Unions, Business Lobbies Look to November
Anticipating highly competitive Congressional elections, advocacy groups are pivoting swiftly into campaign mode as they seek to preserve or overturn legislation they have intensely lobbied for the past few years.
Joe Wilson’s Democratic Foe Raising Cash in D.C.
Members may be out of town for the Congressional recess, but that hasn’t stopped some candidates from coming to Washington in search of D.C. dollars.
Meek Campaign Outlines Path to Victory in Strategy Memo
As his polling continues to lag and his Democratic primary race has heated up, Rep. Kendrick Meek’s Senate campaign on Thursday released a strategy memo that laid out the Congressman’s path to victory in the fall and sought to rein in talk that Democra…
Obama Hits Road to Campaign for Reid — Again
President Barack Obama is on the campaign trail for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for the third time this year — a sign of just how seriously the White House is taking Reid’s political vulnerability heading into the November elections.
W.Va. Attorney General Backs Special Election for Byrd Seat This Year
West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw (D) issued an advisory opinion Thursday that opens the door for a special election to be held this year to fill the seat of the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D).
DeMint, in Kansas, Vows to Press for Earmark Moratorium
OLATHE, Kan. — Sen. Jim DeMint said Friday that after the November midterm elections he plans to force the GOP Conference to take a vote on adopting an earmark moratorium, a move that House Republicans have already made.
Manchin Calls Legislature to Special Session to Consider Byrd Succession
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) announced late Friday that he would call the state Legislature into session Thursday to clarify the state’s succession laws as he ponders how to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D).
Gibbs Says GOP Has Shot at Winning House This Fall
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs suggested Sunday that Republicans could take control of the House in the November elections.
East and West with speed; super-efficient spy swap
By JENNIFER LOVEN
2010-07-09T23:18:32Z
WASHINGTON (AP) — It took less than month for the largest U.S.-Russian spy swap since the Cold War to unfold from an idea secretly hatched in the Oval Office to reality on a remote stretch …
FAA tells airlines to fix cockpit window heaters
By JOAN LOWY
2010-07-09T23:17:55Z
WASHINGTON (AP) — Airlines will have to inspect the cockpit window heaters on 1,212 Boeing airliners and perhaps replace the windows under a safety order the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday i…
