The 267-page federal indictment of State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo is a portrait of greed and entitlement that prosecutors hope will be a road map to persuading a jury that one of the state's most resilient political figures engaged in fraud and other crimes. And it was the talk...
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leaders have produced an ambiguous Superfund reform proposal which may ultimately leave potentially responsible parties on the hook for retroactive liability, the National Underwriter has learned. The proposal, which wasWASHINGTON - Senate Republican leaders have produced an ambiguous Superfund reform proposal...
WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission should make any delay in deploying wireless local number portability contingent on wireless carriers meeting other mandates, such as enhanced 911 deployment, a Senate staffer told a group of rural t WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission should make any delay...
Even though a House and Senate conference to reconcile energy legislation appears to be a long way off, opponents of the Senate's Renewable Fuels Standard RFS are wasting no time educating House staffers about the controversial issue. Even though a House and Senate conference to reconcile energy legislation...
Meetings between House and Senate conferees on satellite TV reform legislation remain stalled, although Senate staffers are meeting regularly to develop a uniform position on the Senate bill. Once Senate staffers are sure of their position, sources Meetings between House and Senate conferees on...
By James Carlson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Pat Roberts is shooting for a third term in the U.S. Senate and a six-year extension to his 28-year career in Congress. The 72-year-old Roberts was born in Topeka and graduated from Holton High School. He...
Federal prosecutors yesterday asked a federal judge to put the kibosh on a potential defense strategy in state Sen. Vince Fumo's corruption trial. Prosecutors said in a court filing that they want U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter to preclude Fumo from referring to any alleged good works he was...
Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a list of 165 potential witnesses against state Sen. Vince Fumo, including the names of politically connected Philadelphians, Fumo staffers, friends and members of his inner circle. Prosecutors said yesterday that it was likely that only about 100 witnesses on the list would actually testify at...
COUNSELOR: A LIFE AT THE EDGE OF HISTORY, by Ted Sorensen, Harper, 556 pages, $27.95 Only two years out of the University of Nebraska law school, Ted Sorensen became a member of John F. Kennedy's U.S. Senate staff after the 1952 election. Sorensen moved up rapidly because...
In 1975, when I first arrived in Washington, D.C., and was working as a U.S. Senatestaffer, I was surprised by the comment one day expressed during a hearing by the economist Arthur Okun. At that time, inflation was gaining momentum, and I'll always remember when Okun, one of America's...
The Young Democrats of Utah announced a new executive director Wednesday, as well as a new plan to target voters in key Utah legislative districts. Justin Daniels, a University of Utah graduate and former campaign organizer for 2008 U.S. presidential candidate Chris Dodd and 2006 U.S. Senate...
WASHINGTON -- For the first time in President Bush's tenure, one of his Cabinet members is stepping down amid a criminal investigation. Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson, a longtime Bush ally from Texas, said Monday that he'll leave his post on April 18. He announced his departure on the...
By Jen DiMascio The administration is considering the nomination of a Senate Armed Services Committee SASC staff member to manage the Navy's weapons-buying shop at a time when key shipbuilding and rotorcraft programs like the Littoral Combat Ship LCS and the VH-71 presidential helicopter are...
www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1481/article_detail.asp Angelo M. Codevilla (Senior Fellow, Claremont Institute) In the current issue of the Claremont Review of Books, Dr. Angelo Codevilla brings to his provocative essay on U. S. statecraft and the war in Iraq the experience of more than three decades of studying, writing about,...
The fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 2764) that U.S. President George Bush signed on December 26 provides $8 billion in loan guarantees to the clean coal industry. Matt Letourneo, an aide to Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and minority staffer on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee told...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Sarah Schaerr Norton of Accuracy in Media, +1-202-364-4401 ext. 107, Sarah.Schaerr@aim.org Law of Sea Treaty at Center of Scandal WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Through anexclusive interview with a United Nations whistleblower, Accuracy inMedia editor Cliff Kincaid has uncovered shocking allegations ofcorruption...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Republican Fred Thompson sidestepped questions Monday about the departure of yet another high-level aide to his presidential campaign-in-waiting. Linda Rozett, a longtime U.S. Chamber of Commerce official, is gone from the former Tennessee senator's committee to "test the waters" of a presidential bid...
WASHINGTON -- The most viable female presidential candidate in U.S. history is building what amounts to a separate organization devoted to winning women's votes. As she pursues the Democratic nomination, the scale of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's outreach appears unprecedented. Tonight, 400 women plan to hold...
Pignanelli: The halls of the nation's capital are buzzing with predictions regarding the fate of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Members of Congress and key staffers are stating that it is a matter of not if, but when, he resigns as a result of the U.S. attorney controversy. Indeed, even...
Apr 16, 2007 U.S., China Near Open Skies Pact Department of Transportation today confirmed Transportation Secretary Mary Peters' comments that the United States is seeking to conclude a new Open Skies agreement with China by May. Apr 13, 2007 Hill staffers discuss timing of FAA reauthorization...
Articles 2007-04-16
<< Previous
page 1 of 1
Next >>
Premier Vendor Content
Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
Beat the crowds and save big on their favorite sports gear! Shop today
