WASHINGTON–Could congressional engines be revving on gas prices? Don’t count on it.
To be sure, there was movement over the weekend, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., delivering a radio address in she opened the door to a House vote on off-shore drilling.
Pelosi’s…
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Loading ...WASHINGTON–Never mind those polls that show the public favoring Democrats in this November’s congressional elections.Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, says several Democrats—rank-and-file union members no less—have told him in recent days that they plan to vote Republican this election because they’re fed up with the…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...WASHINGTON–The 110th Congress appears to be running on empty, literally.
Most lawmakers left town last week for a five-week August recess. But a hard-core faction of Republicans has refused to call it quits, saying sky-high gas prices requires an emergency session.
Urged on…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...WASHINGTON–Will Congress adjourn this week for their August break with bang or a whimper?
That’s the $64,000 question for this week as lawmakers try to wrap up business before a month-long recess, when the political heat of the presidential race will likely reach…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The rising cost of fuel may have just replaced weather and baseball when it comes to innocuous water-cooler talk. “How about those gas prices?”
That’s because this is the epitome of consumer-level politics. The economy in general might be America’s most…
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