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By Tom Diemer
How green was my U.S. House of Representatives? Consider all this: A towering Christmas tree outside the West Front of the Capitol illuminated with compact fluorescent light bulbs, recycled paper in use in offices, low-emission vending machines in concession areas. The smaller carbon footprint in ...
John Boehner: Weeper of the House
By Joanne BambergerOhio Congressman and House Speaker-elect John Boehner is our town crier. Not a cry-baby crier, but an 'It might be politically expedient to show my softer side' kind of crier. He cries when he talks about his childhood, his family, Iraq war veterans, schoolchildren, and how he's pulled himself up ...
Tax-Cut Compromise Clears Senate Hurdle; Vote Expected This Week
By Patricia Murphy
Despite the objections of liberals and some conservatives, the Senate voted 83 to 15 Monday to begin the final debate on the tax-cut compromise struck between President Obama and Republican leaders last week. Among the coalition to vote no were liberal Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Bernie Sanders ...
Pelosi, Hoyer Want Changes to Tax-Cut Compromise
By Patricia MurphyFacing heated opposition from House Democrats to the tax cut compromise President Obama announced Monday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday they want changes to the proposal before they or their caucus can support it. In a meeting with reporters, Hoyer ...
Obama and the Republicans: It's a War in There
By Robert and Donna Trussell
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GOP's DeMint and Pence Tout Permanent-Tax-Cuts-For-All Bill
By Josh Lederman
A pair of prominent Republicans -- one from the Senate, the other from the House – on Thursday called for a permanent extension of tax cuts at all income levels, just as a vigorous floor debate was under way about Democratic legislation to extend tax relief for just the middle class. "Sen. ...
Charlie Rangel Censured by the House, 333 to 79
By Patricia Murphy
For the first time in nearly three decades, the House censured one of its members Thursday, voting 333 to 79 to formally punish Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) for reflecting poorly on the institution and bringing discredit to the House. Seventy-seven Democrats and two Republicans -- Reps. Peter King ...
House Liberals Counting on Pelosi to Stop Obama From Giving Away Farm to GOP
By Politics Daily Staff
Are outnumbered House Democrats worried about "triangulation" from a White House forced to work with majority Republicans in the U.S. House? Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), co-chair of the Progressive Caucus in the House, says she and other liberals are counting on Rep. Nancy Pelosi to pull on ...
For Women in and Out of Politics, Gender Doesn't Matter (Except When It Does)
By Mary C. Curtis
Sure, I am a strong, independent woman, someone who's been working since my teen years, and doing chores long before that. I don't ask for any favors because I'm a woman. But I have to admit, I'm not above using charm and a smile to clear those little daily hurdles. Rather than see it as a ...
Seasoned House Democratic Leadership: Average Age 70
By Tom Diemer
Politics is not a child's game, so House Democrats don't seem overly concerned about aging issues when it comes to their septuagenarian leadership. Amid a sea of young, new faces on Capitol Hill, the average age of the Democratic hierarchy is just over 70. "There they go again," said the new ...
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