Use of Appropriations ‘Polling’ Troubles Critics
“This is taxpayer money, and we should be able to see what’s going on.”
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“This is taxpayer money, and we should be able to see what’s going on.”
“I think he should write checks back to the Members who helped him out,” Hill said.
.) — there also was a sickening feeling that if the Capitol had been hit that morning, the country would have been without a Congress for months, and at the worst possible time.
With a GOP opponent who had just $33,000 in his campaign account on June 30, Reid decided over the weekend that his campaign for a fourth term was in a strong enough position that he should turn
from the Republicans’ “Contract with America” in that it will not lay out specific legislative and policy proposals, but instead broadly define Democratic themes and present explanations for why voters should
“An athlete’s most important person beside him should be [his] coach, not a coach and a team of lawyers,” said Weare, press secretary to Del. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam).
Although dwarfed by the fortune of his presidential running mate, Edwards and Kerry, should they win the presidency in November, would combine to be the wealthiest duo ever to inhabit the White House,
Zell Miller (D-Ga.) has long been viewed as a given pickup for Republicans, and especially so after Isakson won a heated three-way primary without a runoff.
Beyond that, [Gainer] doesn’t just need to move them, he needs to streamline them,” said Norton, who had criticized the department in early August for installing the checkpoints without consulting city
The measure covering Transportation, Treasury and independent agencies should be on tap next week.
activist David Bossie, has asked the watchdog agency whether his organization may advertise both a documentary film and a book about Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over the next several weeks without
The previous chairman, Don Benton, refused to resign after news broke that he intended to move the state party headquarters from the Seattle area to Olympia and that he had already purchased a building without
He wants to set the example that a campaign can be waged “without having to feed the machine.” He has not taken the traditional campaign route.
Melvin Dogan called for renewed enforcement of the measure, stating: “Please reiterate to Officials/Officers that US Capitol Police should not be allowed to walk through halls unescorted.
Kerry’s message should be reduced to less than a dozen words: “I am ready to lead America in a better direction.” A better direction in fighting the war on terrorism.
In the past, the party has distributed large lists of targeted candidates to their Members without a specified timeline for donations.
Hoyer’s visit just happened to coincide with last week’s Republican National Convention in New York, where the majority party worked to solidify its core of support and convince America it should
With barely 30 House seats in the hotly contestable category, pretty evenly divided between the two parties, Democrats have no chance of winning back the House without a larger trend.
“It should go off without a hitch,” Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said Friday.
law appears to be murky, with legal experts split on the question of whether there is a way for campaign vendors, consultants and other political operatives to carry out the straddle Ginsberg attempted without