WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee CCAGW PAC today announced its endorsement of Tom Rooney for Congress in Florida's 16th Congressional District. Mr. Rooney is running against incumbent Rep. Tim Mahoney. "Tom Rooney is a fiscal conservative who believes in less government and...
WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee CCAGW PAC today announced its endorsement of Chris Hackett for Congress in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District. Mr. Hackett is running against incumbent Rep. Chris Carney. "Chris Hackett is a true fiscal conservative who has pledged to reduce...
WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee CCAGW PAC today announced its endorsement of David Schweikert for Congress in Arizona's fifth Congressional District. Mr. Schweikert is running against Rep. Harry Mitchell. "David Schweikert is a true fiscal conservative who has pledged to reduce the...
Even as this year's polarizing presidential race commands most of the attention from the press and pundits, restaurateurs also are keeping an eye on several of the 2008 congressional elections. On Nov. 4, voters will decide who next will fill 33 Senate seats and all 435 House seats. The...
Rep. Virginia Foxx leads effort to determine taxpayer cost WASHINGTON -- U.S. English, Inc. today hailed the introduction of H.R. 7092, the first Congressional legislation to account for multilingual services provided by the federal government. Offered by Rep. Virginia Foxx, H.R. 7092 would end speculation about the cost of...
STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer today thanked Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and his co-sponsor Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for their leadership in introducing a bill to establish the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program. The House version of the bill (H.R. 6475) passed earlier this month...
Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, said he wants the federal government to cover evacuation expenses for those who fled ahead of Hurricane Gustav. "From my discussions with FEMA officials it has become clear that because our region's evacuation was locally mandated, reimbursement for evacuation costs will not be...
GOP Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has spent a whole lot of campaign cash. His Democratic challenger, Bob Springmeyer, hasn't, the latest campaign financial filings show. Republican Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who may need extra money this year as he literally is hobbled in his personal campaigning efforts following...
North Carolina State University has opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory funded by a Department of Defense grant secured by U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge. The lab will allow researchers to test and enhance protective garments worn by first responders to protect against chemical and biological agents. The facility is located...
The U.S. House of Representatives on July 31 passed a bill that would lift the cap on compensatory and punitive damages that women may be awarded in wage discrimination cases. The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1388) also requires employers to provide a business reason for why females are paid less...
DENVER -- First-term Democrats, who were swept into Congress in the 2006 elections on a campaign against Republican lobbying-related scandals, were among the most vocal backers of the new ethics law passed last year. Now, many of them are here at the Democratic National Convention, where...
He says it doesn't hurt him with fellow Democrats. But a new study shows that Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, voted with Republicans and President Bush during the past eight years more often than all but a handful of other Democrats. "Not only do I have a good relationship...
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio AP -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after having a brain hemorrhage, a Cleveland Clinic official said. Tubbs Jones, 58, died at 6:12 p.m. after...
Allegations Supported by Affidavits from Buchanan Employees Forced to Make Illegal Contributions WASHINGTON -- Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and Florida citizens Carlo Bell and D.J. Padilla filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission FEC against Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) alleging serious violations of campaign...
"Today represents a milestone in our nation's efforts to remedy the ills of our past," said Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Michigan and chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. The comment comes after the House of Representatives issued a formal apology to Black Americans for slavery and Jim Crow...
For the U.S. House of Representatives, Friday, August 1, was expected to be a day of routine business and then adjournment for the next five weeks. But it was not to be. The floor of the U.S. House of Representatives suddenly became the site of a Washington equivalent of a...
In July, North Carolina State University opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory funded by a Department of Defense grant secured by U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge. The lab will allow researchers to test and enhance protective garments worn by first responders to protect against chemical and biological agents. The facility is...
Imagine that alongside the secretary of state and the attorney general was a 22nd Cabinet member advising the president: a secretary of peace and nonviolence. Advocates say it's not simply a hippie ideal. There is a bill in Congress, House Resolution 808, that would establish a federal U.S....
WASHINGTON -- The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone. The 303-115 vote sends the global AIDS bill to President...
WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW today named Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) its July Porker of the Month for his opposition to an earmark ban and defense of earmarks. According to the Orlando Sentinel, on July 8, Rep. Mica said, "There's no way in hell I would support...
