Stories by Jackie Kucinich:
March 9, 2011
The annual spike in gas prices triggered by the turmoil in the Middle East has started well before the summer months, forcing party leaders to begin the push for their respective energy policies months ahead of schedule.
March 9, 2011
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday no area of the budget should be exempt from the “all of the above” spending cuts — other than Social Security.
March 5, 2011
The Obama administration is coming under increasing pressure from frustrated pro-trade lawmakers in the House and Senate to move ahead on three key trade deals.
Feb. 27, 2011
Trent Lott no longer has an office in the Capitol, but the Mississippi Republican, who spent 35 years in public office, has evolved from a master vote-counter into a power broker on K Street who still acts as an adviser to his former colleagues.
Feb. 22, 2011
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer (N.Y.) urged House Republican leaders on Tuesday to stand up to far-right Members and negotiate long-term spending cuts to avoid a government shutdown.
Feb. 14, 2011
After years of strained cordiality in the Kentucky Senate delegation, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) has forged an unlikely but good rapport with Sen. Rand Paul (R).
Feb. 11, 2011
Sen. John Thune on Thursday seemed to hit on all the right themes Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference: He slammed the Obama administration, praised President Ronald Reagan and remained coy about his White House ambitions.
Feb. 10, 2011
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday reiterated his pledge to continue to fight the health care law, saying during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference that the GOP would not stop until it is repealed.
Feb. 10, 2011
Sen. Marco Rubio has hired veteran strategist Terry Sullivan to serve as his deputy chief of staff, rounding out a staff filled with heavyweights in both politics and policy.
Feb. 8, 2011
The Tea Party Express appears to have buried the hatchet with Sen. Orrin Hatch, who spoke Tuesday at the group’s first town hall.
Feb. 8, 2011
Senate Democrats convening for their annual retreat are hoping to put some meat on a sparse floor agenda and polish their messaging on the economy.
Feb. 4, 2011
The Conservative Political Action Conference has long been a rite of passage for would-be Republican presidential candidates, but this year the GOP’s top names will share the spotlight with the lawmakers who will be hailed as the tea party movement’s success stories.
Feb. 4, 2011
A group of conservative Senators are calling on Speaker John Boehner to cut at least $100 billion from the president’s budget request — significantly more than House Republicans had planned.
Feb. 2, 2011
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.) has modeled the majority’s revamped policy and messaging shop on the political operation that he built during two successful cycles at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, as Senate Democrats look to re-create lost magic and counter emboldened Congressional Republicans.
Feb. 1, 2011
With the budget, trade and jobs high on Congress’ priority list this year, freshman Sen. Rob Portman’s return to Washington appears almost too well-timed.
Jan. 28, 2011
A year ago, then-candidate Marco Rubio received a megastar welcome when he was introduced by Sen. Jim DeMint as a keynote speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference annual gathering in Washington, D.C. But when CPAC kicks off next week, Florida’s freshman Senator plans to be miles away.
Jan. 27, 2011
The Senate voted to agree to two changes to the chamber’s rules Thursday, three weeks after the session was officially gaveled open.
Jan. 27, 2011
Senate Democrats shed seats on key committees, but it appears departures and electoral losses spared leaders from having to make deep cuts from key panels as assignments were finalized Thursday.
Jan. 26, 2011
The Senate continued to slowly organize on Wednesday as a snowstorm bore down on Capitol Hill, and the chamber appeared on pace to end negotiations on rules changes by the end of the week.
Jan. 25, 2011
Senate leaders agreed on Tuesday to end their first day of the 112th Congress, according to two Democratic aides, in a move that scuttles a strategy to change the chamber’s rules while inching the Senate closer to an agreement on the issue.
Jan. 25, 2011
Senate Democrats on Tuesday were not able to reach an agreement on proposed changes to the chamber’s rules, but Majority Leader Harry Reid indicated the end of the long debate was near.
Jan. 25, 2011
Senate leaders on Tuesday took to their respective caucuses to pitch a deal that would restrict the use of secret holds and allow some nominees to go through unchallenged by the minority party.
Jan. 24, 2011
As Members of Congress scramble to find opposite-party seating partners for the State of the Union address, the scene inside the House chamber tonight could look like a giant speed-dating event.
Jan. 21, 2011
Nearly three weeks after the Senate was gaveled into session, the chamber remains virtually frozen as a result of unresolved disputes over proposals to change Senate rules and the ratios of committees.
Jan. 21, 2011
Randy DeValk, Majority Leader Harry Reid’s deputy chief of staff for legislative policy, will leave the Senate after serving for more than two decades.
