HOHs One-Minute Recess: Who Needs a Mute Button Anyway?
Dec. 10, 12:05 p.m.
Screaming television commercials peddling everything from cleaning products to the latest sport utility vehicle might be a thing of the past if some Members of Congress get their way.
James: Pharmacy Benefit Administrators Drive Up Health Costs
Dec. 9, 12:59 p.m.
The most trusted professionals in America are pharmacists, according to national polls over the past 20 years. So why has Congress not asked them for input on health care reform? Read Full Article
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The Closers
Roll Call looks at the Members of Congress who will matter most as the fight over health care reform approaches its endgame.
Health Care Bill Idles as Reid Awaits CBO Score
Dec. 10, 5:04 p.m.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids (D-Nev.) race to pass a health care bill by Christmas is on hold while the Congressional Budget Office analyzes a compromise proposal that could break an impasse among Democrats over the public insurance option.
Pelosi Signals Flexibility on Alternatives to Public Option
Reid: Votes on Omnibus This Weekend
NRCC Embrace of Fincher Irks GOP Opponents
Dec. 11, 7:56 a.m.
Ever since Rep. John Tanner (R-Tenn.) announced his retirement, national Republicans have done everything they can to signal that little-known gospel singer Stephen Fincher is their preferred candidate to flip the seat in 2010. But a little more than one week after Tanners announcement, the GOP is far from clearing the field, and Fincher may face a resource-draining primary next year.
Baird Move Sets Off Competitive Scramble
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Immigration Reform Group Charges GOP Hypocrisy on Labor Votes
Dec. 10, 8:03 p.m.
House Ethics Threatens to Fire Aides Who Skip Annual Training
Dec. 10, 6:07 p.m.
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Dec. 10, 5:09 p.m.
Reid Lashes Back at GOP Attacks Over Fundraiser
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Taking Care of Business
Dec. 10, 12 a.m.
President Barack Obamas campaign manager, David Plouffe, has endorsed Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in a fundraising e-mail for the Democrats Senate campaign.
Then There Were Three
Dec. 9, 12 a.m.
Compete America, the tech communitys coalition to press for immigration reform, has whittled down a list of potential firms to run its operation. Podesta Group, Dewey Square Group and Monument Policy Group are all scheduled to be interviewed Thursday morning, according to an e-mail obtained by Roll Call.
Hold Onto Your Hat
Dec. 9, 12 a.m.
The Republican staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently underwent a whopping eight-person change. With such a large number of changes, the range of people found on the staff comes as no surprise. But even the most seasoned Hill staffer would find the convergences unique.
Defense Bill Allows Obama to Start Troop Surge
Dec. 8, 12 a.m.
Congress is poised to quickly clear tens of billions of dollars in war funding for Afghanistan that President Barack Obama intends to use to start his controversial surge a fact that is largely lost amid the end-of-year scramble to keep the government running.
Reid Is at Top of Republicans 2010 List of Targets
Dec. 8, 12 a.m.
Leave it to Dick Wadhams, the pugnacious Republican strategist now serving as Colorado GOP chairman, to boldly say what most Republicans have been thinking about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Not-So-Still Life With Roskam
Dec. 7, 12 a.m.
When Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) first entered his new office Suite 507 in the Cannon House Office Building and was greeted by a large blank wall, he knew exactly who to ask for help.
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