10.30.2009 3:32 pm

Graves’ exoneration exposes battle in Congress over rules, turf

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

Graves

WASHINGTON — The vote yesterday by the House Ethics Committee to clear Missouri Rep. Sam Graves of wrongdoing exposed a messy internal dispute in Congress erupting at an inopportune time given disclosure today that dozens of House members are under an ethics cloud.

Graves, R-Tarkio, emerged unscathed (except…

Pollsters agree on pitfalls of health reform surveys

By Jacob Carpenter

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The front page of the Washington Post this week featured a headline declaring that a “clear majority” now favors the so-called “public option” involved with health-care reform.

Opponents of the public option quickly attacked the survey’s findings, faulting pollsters for not…

Will Obama meet another test tonight?

By Bill Lambrecht

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

Obama in Springfield, Ill. earlier this month

WASHINGTON –It seems like one big speech after another from this new president. But Barack Obama’s speech tonight to a joint session of Congress will provide a critical test of his ability to parlay his…

Graves’ exoneration exposes battle in Congress over rules, turf

Pollsters agree on pitfalls of health reform surveys

Will Obama meet another test tonight?

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