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Black lawmakers reflect on Obama's success

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was about to enter his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday afternoon when a tourist from Miami rushed up to him. “I was watching Barack last night, and I just kept thinking, ‘What would Dr. King think?’” the tourist, Larry Ellery, ...

From JOSEPHINE HEARN, The Politico,  4 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Martin Luther King, Jr.,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Emmett Till

Clinton tries to rally superdelegates

Things take time. The sds will come around to Obama in time. They owe a lot to the Clintons and so do we all. Let them sit tite for a while. Id give her a few days grace period myself.natenyc She needs to accept it's over and for the sake of the Dem ...

From AMIE PARNES,JOSEPHINE HEARN,MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  7 May 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Congress,  OPEC,  European Union

Newest superdelegate skirts decision

Don Cazayoux had one of the greatest days of his 44 years Tuesday. He was sworn in as the newest member of Congress to the applause of his new colleagues in the House of Representatives. He got his plastic voting card and cast his first vote on the ...

From JOSEPHINE HEARN, The Politico,  7 May 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Congress

Capitol Challenge to Gordon's team?

Maybe it’s the air in Oregon, or the state’s zest for the outdoors, or its jogger-friendly laws, but the staffers in Portland Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s office are more athletic than most, and their chosen sport is running. They lope along together several ...

From JOSEPHINE HEARN, The Politico,  1 May 2008
Related Topics: Bart Gordon,  Earl Blumenauer,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress

Obama may win Hill superdelegate fight

Capitol Hill insiders say the battle for congressional superdelegates is over, and one Senate supporter of Barack Obama is hinting strongly that he has prevailed over Hillary Rodham Clinton. While more than 80 Democrats in the House and Senate have ...

From AMIE PARNES,JOSEPHINE HEARN, The Politico,  30 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Claire McCaskill,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Robert Menendez

From Capitol Hill to the compost pile

It’s lunchtime any day of the week, and you’re in the Longworth cafeteria, a mecca of food service in the House of Representatives, finishing up some morsel of greenery from the salad bar. Or maybe you’ve just speared your last mouthful of pulled pork ...

From JOSEPHINE HEARN, The Politico,  22 Apr 2008
Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives

Pope's visit renews abortion debate

Ratzinger is to arrive in Washington on Tuesday as Pope Benedict XVI. In June 2004, as prominent Catholics in the United States debated whether Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry should be allowed to receive Communion, Cardinal Joseph ...

From JOSEPHINE HEARN,RYAN GRIM, The Politico,  15 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Washington Nationals,  John Kerry,  Pope Benedict XVI,  Joseph Ratzinger,  U.S. Congress

Green machine churns on House side

It’s called Greening the Capitol — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s push to make the Capitol campus more environmentally friendly — but, in fact, it could well be called Greening the House. Since House and Senate leaders kicked off the ambitious program ...

From JOSEPHINE HEARN, The Politico,  15 Apr 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Nancy Pelosi,  Harry Reid,  Dianne Feinstein,  Debbie Stabenow

One-track line at Petraeus hearing

It was still dark Tuesday morning when Geoff Millard slipped into the Dirksen Senate Office Building and made his way to Room 106, where in four hours’ time, Army Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker would testify before a packed ...

From JOSEPHINE HEARN, The Politico,  9 Apr 2008
Related Topics: David Petraeus,  U.S. Senate,  Ryan Crocker,  George W. Bush,  University of Notre Dame

This little piggy went to Congress

It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Television reporter Susan Kidd knelt down between two pigs, Dudley and Winnie, to record an intro for a story on pork barrel spending in Washington. The pigs were on hand for Citizens Against Government ...

From JOSEPHINE HEARN, The Politico,  2 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Citizens Against Government Waste,  U.S. Republican Party

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