Tweet I will be on the radio today with Earl Ingram on his show THE CAPITOL HILL REPORT. Join us! http://www.1290wmcs.com/personalities/earl.php Tweet
Tweet Howard Baker and Bob Dole where are you? Former Senate Majority Leader Dole made a visit to the Senate floor this week. He should have stayed. On Thursday, GOP “Leader” Mitch McConnell did what is being called one of the silliest things seen on the Senate floor in a long time. He blocked his [...]
Tweet Allen West spent $18.1 million for the 164,353 votes in his loss to Patrick Murphy. That’s $109.90 a vote – not counting outside superPAC money. Sun Sentinel: “West took in more than $1.9 million from Oct. 18 through Nov. 6 – which means cash was pouring in at the rate of $3,975 an hour, [...]
Tweet Tim Scott, who has only been in the do-nothing House led by his party for one term, will more than likely serve in the US Senate. Today Sen. Jim Demint, who can’t take seeing President Obama large and in charge, announced he is leaving in January to work at Heritage. DeMint was quite fond [...]
Tweet The Presidential Inaugural Committee had its official launch today and named several co-chairs. Information about the Inauguration, which will be held on Monday, January 21, 2013, can be found at www.2013pic.org and on twitter@obamainaugural. From the Inaugural Committee: Today the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced its official launch, preliminary schedule of events and [...]
Tweet From the CBC: CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver released the following statement congratulating CBC Members who will serve in key congressional leadership positions during the 113th Congress: “I am proud that CBC Members will continue to advocate for the interests of their constituents, African Americans and vulnerable communities as they serve in congressional leadership positions [...]
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Tweet Reps. Bobby Rush an Danny Davis have been inundated with calls regarding who will replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. Davis said yesterday in Washington off the House floor that people have contacted him asking for advice, informing him they are running and complaining about others running. “I just got a call today with someone complaining [...]
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Tweet This afternoon on Capitol Hill, fellow House Democrats chose Rep. Maxine Waters to serve as the ranking member on the powerful House Financial Services Committee for 2013 and 2014. The chair of the committee will be Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. Waters has been very critical of Wall Street and has been an [...]
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Tweet On Friday, three members of the CBC presented the Caucus’ goals for the fiscal cliff. They were Reps. Gwen Moore, Bobby Scott and Sheila Jackson Lee. Roll tape…
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Tweet I will be on the radio today with Earl Ingram on his show THE CAPITOL HILL REPORT. Join us! http://www.1290wmcs.com/personalities/earl.php Tweet
Tweet Howard Baker and Bob Dole where are you? Former Senate Majority Leader Dole made a visit to the Senate floor this week. He should have stayed. On Thursday, GOP “Leader” Mitch McConnell did what is being called one of the silliest things seen on the Senate floor in a long time. He blocked his [...]
Tweet Allen West spent $18.1 million for the 164,353 votes in his loss to Patrick Murphy. That’s $109.90 a vote – not counting outside superPAC money. Sun Sentinel: “West took in more than $1.9 million from Oct. 18 through Nov. 6 – which means cash was pouring in at the rate of $3,975 an hour, [...]
Tweet Tim Scott, who has only been in the do-nothing House led by his party for one term, will more than likely serve in the US Senate. Today Sen. Jim Demint, who can’t take seeing President Obama large and in charge, announced he is leaving in January to work at Heritage. DeMint was quite fond [...]
Tweet The Presidential Inaugural Committee had its official launch today and named several co-chairs. Information about the Inauguration, which will be held on Monday, January 21, 2013, can be found at www.2013pic.org and on twitter@obamainaugural. From the Inaugural Committee: Today the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced its official launch, preliminary schedule of events and [...]
Tweet See full interview with Dave Brubeck at PBS SMITH: Have you ever felt that jazz was seen as African American music, and therefore, African Americans should go first? DAVE: You know, that’s a strange thing, because that question is going to be asked forever. And the answers are going to change, as historians know [...]
Tweet From the CBC: CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver released the following statement congratulating CBC Members who will serve in key congressional leadership positions during the 113th Congress: “I am proud that CBC Members will continue to advocate for the interests of their constituents, African Americans and vulnerable communities as they serve in congressional leadership positions [...]
Tweet This afternoon on Capitol Hill, fellow House Democrats chose Rep. Maxine Waters to serve as the ranking member on the powerful House Financial Services Committee for 2013 and 2014. The chair of the committee will be Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. Waters has been very critical of Wall Street and has been an [...]
Tweet On Friday, three members of the CBC presented the Caucus’ goals for the fiscal cliff. They were Reps. Gwen Moore, Bobby Scott and Sheila Jackson Lee. Roll tape… Tweet
Tweet From the CBC: As we approach the end-of-year deadline to address key issues affecting our economy, the American people demand we take decisive action to avoid the so called “fiscal cliff.” Strengthening our economy and getting our nation back on track will require tough choices, but one thing is clear–the path to fiscal sustainability [...]
Tweet Reps. Bobby Rush an Danny Davis have been inundated with calls regarding who will replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. Davis said yesterday in Washington off the House floor that people have contacted him asking for advice, informing him they are running and complaining about others running. “I just got a call today with someone complaining [...]
Tweet 7 UP. Eight people have already announced they are running for Jesse Jackson, Jr’s seat. The “child please” award goes to former Rep. Mel Reynolds. The WTF award goes to former NFL player Napoleon Harris — who just ran for the State Senate, hasn’t even been sworn in yet, and is now running for [...]
Tweet Finally here it comes… everyone else has chimed in and now it’s the CBC’s turn. On Friday after much discussion, the Caucus will release what their priorities with regards to the fiscal cliff dilemma will be. Today CBC members met in the office of CBC Budget Committee member Gwen Moore to hammer out the [...]
Tweet Tomorrow is the office lottery. There are five new members of the CBC — let’s see if anyone ends up on the dreaded 5th floor of Cannon in the attic. Tweet
