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08.18.2008 3:15 pm

Congress on the road to compromise or collision?

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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08.13.2008 12:06 pm

Shimkus joins House GOP revolt

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…

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06.30.2008 12:45 pm

Pelosi: What war money?

WASHINGTON–Liberals are furious that Congress, despite being in Democratic hands, continues to fund the war in Iraq. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the war was the primary reason for Congress’ low approval ratings and said she lives in a world of…

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06.24.2008 12:49 pm

Pelosi: Hold sexism talk until after November

WASHINGTON–Just hours before a vanquished Hillary Clinton returned to the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., weighed in on one of a lingering questions raised by the Democratic presidential primary: whether sexism played a role in Clinton’s defeat.

Pelosi—the nation’s first female Speaker—seemed…

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04.22.2008 3:47 pm

Congress Goes Green

WASHINGTON–It should come as no surprise that Congress generates and consumes reams of paper. In press releases alone, lawmakers probably burn through a small forest’s worth of paper every day. Then there are all those reports they issue and bills…

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