Who May Take Members and Staffers to Dinner?
Section Nine of Article 1 of the Constitution, which sets forth limits on Congress, provides that “No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress
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Section Nine of Article 1 of the Constitution, which sets forth limits on Congress, provides that “No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress
As some of K Street’s biggest law firms have faced a series of layoffs, many of the typical cushy jobs for lawmakers without plumb committee assignments are no longer available because of the struggling
If there’s somewhere we can try them without spending more money, why spend more money?
We should not punish excellence. It is quite difficult to understand the financial community’s culture of very large annual bonuses.
—“The decision to prosecute enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who were captured on foreign battlefields in civilian court is without precedent in our nation’s history.
“My first concern when looking for a qualified candidate to support was an ability to keep this district in Republican hands without having to spend large amounts of funds,— Radanovich said.
“I think the president should have been more clear about a way forward on health care last night. You know, he just can’t — I think he should have been more clear.
due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without
Sixty-one percent think Democrats are trying to do too much without bipartisanship and 61 percent think Republicans are just trying to block Democratic legislation.
Without reform, the excessive growth of government threatens our very liberty and prosperity.
House Republicans were unsure earlier this year whether they could hold on to this swing district seat without Kirk, who has proved to be an extraordinarily strong campaigner and fundraiser in the
Obama opened his speech with an appeal for the Senate to follow the lead the House set at the end of last year by sending him a jobs bill “without delay.— And while he called for lawmakers to push forward
Simply put, the National Gallery wouldn’t be the same without him.
.— With extensive sourcing from military archives and personal accounts, Herwig’s account is fresh and should be consulted by anyone with an interest in WWI.
The five retirees who opposed the first House bill can and should vote for the Senate bill without worry about the electoral consequences. They are Reps.
The RNC has argued that it should be allowed to raise soft money for purposes not related to advocating for candidates, such as party-building and redistricting efforts.
“It should have been finished years ago. It was a great idea, but somewhere the process languished,— he said in an e-mail.
—Obama also said the Senate should not act on health care without Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown.
However, Democratic leaders and the White House have repeatedly argued that without passage of health care reform, Democrats will never get a chance to correct what they say are GOP scare tactics
Tareq and Michaele Salahi clammed up and invoked their constitutional right to remain silent about the incident in November in which they wangled their way into a state dinner apparently without