Estate Tax Failure Could Raise Pressure for Deal

Chairman Kerry: Born for the Job

Jan. 19, 12 a.m.

There is something novelistic and poignant about Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) heading the Foreign Relations Committee. Kerry first burst into the public consciousness as a decorated 27-year-old Vietnam veteran, laying out his opposition to the war in spellbinding testimony before the committee on April 22, 1971. Read Full Article

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

Trumka: Time for Hill to Get Health Reform Right

Feb. 9, 12 a.m.

It’s critical that Congress act swiftly on legislation to save and create jobs — but that doesn’t mean Members can turn down the heat on health care reform. We learned last week that health care spending consumed a record 17.3 percent of the U.S. economy last year. Tens of millions of Americans have no insurance, others are denied coverage every day, and insurance companies keep pushing premiums up beyond the ability of average people to pay. Read Full Article

Tax and Trade: 10 Staffers to Know

Sept. 23, 12 a.m.

Sure, health care is sucking up much of the oxygen on Capitol Hill these days, but issues like tax and trade are never far away — or far from the minds of the movers and shakers on the Hill and the people who seek to influence them. Here are 10 staffers who play important roles in shaping tax and trade policies. Read Full Article

Estate Tax Failure Could Raise Pressure for Deal

Chairman Kerry: Born for the Job

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

Trumka: Time for Hill to Get Health Reform Right

Tax and Trade: 10 Staffers to Know

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