Red State (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
The House voted today to block a resolution to remove Charlie Rangel from his chair on the Ways and Means committee. With 6 complicit Republicans, House Democrats prevented both a vote and any further debate by sending it to die in committee. The resolution, brought by Rep. John Carter (R-TX) , essentially vanishes now, because, as Rep. Carter pointed out via parliamentary inquiry, the committee has...
Confederate Yankee (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Text of a press release from N.C. Republican Rep. Walter B. Jones: WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week U.S. Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) became an original cosponsor of H.R. 3571, the Defund ACORN Act. This legislation, introduced by House Republican...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Timothy McNulty | August 10, 2009 Here's CQ with some perspective on Sestak's endorsement this morning from Vote Vets: VoteVets.org has endorsed Rep. Joe Sestak , a retired admiral, in his Pennsylvania Senate primary challenge to Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter , a Korean War-era Air Force veteran and former chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee who is seeking a sixth term. Expect Specter...
Washminster (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
Thanks to a post reproduced by David Waldman on his blog "Congress Matters", I have found an informative series produced by "Casual Wednesday" on the Daily Kos . In his latest post he (or she?) sets out the background to the allocation of committee seats, and the House and Senate Armed Services Committees in particular. Obviously, these members are the ones to contact to advance...
CQ (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., is hoping he finally has a better shot at renaming the Navy Department to honor a big constituent back home — the Marine Corps — with a little help from one of its alumni, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.
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