Stories by Jessica Brady:
May 2, 2012
A bipartisan group of Senators kicked up their pressure on Village Voice Media to stop running ads on an adult services website that has been under fire in recent months for accepting ads that allegedly promote sex trafficking.
April 27, 2012
Rep. Donna Edwards’ backing of a surging candidate over the establishment pick in a contentious Congressional primary earlier this month shocked Maryland insiders, but it was only the latest show of her increasingly independent streak in the close-knit Congressional delegation.
April 20, 2012
Rep. Peter Roskam’s decision to stay out of the messy Illinois primary that pitted a freshman incumbent against a veteran lawmaker was a prescient strategy for a rising leader, Members and political observers said of the GOP’s Chief Deputy Whip.
April 18, 2012
The Blue Dog Coalition expanded its ranks today with the addition of two-term Rep. Larry Kissell. The North Carolina Democrat brings the group’s membership to 25, although the fiscally conservative coalition will see a handful of its members retire after this year.
April 17, 2012
Illinois — the home of the sitting president, two former governors serving prison time and a big-city mayor and former Congressman known as “Rahmbo” — has not disappointed political observers this election cycle.
April 17, 2012
Congressional Democrats, disappointed in President Barack Obama’s strategy to pursue legislation and not to use his executive power to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians, say the party’s leader is ignoring a key problem: Republicans control the House.
April 17, 2012
Speaker John Boehner broke his silence on the GOP presidential nomination today and endorsed presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.
April 10, 2012
After last year’s intense debate of an anti-piracy bill, any legislation dealing with Internet security faces an uphill climb. That point was made clear today by House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers, who was careful to point out differences between his bipartisan cybersecurity legislation and last year’s failed online piracy bill.
April 8, 2012
With issues like Solyndra and Operation Fast and Furious beginning to fade, the General Services Administration’s Las Vegas conference debacle is exactly what the House GOP needed to keep the investigative heat on the Obama administration.
April 4, 2012
A handful of Congressional Black Caucus members, still reeling from the death of Trayvon Martin, who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in February, unveiled a resolution today to honor the slain teen’s life.
March 21, 2012
House Republicans might not like the idea of one of their leaders picking favorites in Member-vs.-Member primaries, but at least for Majority Leader Eric Cantor, his backing of a winner in the Illinois GOP primary decision has only solidified his power base.
March 20, 2012
The original Republican Young Guns are high-ranking leaders now, and the group and its members are trying to hold on to a brand that previously brought them so much success.
March 18, 2012
Sen. John McCain said today that Republicans need to pivot from debating the issue of contraception and get back to jobs and the economy as the party looks to make gains in the 2012 elections.
March 18, 2012
Conservative presidential candidate Rick Santorum said his endorsement of then-Sen. Arlen Specter’s 1996 campaign for the White House was “a mistake” today.
March 16, 2012
Bowing to public intrigue, the Supreme Court announced today it will release transcripts and audio recordings from this month’s challenge to the 2010 health care reform law on an expedited timetable.
March 13, 2012
No fewer than three House Democrats are running for their party’s top spot on the Appropriations Committee, a phenomenon that runs in stark contrast to Rep. Maxine Waters’ uncontested bid to lead the party on the Financial Services Committee next year.
March 12, 2012
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sought to move 17 pending federal judicial nominees today, declaring the nation’s court system “at the breaking point under a backlog so intense an emergency has been declared.”
March 7, 2012
Fresh off her primary victory, Rep. Marcy Kaptur faces another heated battle against fellow Democrats for the party’s top spot on the Appropriations Committee.
March 6, 2012
House Republicans’ latest attack on the Affordable Care Act isn’t expected to go far, but it will show disagreements within the Democratic Caucus as the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments on the Obama administration’s landmark law later this month.
March 5, 2012
House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson announced the elevation of Lee Slater, the Connecticut Democrat’s legislative director, to chief of staff today.
March 3, 2012
House Republicans will focus on jobs and rising gas prices next week as leaders continue working on intra-Conference squabbles over the transportation bill and other top-tier priorities.
March 2, 2012
The retirement of House Appropriations ranking member Norm Dicks (Wash.) opens up the top Democratic slot on the panel, and already the first hopeful has stepped forward to fill it.
March 2, 2012
No rising star in the House Democratic Caucus has emerged as the most likely leader following a retirement by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and that lack of a frontrunner in a would-be leadership fight has some party elders irked that no one has organized the kind of operation Pelosi used to win her first leadership bid.
Feb. 29, 2012
Rep. David Dreier's retirement announcement Wednesday set off a race for his coveted Rules Committee chairmanship, but don't expect Members to wrestle for it anytime soon.
Feb. 27, 2012
The primacy of calls for major deficit reduction have all but stagnated, but House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer is trying to revive an urgency in Washington, D.C., around his signature issue.
