Start Over

June 21, 2006, 12 a.m.

It was dispiriting enough that Senate and House Republicans passed weak lobbying reform bills this spring. Since then, embarrassing revelations have surfaced on the Democratic side and the GOP won the race to succeed imprisoned ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R) in his California district. If Republicans decide that the ethical heat is off, what emerges from a House-Senate conference — if anything ever does — is likely to be downright pathetic.

Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article