Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
By Paul Suellentrop, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. May 13--Wichita State basketball recruit Ehimen Orukpe has been granted a student visa by the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, according to Rep. Todd Tiahrt. Tiahrt's office sent out a news release on Monday.
The Liberal OC (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
From Dana Milbank: On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, “Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day,” when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest. “Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote,” he announced. Rep. Kathy [...]
Oliver Willis (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Really. On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, “Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day,” when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest. “Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote,” he announced. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who [...]
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Dana Milbank has the special Mother's Day edition : On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, "Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day," when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest. "Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote," he announced. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who has...
Queen of Spain Blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Well, at least 178 of them do: “On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, ‘Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day,’ when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest. ‘Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote,’ [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
WASHINGTON | It was a political maneuver not even their mothers could love. Immediately after Congress agreed (412-0) to “celebrate the role of mothers in the United States” and support Mother’s Day, U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Kansas stood and called for a second vote. He then joined 177 other GOP congressmen, including Sam Graves of Missouri, in voting to rethink the matter.
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
On Wednesday, the House took up the seemingly uncontroversial H. Res. 1113, “Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day.” The resolution initially passed 412 to 0, until Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) rose in protest: Mr. Speaker, I ask for a recorded vote because I’m [...]
Blog of the Moderate Left (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Republican Party votes against motherhood: On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, “Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day,” when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest.“Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote,” he [...]
The Swine Line (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports on our April Porkers of the Month. Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) respond: Dicks, Tiahrt ‘Porkers of the Month’ over tanker George Behan, a spokesman for Dicks, discounted the criticism, saying Dicks believes that the Air Force decision in favor of the Airbus tanker was “flawed.” Citing the Boeing tanker’s smaller size relative...
The Swine Line (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Tom Schatz announced the April Porkers of the Month - Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) - on CNBC's Pork Watch today. Rep. Tiahrt also appeared on the segment to defend his interference with the defense procurement process.
The Swine Line (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
CAGW Names Reps. Dicks and Tiahrt Porkers of the Month Washington, D.C. - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) April Porkers of the Month for threatening to reverse a $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract award to Northrop Grumman. The losing bidder, the Boeing Company, has [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) April Porkers of the Month for threatening to reverse a
Potomac Flacks (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Sam Sackett has been promoted to Communications Director for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS). Sackett was a senior Legislative Assistant and replaces Chuck Knapp. (CQ's People on the Move)
Blue Tide Rising (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
... oil in the US House and US Senate. P at Roberts is Big Oil's 6th best friend in the Senate, and Todd Tiahrt is Big Oil's 5th best friend in the House. No wonder the Republican are eager to subsidize Big Oil. Big Oil can be counted on to share their savings with Republican campaign coffers.
Wampum (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
I'm surprised that Norm Dicks (D-WA-06) and Todd Tiahrt (R-KA-04), chair and ranking member of the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee, view the best means to cure the defect introduced by the outgoing regime's cuts in the funding for Forest Service is to move it from Ag to Interior. Shades of Joe Lieberman's bi-partisan legislative ghost!
