Watchdog Groups Urge House Leaders to Fill Vacancies on Ethics Board
</p> Boehner and Pelosi must fill the open board slots. Though both have pledged continued support for the OCE, neither has detailed a plan for the appointment process.
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Farm Bill Impasse Won’t Hurt Cotton Agreement with Brazil, Official Says
</p> Last week, Congress left for recess without a final farm bill, and it is becoming more likely that lawmakers will pass an extension of the 2008 farm bill (PL 110-246) during the lame-duck session
K Street Files: Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Puts Stamp on Campaign Finance
</p> Given that the average dollar bill circulates for 4.8 years, Cohen argues, the campaign estimates that every bill stamped will reach 875 people.
DCCC Moving TV Resources to More Competitive Races
</p> According to two sources who monitor ad buys, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee cut its reservations in the following GOP-leaning House districts during the week of Oct. 9: </p> Florida
K Street Follows Lawmakers Outside the Beltway
</p> Other lobbying groups are working to get their signature causes more attention from candidates.
K Street Files: Nickles Group Adds Chief of Staff; McConnell Aide Leaving
</p> A Tennessee native, White is a former appointee in the Justice Department’s office of legal policy and previously worked for then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).
Business Groups Pressing For Russia Trade Bill During Lame Duck
</p> Some supporters of the bill believe such concerns will fade after the election.
Joe Lieberman: Deal With Cybersecurity Via Executive Order
</p> Lieberman wrote that he the believes the disagreements that derailed the bill in the summer are unlikely to ease after the elections, when Congress is expected to meet for a lame-duck session.
Senate Leaders Duel Over Defense Authorization
In the midst of a flurry of Senate floor activity in the wee hours of Saturday morning, a tense exchange about taking up the annual defense authorization bill startled observers in the galleries.
NRCC Launches 26 New Ads Backed by $6.3 Million
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) The partisan ad wars in the battle for control of the House are heating up, as the countdown to Election Day enters the final weeks.
Senate Approves CR, Leaves Washington Under Cover of Night
</p> The continuing resolution passed the Senate 62-30 after clearing the 60-vote cloture hurdle. The House overwhelmingly passed the bill last week.
Work Unfinished Before Recess
</p> Boehner, who has chosen not to take up a House Agriculture Committee-passed farm bill, said Friday that the House will find a path forward on the farm bill after the elections.
Boxer Plans Strategy to Bring Up Water Bill Without Violating Earmark Ban
</p> ‘Dream Bill’</p> Boxer said she plans to write “my dream bill,” then circulate it to the committee’s ranking Republican, James M.
Rand Paul’s ‘Victory’ on Foreign Aid Will Be Short-Lived
In forcing the Senate’s hand to vote on a controversial foreign aid bill, Sen. Rand Paul may get more than he bargained for.
Politics, Theater and Mythmaking
Speaking to Bill Moyers in the late 1980s, Joseph Campbell, the famed mythologist, explained the hero as “someone who has achieved, or done, something beyond the normal range of achievement and experience
Something For Everyone in Senate Deal to Leave Town
</p> The timing will allow Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to return to Washington, D.C., for the votes.
Kennedy: Benghazi and Cairo Recall Tehran in 1979
</p> One just didn’t.</p> On Nov. 4, the students came over the wall, and we retreated to the upper floor behind a bank vault.
Phone Company PAC Funds Campaigns Against Republicans With Customer Overpayments
</p> “They are organizing their base liberals,” he said. They are not reaching out to independents.”</p> But he acknowledged that is exactly what Bera needs.