Transportation: The Struggle Without Earmarks
Without earmarks to cajole lawmakers to support funding roads, rail, waterways and transit, leaders and lobbyists alike have faced an uphill battle in trying to sell the need for a big-spending highway
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House Democrats Demand Ethics Report on Waters Case
“Without the public, the Congress, and Representative Waters being able to review the findings included in this report, the integrity of the Committee’s process will further be called into question
Education: Traveling on Whose Dime?
Because the nonprofits and the advocacy groups are separate and distinct on paper, lawmakers were able to accept the trip invitations without running afoul of Congressional ethics rules.
The State of K Street: Work in the Shadows
And they’re hardly the only ones who engage in lobbying or help clients sort out their problems with the federal government without actually crossing the threshold of becoming a registered lobbyist
Nancy Pelosi Knocks Next Week’s Recess
“Instead of recessing yet again, the House should remain at work and pass critical legislation that will create jobs for the middle class that will actually be signed into law.
Andringa and Oberhelman: Manufacturing Can Unite Us
Without reliable and affordable energy, manufacturers, who use one-third of the energy produced in the United States, will face obstacles in competing with our rivals abroad.
James Clapper Will Brief Intelligence Committee Leaders on Leaks
Congressional Democrats, on the other hand, are threading the needle between questioning whether laws were violated without making the specific accusations against the White House.
New Nuclear Waste Sites at Issue for NRC Pick
“Without a national repository [at Yucca], Hanford and other nuclear waste sites will be left in limbo,” Murray said in 2010. Sens.
Should Back Uplisting Polar Bears
There should be no indecision about it. The U.S. already recognizes that polar bears are a threatened species and grants them protections on U.S. soil.
After Solving Student Loan Issue, Look at Costs
But there are larger issues here that Congress really should address, ones that with some effort can avoid the usual partisan and ideological wars.
Student Loan Shift for GOP
The offer, proposed in a letter to the White House, has gone five days without a response — and on Tuesday, Republicans were more than happy to pin the obstructionist label on the other party.
What Bernanke Really Meant by ‘Fiscal Cliff’
That was how Greenspan used to go on record without creating a political headache for himself or for the Fed because, once uttered, the phrase meant different things to different people Just
Barack Obama, Democrats Hit Mitt Romney on Pay Equity
They say the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that Obama has been touting for three years doesn’t go far enough and the new bill is needed to allow workers to share salary information without threat of
Floor Fight Will Test Farm Bill
Stabenow said the process of debating the bill could take two to three weeks, but some Democratic leadership aides said the Senate might take a week and a half on the legislation, with or without
Hurling Rhetorical Acid In New York
Now outside groups are having their say: “The threats made against Democratic women Senators yesterday night by tea party Republican spokesperson Jay Townsend are without a doubt the most disgusting
Quiet on Veep, Paul Ryan Preps to Help Mitt Romney
Is the Congressman’s wife on board should the Republican presidential nominee ask him to serve? Ryan isn’t talking, which, ironically, is the best strategy if he’s interested in the job.
Edwards Verdict a Blow to Public Corruption Prosecutions
Legal scholars said federal prosecutors should pursue more clear-cut cases of public corruption now that another high-profile case against a Senator has been derailed.
Supreme Court to Weigh Challenge to Campaign Finance Ruling on June 14
The state argues that Montana faces a special risk of corruption and should be permitted to enforce its longtime ban, notwithstanding the 2010 Citizens United ruling.
Mitch McConnell Picks Top Races in Majority Quest
As for frontrunner Angus King (I), the state’s former governor who has not said with whom he would caucus should he be elected to the Senate, McConnell all but wrote him off.
The First Declared War
The commander in chief sent the message to Congress without knowing that British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, an enthusiastic supporter of intercepting and boarding U.S. merchant ships, had been