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By Emily Pierce
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
In a little-noticed vote last Thursday, the Senate went on record, apparently for the first time, against President Bush’s proposal to set up personal investment accounts under Social Security, with some unexpected Republicans helping a unified Democratic Caucus defeat the nonbinding proposal.
By Josh Kurtz and Ben Pershing
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, the senior Republican in New York’s Congressional delegation and a leading House moderate, announced Friday that he would not seek a 13th term.
By Nicole Duran
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Rep. Martin Sabo (D-Minn.) announced Saturday that he will retire at the end the 109th Congress instead of seeking a 15th term, as he previously said he would.
By Bree Hocking
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
When it became known that the $39 billion budget reconciliation bill signed last month by President Bush raised serious constitutional questions — embarrassingly, the language in its House and Senate versions did not match up — it was only a matter of time before someone filed suit to block it.
By Paul Kane and Erin P. Billings
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
A pair of senior Senate Republicans lashed out at former Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) because of his association with a liberal 527 group that is trying to mount a permanent campaign against GOP Senators not currently facing re-election.
By John Stanton
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
The Senate Ethics Committee signed off last year on a unique arrangement between the office of Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and the Montana State University telecommunications center that bears his name.
By Mary Ann Akers
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Operation Smile spokesmodel Jessica Simpson escaped Capitol Hill in such a hurry Thursday to resume shooting a movie in New Mexico that she forgot her shoes — two pairs, to be exact. (No telling how many pairs she brought with her!)
March 20, 2006, Midnight
House leaders from both sides of the aisle will celebrate their brief St. Patrick’s Day recess by hitting the fundraising trail for their colleagues.
By Steve Kornacki
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Last week’s unexpected move by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to seek a censure of President Bush over his domestic wiretapping program has drawn a strikingly cool reaction from his fellow Senate Democrats. Apparently, most House Democrats are feeling equally wary about censuring or impeaching the president.
By Jennifer Yachnin
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Seeking to consolidate time as House Members slogged through dozens of proposed amendments to the $91.9 billion emergency spending bill Thursday, Republican leaders resurrected a tactic that hadn’t been used in nearly 20 years: speed voting.
By Kate Ackley
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
One of the few business-backed groups to push for campaign finance reform has thrown its weight behind lobbying overhauls and tighter government ethics.
By Tory Newmyer
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Senators could vote as soon as next Monday on whether to add to their ethics overhaul a key provision that establishes an independent office to oversee compliance with lobbying laws.
By Kate Ackley
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
A furious lobbying effort between F. Hoffmann-La Roche and Amgen Inc. has fueled big spending on K Street and led to both drugmakers hiring heavy-hitting firms and high-profile former government officials.
By Morton M. Kondracke
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
The best thing that can be said about the call by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to censure President Bush is that practically none of his colleagues is backing him up.
March 20, 2006, Midnight
At last, the House GOP leadership has produced a lobbying reform package, but in almost every area of concern it’s weaker than what the leaders had originally promised — except for putting campaign finance controls on 527 political committees, an idea that is distinct and should be done in separate legislation.
By Stuart Rothenberg
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Looking for a sign of whether a big Democratic wave is developing? Try New York.
By Rep. David Price
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
As the 2008 presidential nomination season approaches, the Democratic Party has undertaken its most significant rules revisions since the Hunt Commission of 1981-82.
March 20, 2006, Midnight
The latest cartoon from RJ Matson.
By Lauren W. Whittington
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Primary voters in Illinois go to the polls Tuesday to decide the Republican and Democratic nominees in two high-profile Congressional races in suburban Chicago.
By David M. Drucker
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
North Dakota state Rep. Duane DeKrey (R) hopes to break the stranglehold Democrats have on federal representation in the Sioux State, announcing Friday he’ll challenge Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D) in November.
By Louis Jacobson
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
With Congress gone for the St. Patrick’s Day recess, there’s a flurry of activity on both sides of the aisle over the Medicare prescription drug plan.
March 20, 2006, Midnight
A prominent Republican said late last week he might challenge Sen. Conrad Burns (R) in the June 6 primary — but he must decide by Thursday.
March 20, 2006, Midnight
A look at who lost, who's retiring and who's moving on after the 109th Congress.
By Bree Hocking
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Back in the late 1980s, a book landed Matthew Cossolotto, a former speechwriter to then-Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas), on the front pages of newspapers across the country.
By Stephanie Woodrow
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
More than 1 million people are expected to flock to Washington, D.C., in the next few weeks with hopes of catching a glimpse of the area’s 3,000 famous cherry blossom trees in full bloom.
By Bree Hocking
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Two and a half years after Congress first authorized the construction of an underground Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center at or near the famous black granite wall, and with no end in view for the site selection process, Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) has decided to take matters into his own hands.
By Matt Reynolds
| March 20, 2006, Midnight
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced the hiring of Jordan Stoick to serve as press secretary in her Washington, D.C., office.
March 20, 2006, Midnight
An eclectic mix of government leaders from around the region gathered at the World Bank’s headquarters last week, vowing that the Potomac River watershed will be clean by 2013.
March 20, 2006, Midnight
Your challenge during the recess is to identify what kind of tree Alvaro Ortiz is pruning. Just kidding (although we will tell you next week). Actually, the goal this week should be to determine what building is behind him.
