Retirement ‘Wave’ Building Among House Republicans? The announcement Friday by former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., that he will not seek re-election in 2008 capped a week in which three veteran House Republicans in a 24-hour span declared that the current 110th Congress would be their last. Hastert’s announcement — coupled with similar ones […]
SFGATE: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi warned that a Republican victory Tuesday would prolong the U.S. involvement in Iraq another 10 years, as she embarked on a final push in a campaign that could make her speaker. In an interview from her Capitol office, Pelosi characterized Tuesday’s vote as a referendum on the war, shrugged […]
Remember when this happened back in May? An unusual FBI raid of a Democratic congressman’s office over the weekend prompted complaints yesterday from leaders in both parties, who said the tactic was unduly aggressive and may have breached the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government. Rep. William J. Jefferson […]
Last night I reported about the discrepencies in the story between Hastert and Boehner. Hastert said he was never told of Foley and Boehner said he told Hastert. Now it looks like the story has taken another turn (big ht to Josh Marshall) From the Washington Post The resignation rocked the Capitol, and especially Foley’s GOP […]
Via Roll Call (via Hunter): Chairman of the House Page Board, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) interviewed Foley last year about some of the contacts with the page. The House clerk who is also a member of the Board was also present. Speaker Hastert’s office was informed of the interview, but according to leadership sources who […]
Today’s New York Times looks at the battle over the search of Jefferson’s office and brings up some points that are interesting: Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is moving publicly to put his constitutional showdown with the Justice Department in the past, but many on Capitol Hill believe that the bitter confrontation will resonate in the […]
At long last, but to the dismay of the investors in P&O moves are bieng made to block the ports deal, this is all very well…..BUT, have they decided what to do with the ports yet?..answer..NO, so this will mean the ports will be in ‘business limbo’ for a while, could turn out to be […]
Remember this when you go to the polls this November: Just two weeks after House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) pledged to pass far-reaching changes to the rules of lobbying on Capitol Hill, House Republican members pushed back hard against those proposals yesterday, charging that their leaders are overreacting to a growing corruption scandal. In […]