Tax System Desperately Needs Fair Reform
The federal debt has shot up 27 percent, and today every child in America is born owing a $6,830 “birth tax” — his or her share of the total national indebtedness.
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Howard Baker: Still Alive
“He is alive and well and serving his country well in Japan,” Range assured us.
DCCC Will Aid Costa in Now-Competitive Race in Calif.
“Some of my Democratic friends [have] said, ‘Hey, you’re working with us so much, why don’t you come join our party?” Wilson said, according to The Associated Press.
Al Gore, Telemarketer?
DNC spokesman Jano Cabrera, who, incidentally, is a former Gore aide, assures us Gore was not in that boiler room dialing for loose change.
Bowles, Burr Hunt for Tobacco Vote
We’re not going to do something that costs us a buyout [by] only trying to get it by a certain time.”
Vandenberg, Wagner Take Places of Honor
“He was a behind-the-scenes type of person,” she said, adding that if he were alive today his focus would be on “health care” and “protecting the working man.”
Kerry Leads Bush on Domestic Vision, Not Foreign Policy
Even if he was a war hero 30 years ago as commander of a Vietnam swift boat, he still does not sound like a forceful commander in chief today, let alone a “war president.”
Huggate Update
Cowan is due to arrive in Boston sometime today. He says he’ll be looking for Moore and will “be happy to give him another hug.”
Campaign Finance Squabble
“I think we all lose our temper from time to time,” he told HOH, “but it’s important for us to realize that our political opponents are not evil or corrupt.”
Murtha: Iraq ‘Unwinnable’
“Let us wait until we have at least one segment of open testimony.”
Members Reflect on Mom
“She was my teacher, my defender and a continual source of strength and wisdom,” Carson said in a 2002 floor speech.
Specter Edges Out Toomey in Keystone State
“We had a lot of ideas about the principles and values of the Republican Party,” Toomey said in his concession speech. “These ideas are at the heart of the Republican Party.”
Both Parties Court Minority Vote
Senior Democratic and Republican leaders will lay out dueling agendas today, each designed to appeal to black voters and sway their votes before the November elections.
Chris Dodd’s Lott Moment?
Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) got a little carried away with a tribute speech last week upon the occasion of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) casting his 17,000th vote in the chamber.
Dissing Condi
Senate tongues were wagging big-time on Tuesday night when Specter rose to give a speech on the Senate floor and showed off a busted lip, two black eyes and a scary-looking nose.
Bush’s Blind Eye Offers Kerry Chance to Seize Debate
The central question of this election cycle is why those who are leading us today are so blind, deaf and mute to America’s problems: job losses, insecurity at home and abroad, rising health care costs
Turning to K St. for Help
As President Bush and Sen.
Watchdog Joins GAO in Celebrating New Name
“I am happy that they are as excited about the term ‘accountability’ as we are,” Government Accountability Project President Louis Clark said.
Presidential Campaign Trail Rolls Through Hill
“When he ran for president in 2000, President Bush promised the American people that he would work to renew the assault weapons ban,” Kerry charged in a speech carried live by the 24-hour news networks
Frist’s Family Ties
“Why does Jesse Jackson Jr. get chauffeured through the Dallas-Fort Worth airport in a golf cart while us commoners have to walk to catch our flight?”