Politics of the Dead

By Mary Ann Akers
Roll Call Staff

May 25, 2006, 12 a.m.

After finishing a roughly 90-minute, thumping performance Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and saying cheese for photos with dozens of bleary-eyed Deadheads and Leahy supporters, guitarist Bob Weir was hungry. That was around 12:30 a.m., when the manager of the Old Ebbitt Grill got a call at home saying “about 30 Grateful Dead people” are in the restaurant and they want food.

Cardin: U.S. Needs to Keep Pace Developing Energy Technology

Feb. 8, 12 a.m.

Today, too many Americans are out of work. Today, we will send $1 billion overseas to satisfy our appetite for foreign oil, while the Chinese will continue their massive investment in clean energy technology. Today, our nation faces an economic crisis, an energy crisis and a global climate crisis. Read Full Article