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Morning Business: Better Together

Oct. 29, 12 a.m.

Congress last week passed legislation to add former Congressman and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall’s name to the foundation that was created to honor his brother, the late Rep. Morris Udall (D-Ariz.).

Morning Business: Remembering Jack

Oct. 19, 12 a.m.

The Jack Kemp Foundation will launch this week with a conference on Wednesday highlighting the late lawmaker’s work as well as the organization’s efforts to promote the causes that he championed.

Morning Business: Just Because the Company Vanished ...

Oct. 8, 12 a.m.

The 2010 Defense appropriations bill approved by the Senate this week included an odd item: a $5 million earmark for a company that no longer exists. Sponsored by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the earmark provides $5 million for Information Manufacturing Corporation of Rocket Center, W.Va., to digitize files for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

Morning Business: Ethical Edits

Sept. 22, 12 a.m.

The Senate Ethics Committee is planning to revise the chamber’s Ethics Manual for the first time since 2003.

Morning Business: In Memoriam

Aug. 4, 12 a.m.

Lula Young, the wife of Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), died Sunday of natural causes. She was 67.

Morning Business: To Appoint or Not to Appoint?

July 30, 12 a.m.

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution will vote today on a constitutional amendment to change how Senate vacancies are filled, requiring special elections instead of gubernatorial appointments.

Morning Business: Sotomayor Faces Next Test

July 28, 12 a.m.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet at 10 a.m. today to vote on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Members are expected to approve the nomination on a largely party-line vote, sending the matter to the full Senate for consideration.

Morning Business: What a Guy

July 21, 12 a.m.

Republicans will unveil the official portrait of the late Rep. Guy Vander Jagt (R-Mich.) on Wednesday at the Capitol Hill Club, honoring the longest-serving national party committee chairman in history.

Morning Business: A Death in the Family

July 9, 12 a.m.

William Proctor Jones, a lobbyist with Steptoe & Johnson who spent more than 34 years as a Senate staffer before joining the private sector, died Tuesday in Flint Hill, Va., of complications from lung cancer. He was 68.

Morning Business: Thune Steps Up

June 25, 12 a.m.

Senate Republicans meet at 12:30 today in the Mansfield Room for what is expected to be a smooth leadership election.

Morning Business: Koh’s on Deck

June 24, 12 a.m.

The Senate votes today on a motion to proceed to the nomination of Harold Koh to be legal adviser of the State Department.

Morning Business: Putting the R in Armed

June 10, 12 a.m.

The House Republican Steering Committee on Tuesday named Rep. Howard McKeon (Calif.) to succeed Rep. John McHugh (N.Y.) as the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee.

Morning Business: Byrd Still Sidelined

June 9, 12 a.m.

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) remains hospitalized with an infection and will not return to the Capitol this week, according to a statement issued by his office Monday.

Morning Business: Spending on Security

June 2, 12 a.m.

The Federal Election Commission ruled last month that Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.) will be allowed to spend campaign funds on a home security system.

Morning Business: Back to the Future

June 1, 12 a.m.

In another sign that the world has changed since President Barack Obama took office and Democratic majorities in Congress expanded, the progressive group Campaign for America’s Future has changed the name of its annual Washington, D.C., conference.

Morning Business: Summoned to Court

May 20, 12 a.m.

Two former aides to ex-Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) have received subpoenas to testify in federal court.

Morning Business: Byrd Back in Hospital

May 19, 12 a.m.

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the Senate’s longest-serving Member, was taken to the hospital late last week “as a precautionary measure” after his temperature spiked because of a minor infection.

Morning Business: New Blood

May 5, 12 a.m.

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated union lawyer John Sullivan to a seat on the Federal Election Commission, a selection that has split the normally unified campaign finance reform community.

Morning Business: The Lawless Won

May 4, 12 a.m.

The Brown University political science professor who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. James Langevin (R.I.) in the 2006 Democratic primary is coming to Washington, D.C., to head the Women & Politics Institute at American University.

Morning Business: Legal Payout

April 30, 12 a.m.

Alaska Rep. Don Young’s (R) legal defense fund issued two checks totaling $6,000 to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in the first months of 2009.

Morning Business: Earmark Control

April 22, 12 a.m.

Several junior House Democrats will propose legislation today that would prohibit Members of Congress from accepting campaign contributions from anyone linked to the Members’ earmark requests.

Morning Business: Pay Dirt

March 11, 12 a.m.

An amendment that would have forced Members to vote every year on their pay raise failed on Tuesday, but only after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) offered up an identical, stand-alone bill.

Morning Business: Solis: Replaced, Not Forgotten

March 9, 12 a.m.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus announced Friday that Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas) has been elected second vice chairman, replacing former Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.), who recently became Labor secretary.

Morning Business: Jury Duty

March 4, 12 a.m.

House leaders announced Tuesday the pool of Democratic and Republican lawmakers whom the ethics committee may call on to carry out investigations in the 111th Congress.

Morning Business: Ethical Revisions

Feb. 26, 12 a.m.

The Office of Congressional Ethics will hold a public hearing Friday to consider amendments to its internal rules and code of conduct.