Frankly, Scarlett. …
The aide, whom we shall call Miss Daisy, lives on Capitol Hill. She said she walked to the corner of New Jersey and Independence avenues Southwest to hail a cab to take her to Georgetown.
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Dispatches From the Judicial Wars
Since Roll Call began publishing 50 years ago, the Senate has been faced with two dozen nominations to the Supreme Court.
Redistricting Reform on Fall Ballot
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) call for a special statewide election in November to consider several matters, including redistricting reform.
Remembering the Little Paper That Could
NINA TOTENBERG Reporter, 1968 When I worked for Roll Call in 1968, it was nothing like the Roll Call of today. For starters, I WAS the editorial staff.
Sid Yudain, the Man Who Started It All
Yudain started newspapers in elementary and junior high school, then continued the newspaper his older brother founded at the local high school.
Clashes of the Titans
Since Roll Call sprung to life in 1955, there have been enough coups, multi-ballot marathons and one-vote nailbiters to fill plenty of newsprint.
A Half-Century of Hill Bars
And as Roll Call celebrates 50 years as “The Newspaper of Capitol Hill” this month, no celebration of the past half century of Congressional politics would be complete without recognizing the Hill bar
More Rancor, Less Civility
Members that move their families to the area often have children attending the same local school, starring in the school play or playing on the same sports teams. Former Indiana Senator and now U.S.
Looking For a Sweep
Oxley, of course, expects big things from his team because with a win June 23 at the 44th Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game he will retire his second coveted Roll Call trophy.
Roll Call’s 10 Best Senate Races
So it goes with choosing the top 10 Senate races during the time that Roll Call has been covering Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.
For First Time, Scholars Link Voting, Religion
“What we were surprised with, to some extent, is that we anticipated that religion would have more of an influence in what we call a ‘composition effect,’” said James Guth of Furman University, a
Hate the Filibuster? You Might Want to Nuke the Entire Senate
As most Roll Call readers know, under the Senate’s “cloture” rule, it takes 60 affirmative votes out of 100 Senators voting to pass most pieces of legislation, including approval of presidential nominees
Legislator Raising Cash for Possible House Bid in Wisconsin
An American Viewpoint benchmark survey obtained Monday by Roll Call showed DeWine well ahead of other possible and likely Republican challengers with 29 percent.
TV Profit, Public Loss
Each election cycle, the Norman Lear Center at the Annenberg School for Communications of the University of Southern California analyzes the amount of time major TV stations around the country devote
Burns Won’t Duck Tribal Controversy
Montana Democrats have filed an ethics complaint against Burns following news reports in Roll Call and The Washington Post detailing his ties to Abramoff.
Boehner’s Allies Key to Ambitions
Roll Call spoke to dozens of Members, staffers and lobbyists to determine who belonged on a list of Boehner’s closest allies.
Greenberg Traurig in Talks With Mich. Tribe
Roll Call and The Washington Post reported last month that Abramoff steered more than $130,000 in campaign contributions to political committees controlled by Burns.
Burns Goes on Offense Against Ethics Charge
Earlier this month, Roll Call and The Washington Post reported that Burns received more than $130,000 in hard and soft money during 2001 and 2002 from Abramoff, his colleagues and several American
Suite Deals in D.C.
School Pride Package: A special rate of $99 per night is available for students, parents and alumni of Howard University, Catholic University and Trinity College.
DOT Director’s on the Move
Fewer still could ever call it their bedtime reading. But such is the world of Dan Tangherlini, the director of the District Department of Transportation.