Obama Makes It Official; Keystone XL Is a No-Go
</p> The payroll tax cut extension bill the president signed last month gave Obama the authority to reject the pipeline within 60 days if he determined it was not in the national interest.
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DCCC Casts Large Net This Cycle
</p> But 2010 was different. The messy sausage-making behind passing the president’s health care bill put Democrats on defense. But House Republicans lost a key special election for the late Rep.
A Rough Estimate of the Current House Field
</p> That proposal put Congressional Republicans in a box.
With Help From Foes, Obama Is off the Mat
Republicans for refusing “to ask the wealthiest Americans to pay the same tax rate as they did when Bill Clinton was president.”
Heard on the Hill: Chow Down for Good Cause
</p> The N.Y.
Paul Irving Sworn In as New Sergeant-at-Arms
</p> Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) nominated Irving last month to replace Bill Livingood, whose resignation was read on the floor immediately proceeding Irving’s swearing-in.
Richard Carmona Officially Kicks Off Arizona Senate Bid
</p> The tone runs counter to the support Carmona has had from national Democrats.
Activists Mount Anniversary Push to Undo Citizens United
Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) of the new “Amend 2012” campaign, which announced a website and a video call to action by Robert Reich, who chairs Common Cause and was Labor secretary under President Bill Clinton.
Gingrich: Christian Conservatives on My Side
</p> The divisions — and the delay — might be a sign that social conservative leaders are losing some of their clout.
Members of Congress Travel Far on Private Groups’ Dime
</p> The total bill for sending lawmakers and their staffers on more than 1,500 trips — often to far-flung locations such as Austria, Egypt, Israel and Turkey — weighed in at about $5.8 million last year
Campus Notebook: Occupy Welcomes Back House With Rally
</p> Plaza Construction Closes Lanes </p> As the massive renovation of Union Station’s environs continues, the D.C.
Respected Members Face Off in New Jersey
Bill Pascrell and Steven Rothman.</p> Party strategists are dubbing the race “Sherman-Berman East,” a reference to the California contest between Democratic Reps.
GOP Ready to Combat Payroll Tax Narrative
</p> Though the bicameral, bipartisan staff on the conference committee formed to reconcile a full-year House-approved bill and the Senate-passed short-term bill has been working throughout recess, the
House GOP Looks to Regroup After Short Workweek
</p> While passage of the resolution in the House is likely, its chances are particularly iffy in the Senate.
Birman: Nothing to Hide but Everything to Fear
</p> The Black Raven, however, was no avian figment of the human mind.
Lawmakers Evolve Attitudes Toward Security
</p> Some have also subtly shifted their own office budgets to boost security in district offices.</p> Rep.
Approps Panel Regains Status
</p> And those are just some of the dozens of policy provisions large and small that Rogers tucked into the bill, largely at the request of authorizing committees who found themselves unable to move almost
How Rep. Steve Austria Became a Sacrificial Republican
Boehner said he hadn’t been given a heads-up about the plan to pass the bill. Rep.
K Street Files: Google’s Stance Causes Identity Crises
</p> There’s a PAC for That </p> Attention lobbyists: Are you fiscally conservative and socially liberal? Well, there’s a PAC for that — almost.
Lawmakers (App)lying Pressure
</p> A Difference in Kind Cindy Cohn, legal director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is concerned about the increase in this type of intervention by Members of Congress</p> “I’m not aware of