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By Tory Newmyer and Jackie Kucinich
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
A day after House Democrats announced a ban on earmarks for private companies, their Republican counterparts hope to dramatically up the ante with a unilateral prohibition on all targeted spending projects.
By Shira Toeplitz
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
While Senate Republicans boast top-flight female candidates in several marquee races, there appears to be a dearth of GOP women running in some of the most competitive House races across the country.
By Emily Pierce and David M. Drucker
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Senate Democratic leaders are concerned about the amount of mischief their own Members could create if or when a health care reconciliation bill comes up for debate. And sources said some supporters of creating a public insurance option are privately worried that they will be asked to vote against the idea during debate on the bill, which could occur before March 26.
By Jennifer Bendery
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
As the midterm election season creeps in, President Barack Obama is climbing out from under the health care reform debate to remind his Democratic base that he hasn’t forgotten about their priorities, despite broken promises about delivering in his first year in office.
By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
No one puts Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the corner. Apparently not content with her third-row seat at a White House event on Wednesday, the Texas Democrat pushed her way through a crowd to score a face-to-face meeting with President Barack Obama.
By John Stanton
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) embrace of a more aggressive approach toward GOP obstructionism may be winning him accolades from junior Democrats, but more senior members of his Conference are divided.
By Anna Palmer
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Lobbyists are bracing for a tumultuous appropriations season following the decision Wednesday by House Democrats to bar earmarks to for-profit companies.
By Steven T. Dennis
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
The Senate’s plan to address job creation through a series of smaller bills isn’t cutting it with some powerful House Democrats, who are renewing a push for a larger $100 billion package of aid to state and local governments.
By Emily Yehle
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
House appropriators threatened to strip the Capitol Police of its administrative functions Wednesday because of a recent “miscalculation” that resulted in a $5.5 million budget shortfall.
By Elizabeth Brotherton
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Score one (well, seven) for K Street.
While the war between Congress and lobbyists isn’t likely to end anytime soon, K Street denizens won a battle on the ice Tuesday night, handily defeating Members and Congressional staffers 7-2 in the second annual Congressional Hockey Challenge, held at the Fort Dupont Ice Arena.
By Morton M. Kondracke
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
President Barack Obama has taken to nonstop demonizing of the insurance industry — a sign of desperation over the prospects of passing health care reform.
By Stuart Rothenberg
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Democrats rode national political waves during the past two cycles. There will likely be another wave this year, but this time the beneficiaries will be Republicans.
By Craig Holman
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
A stunning blow of a court ruling deserves a strong response.
By Eric Wang
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis’ famous maxim, that “sunshine is the best disinfectant,” has long been the basis for our nation’s government ethics laws requiring disclosure. This principle is not true in all contexts, however. Sometimes, sunshine can create a glare that distracts or blinds us from the really important issues. Such may be the case with issue advocacy groups, like the ones that have played such an important role in the current health care debate.
March 11, 2010, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
By Greg Giroux
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) has long epitomized a safely entrenched incumbent.
He is a popular and skilled retail politician who has bucked the conservative trend of his largely rural and economically challenged 9th district by keeping the national Democratic Party at arm’s length.
By John McArdle
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Although North Carolina was a top battleground in the 2008 presidential race, the swing state appears to be far from the front lines in the battle for the House in 2010.
By
Shira Toeplitz
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Now that state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is the Democratic Senate nominee in Illinois, he’s brought on a new campaign manager and spokeswoman.
By Shira Toeplitz
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Former state Treasurer Barbara Hafer (D) has dropped out of the race to succeed the late Rep. John Murtha (D).
By John McArdle
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Democrats would fare better if former state Speaker Marco Rubio becomes the Republican nominee for Senate instead of Gov. Charlie Crist, according to a new survey by Public Policy Polling.
By Greg Giroux
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
The Republican who lost to Rep. Gerry Connolly (D) in 2008 is brandishing a campaign poll that shows him ahead in a hypothetical rematch.
By Emily Cadei
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday endorsed Sen. John McCain, joining a long line of national Republicans to back McCain in his primary fight with former Rep. J.D. Hayworth.
By John McArdle
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Former Christian Coalition architect Ralph Reed (R) announced Wednesday that he will not go after the seat being vacated by Rep. John Linder (R).
By Emily Cadei
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
The only candidate running so far for the seat of former Rep. Eric Massa (D) is pressing Gov. David Paterson (D) to move fast to schedule a special election.
By Emily Cadei
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas) will headline a breakfast rally this weekend for GOP House candidate Jon Barela.
By Greg Giroux
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Republican officials in Delaware are encouraging Michele Rollins, a businesswoman and philanthropist, to run for the state’s open at-large House seat.
By Greg Giroux
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
Businessman Bill Flores has secured the support of Chuck Wilson, one of the Republican candidates in the 17th Congressional district who fell short of making next month’s runoff.
By Elizabeth Brotherton
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History officially expanded its popular “First Ladies at the Smithsonian” exhibition Wednesday, welcoming first lady Michelle Obama’s dazzling one-shouldered, white-silk chiffon inaugural gown as its new centerpiece. While the Jason Wu-designed dress is the exhibit’s newest piece, there also are about 1,000 other first lady-related treasures, including a dress and dressing mirror once owned by the first first lady, Martha Washington.
By Jeremy B. White
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
The Botanic Garden cultivates a vast array of plant life, from the towering trees and verdant bushes found in jungles to the cactuses and shrubs native to desert climates. A new collection of begonias offers a microcosm of this diversity within a single family of plants.
By Kristin Coyner
| March 11, 2010, Midnight
The National Portrait Gallery sits at the intersection of history, and last week it opened “Glimpse of the Past: A Neighborhood Evolves,” a photography exhibit that explores the evolution of Penn Quarter from the perspective of the Old Patent Office Building.
March 11, 2010, Midnight
The late Rep. Charlie Wilson (right) stands in 1983 with a staff member in front of the map that figured prominently in the 2007 movie based on the life of the Texas Democrat, “Charlie Wilson’s War.”
