Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
BOISE, Idaho -- A lawyer and history buff from New York City plans a long-shot run as a Democrat for the Idaho U.S. Senate seat held by Mike Crapo (KRAY'-poh), a Republican.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
A lawyer and history buff from New York City plans a long-shot run as a Democrat for the Idaho U.S. Senate seat held by Mike Crapo (KRAY'-poh), a Republican.
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
by Brad Johnson Cross-posted from the Wonk Room . John Kerry testifying.This week, hearings begin in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733). This comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation , co-sponsored by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and committee chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), will establish a mandatory global warming...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama pledged that Americans who make less the $250,000 a year would not have their taxes increased. As with Chicago's failed Olympic bid, that promise seems to be ephemeral, according to the Washington Post: As it drew close Thursday to finishing work on a health-care overhaul, a key Senate panel engaged in a spirited debate about whether the measure...
The Travis Monitor (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Big ObamaCare Vote on Tuesday - amendment to get public option re-inserted into the bill: Originally the Senate Finance Committee was to vote on the Public Option Amendments today, but it seems that it has been pushed back until Tuesday September 29, 2009. It has been called the beginning of the battle; in an interview Wednesday night, Charles Schumer is quoted saying, “Tomorrow is the opening...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
B OISE, Idaho | Top Idaho Republicans all condemned fellow Republican Rex Rammell on Friday after he amplified his “joke” about wanting to buy a license to hunt President Barack Obama. Gov. Butch Otter, U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson and former Idaho governor Phil Batt made public statements criticizing the gubernatorial hopeful.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/20/2009
Amtrak has made some decisions that make restoring the Pioneer Route through Idaho more favorable, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, says.
Strange Bedfellows (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
As the House of Representatives passed a bill containing more than 150 public lands projects -- and creating 2 million acres of new designated wilderness -- two Washington lawmakers prepare legislation to preserve a pristine King County valley.
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
Senators have defeated an amendment offered by Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) to the Serve America Act (S. 277 / H.R. 1388) by a vote of 48 to 49. The vote actually occurred on a motion to waive a point of order against the amendment that it violated certain budget provisions. Defeat of that motion essentially [...]
NewWest.Net Boise (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
Senator Mike Crapo, R-ID, has toiled hard for more than eight years to pass a lands bill that includes Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness protection. The bill finally passed the House today, 285-140. The Senate passed the package in January. Because of the bill's passage with "unanimous consent" it will go straight to President Obama's desk instead of a conference committee, where it could undergo...
SayUncle (Free subscription) | 03/20/2009
NSSF: Today, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) — the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry — applauded Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, for introducing legislation to rectify a longstanding inequity in the frequency with which firearms and ammunition manufacturers pay a federal excise tax on [...]...
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 03/19/2009
For the second time this year, the Senate has passed a long-delayed bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness, from a California mountain range to a forest in Virginia.
US News (Free subscription) | 03/12/2009
If so, then it might be a long time before taxes can be raised.
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Energy Secretary Steven Chu sought Wednesday to assure skeptical senators that the Obama administration supports continued development of nuclear energy, even as it backs away from building a nuclear waste dump in Nevada.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Energy Secretary Steven Chu sought Wednesday to assure skeptical senators that the Obama administration supports continued development of nuclear energy, even as it backs away from building a nuclear waste dump in Nevada.
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