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PRUDEN: Just another day at Ways and Means
By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times
There's something in the water, if not the Scotch and bourbon, at the House Ways and Means Committee, and a procession of chairmen just couldn't resist taking deep drafts of whatever it is. It's entertaining for the rest of us, but expensive. Published 10:57 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments
Recovery loses speed as consumers turn cautious
By Jeannine Aversa - Associated Press
updated 39 minutes ago
The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment. Published 8:33 a.m. July 30, 2010 - Comments
Gillespie eyes big gains for GOP at state level
By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times
Republicans will pick up a minimum of 10 state legislative chambers in November, putting the party in a much stronger position for the coming battles on redistricting and the battle for control of the House, Republican State Legislative Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie predicted Thursday. Published 8:43 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments
Political Scene
By The Washington Times
A new poll shows Californians are split between the Democratic and Republican candidates in the contests for governor and U.S. Senate. Published 8:43 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments
Inside the Beltway
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
Got Chelsea Fatigue yet? Published 8:56 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments
Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling
By Amanda Lee Myers and Jacques Billeaud - Associated Press
Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country. Published 9:31 a.m. July 30, 2010 - Comments
Texas appeals EPA air-pollution ruling
By Associated Press
Texas officials on Monday appealed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to overturn a 16-year-old state air-pollution-permitting program. Published 8:43 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments
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W.Va. governor fights 'stereotyping'
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III says he is tired of the "stereotyping" of his state's voters as uneducated, adding that Senator Barack Obama can win the state in the fall if he takes the time to ask people for their support. Published 4:30 a.m. May 27, 2008 - Comments
Most Americans see $5 a gallon gasoline
More than 70 percent of Americans say they expect gasoline prices to top $5 a gallon by the end of the summer, and a majority say they are driving less because of higher fuel costs, according to a Fox 5/The Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports survey. Published 4:30 a.m. May 27, 2008 - Comments
Inside Politics
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"In the guise of interpreting the California constitution, the state's Supreme Court on May 15 made certain that the issue of same-sex marriage will be a national one in the 2008 presidential race," writes in the Weekly Standard. Published 12:36 a.m. May 28, 2008 - Comments
Memo outlines backdoor 'amnesty' plan
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
With Congress gridlocked on an immigration bill, the Obama administration is considering using a back door to stop deporting many illegal immigrants - what a draft government memo said could be "a non-legislative version of amnesty." Published 8:39 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments
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Today's Daybook in Washington, D.C. Published 8:40 p.m. May 26, 2008 - Comments
McCain purge of lobbyists strategic
By Joseph Curl
The McCain campaign's housecleaning of lobbyists is designed to strip away an issue easily targeted by Democrats, and even open a general-election line of attack by Republicans against Sen. Barack Obama's own ties to Washington insiders. Published 9:46 p.m. May 26, 2008 - Comments
Clinton appeals to Puerto Ricans
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HORMIGUEROS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday offered a spiritual defense for continuing her presidential campaign, as she sought to put to rest the uproar over her comments about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Published 12:30 a.m. May 26, 2008 - Comments
McCain rejects pastors' endorsements
Senator John McCain yesterday renounced the endorsements of two influential televangelists - John Hagee and Rod Parsley - who both had made inflammatory statements that liberals have been using to tar McCain. Published 4:30 a.m. May 23, 2008 - Comments
'08 candidates see different roles for U.N.
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NEW YORK - Sen. Barack Obama would talk directly with adversaries, without the fig leaf of multilateralism. Published 4:00 p.m. May 22, 2008 - Comments
Inside Politics
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Joe at the ready Published 4:00 p.m. May 22, 2008 - Comments
Inside the Beltway
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That was Jordanian Ambassador Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein and his Texas-born wife Princess Sarah Zeid hosting a Washington observance for Jordan's 62nd Independence Day at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel yesterday. Published 4:00 p.m. May 22, 2008 - Comments
Obama starts to woo voters across Florida
By Sean Lengell
Sen. Barack Obama, setting foot in the nation's biggest battleground state for his first campaign event since the fall, offered an olive branch to Florida voters whose Democratic primary results still hang in the balance and attacked presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain. Published 4:00 p.m. May 22, 2008 - Comments
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Cindy, too Published 4:00 p.m. May 21, 2008 - Comments
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Recovery loses speed as consumers turn cautious
By Jeannine Aversa - Associated Press
updated 39 minutes ago
The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment. Published 8:33 a.m. July 30, 2010
Rangel hit with 13 ethics charges
By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
The House ethics committee officially lodged charges against Rep. Charles B. Rangel, including that he used his office to raise $8 million for a college public policy center named after him and didn't file taxes while he was Congress' chief tax writer. Published 8:56 p.m. July 29, 2010
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