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NRCC Targets Kagen in New TV Ad
Other Democrats whom the NRCC is zeroing in on include Reps.
Watchdog Group Releases Documents on Senators’ Requests for Jets
“This letter is to request a C-32 military aircraft be assigned to transport the Senate Delegation,— an April 2008 letter from Reid to Defense Secretary Robert Gates states.
GOP Tributes to Martinez Pour In
—GOP Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) said in an interview on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers— that is set to air Sunday: “He’s been a wonderful contributor to public life and we’ll miss him.
Military Maintains a Fleet of Jets for Lawmakers, Other VIPs
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) late last year, the CRS estimated that the military maintains about 374 airplanes in “Operational Support Airlift,— which provide mostly VIP transportation service.
Heard on the Hill: Boys of Summer
“Well, I don’t think there are any runs left in it,— he said. Burger King. It’s nice work if you can get it. Rep.
House Orders Up Three Elite Jets
But apparently Congress is not philosophically averse to private air travel: At the end of July, the House approved nearly $200 million for the Air Force to buy three elite Gulfstream jets for ferrying
Under Your Nose: The Sky’s No Limit
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Hoyer Says Democrats Going on Offense Over August
“We think this accomplishes what the American public voted for,— he said. “We’re excited about where we are.
Heard on the Hill: Law, Order and Public Finance
This latest twist is bound to make summertime block parties all the more awkward — and Richardson can just forget about borrowing a cup of sugar next door.
Reid, Leahy Chide GOP Over Opposition to Sotomayor
States Senate do not represent mainstream Republicans in this country … voting against this good woman is going to treat them as about as well as their handling of immigration— in 2005.Reid rejected GOP
Shop Talk: YouTube, YouWin
Jon Corzine (D), who is running for re-election this year.
California: DeSaulnier Is First to Air TV Ad in Special
Mark DeSaulnier (D) will be the first candidate in the special election to replace former Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D) to air a TV ad, his campaign announced Monday.
Heard on the Hill: Wild and Wonderful
Jaclyn LaBadia, the flack who mailed him the package, said she read Thomma’s comments and saw it as an opportunity for her client. “I said, You know what, I can use this,’— she tells HOH.
Russians Thrive on Own Turf
Set as it is behind a wrought-iron gate, just slightly removed from the rest of the neighborhood, it is perhaps inevitable that the embassy has taken on, for some, a mysterious air.
Democrats to Wrestle With Rifts Over Defense Bill
Democratic rifts over the Obama administration’s approach to closing the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detainee facility and other war policies will emerge on the House floor this week.
Developers Discuss Union Station Overhaul
The station is owned by the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, an arm of the federal government. The retail space and air rights are controlled by two private developers.
Transportation: 10 Staffers to Know
Transportation policy is a web of interlocking pieces — from mass transit to highways to rail to air.
Softball and Kickball Play Out Rivalry
The root of the softball passion is hard to define, but has to be, at least in part, about basking in the fresh air and the wide-open space.
Texas Fights Kansas’ Bid for Research Lab
“I found it quite a compliment actually to me and our delegation, but I didn’t put much stock in it.