Russell Train, Bill Reilly and Bill Ruckelshaus also signed the letter, as did Jim Douglas, a former governor of Vermont.
Aspen Institute: Bill Would Streamline Appointment Process
</p> Fact: The Senate has untold ways to influence every government process.
On Libya, House Is Choosing a Path
Republicans said this week’s vote would accomplish a similar goal and also address the Libya issue before the chamber turns to consider the defense appropriations bill that will give Members a platform
Hatch Lets Loose His Inner Tea Party
</p> Former Sen.
Boehner: House, Senate GOP Agree on Libya
</p> “If you’ve listened to what Sen. McCain has said and Sen.
Who Lost the New Hampshire GOP Debate? Me
Tim Pawlenty had proposed repealing the Bill of Rights. But, alas, no such luck; just the usual claptrap about taxes, spending and abortion.