In what are otherwise reasonable commentaries on earmarks, a certain meme has emerged in the editorial pages across the land... View Article
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Yesterday, the adjudicatory subcommittee trying Rep. Charles Rangel on ethics charges announced that they had found the congressman guilty on... View Article
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With the House of Representatives and the Senate Republicans imposing an earmark moratorium and President Barack Obama jumping on the... View Article
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Major Democratic donors and activists are coming together to plot an outside spending strategy for the 2012 campaign after failing... View Article
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Yesterday, the Advisory Committee on Transparency hosted “the Future of Earmark Transparency” on Capitol Hill. Speaking at the event were Steve... View Article
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The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, is holding a hearing this afternoon to examine foreclosure proceedings that... View Article
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The adjudicatory subcommittee hearing the ethics case of Rep. Charlie Rangel just announced that they have found him guilty on... View Article
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We saw a dose of it yesterday in Charlie Rangel’s dramatic exit from his own ethics trial. Today we received... View Article
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As House Republican leaders examine their options for House reforms, the 72 Hour Rule, or ReadTheBill, is always near the... View Article
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With no bluff, but all bluster, Rep. Charlie Rangel removed himself from his own ethics trial, declaring that the process... View Article
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