House of Representatives - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/house_of_representatives/?source=rss&aim=house_of_representatives en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT The White House and Abramoff: 70 more contacts revealed Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/06/10/abramoff_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/06/10/abramoff_report/index.html?source=rss A congressional investigation finds that Bush administration officials had more interaction with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff than previously disclosed. "Read the bill!" -- but slowly By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/09/reading_hours/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/09/reading_hours/index.html?source=rss When they were in power, the GOP didn't always allow everyone time to read legislation, but they want it now Blackwater by the numbers Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/10/02/blackwater_memorandum/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/10/02/blackwater_memorandum/index.html?source=rss A congressional memo looks into the private security contractor's activities in Iraq, the State Department's responses and taxpayer costs. Absolute immunity? Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/07/12/white_house_subpoena/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/07/12/white_house_subpoena/index.html?source=rss The Justice Department cites separation of powers in a carefully worded document that permits White House staff to ignore congressional subpoenas. Drowning in Iraq hyperbole By Michael Scherer Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/16/surge_debate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/16/surge_debate/index.html?source=rss In a three-day war of words over Bush's surge, members of Congress got lost in sea of grandiloquence. Pelosi, Hoyer and Daschle do a Three Stooges bit on healthcare By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/21/healthcare_infighting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/21/healthcare_infighting/index.html?source=rss They've got the votes, but the Democrats can't get their story straight on healthcare Charlie Cook sexes up the obvious: Dems to lose seats By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/21/house_prognosticating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/21/house_prognosticating/index.html?source=rss Do Democrats' struggles now predict doom in 2010? Catching up with Roy Blunt on Birtherism By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/30/blunt_birther/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/30/blunt_birther/index.html?source=rss Prominent GOP congressman seems to duck and weave on Birther sympathies The culture war comes for Michael Jackson By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/07/jackson_house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/07/jackson_house/index.html?source=rss The House of Representatives is consumed with racially fraught bickering over Michael Jackson Can Dems pass climate change bill? By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/25/energy_vote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/25/energy_vote/index.html?source=rss On healthcare and energy at once, Obama looks to fulfill major promises -- now Congress just has to cooperate Democrats closing ranks around Murtha By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/14/murtha_ethics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/14/murtha_ethics/index.html?source=rss The House Democratic leadership is working to protect one of its own, but at what cost? Are you now, or have you ever been... a Congressman? By Alex Koppelman Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/09/bachus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/09/bachus/index.html?source=rss Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., says there are 17 socialists in the House of Representatives. House GOP using new ambush strategy against Dems By Alex Koppelman Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/07/cantor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/07/cantor/index.html?source=rss Led by Minority Whip Eric Cantor, House Republicans are targeting freshmen Democrats for embarrassment when they come to the floor to speak. House Democrats considering second stimulus By Alex Koppelman Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/10/house_stimulus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/10/house_stimulus/index.html?source=rss Advisors have told the House's Democratic caucus that the original $787 bill isn't enough to reach the administration's job goals. Small crack appears in House GOP wall By Alex Koppelman Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/25/omnibus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/25/omnibus/index.html?source=rss The House passed an omnibus spending bill on Wednesday with 16 Republican votes, which isn't many, but it's something. It's hard out there for a Republican House member By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/24/republican_death_list/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/24/republican_death_list/index.html?source=rss Bad tidings for the GOP: A leaked memo says 58 of the party's 202 seats are at risk on Election Day. Time for a party-line vote? By Gabriel Winant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/30/bailout_vote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/30/bailout_vote/index.html?source=rss The Democrats might be able to pass a bailout bill by bringing in the dissenting poles of their party. But should they? The Democratic freshmen on Iraq Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/25/freshmen_votes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/25/freshmen_votes/index.html?source=rss A list of how the House of Representatives' new Democrats voted on the Iraq war supplemental Thursday night. Sound and fury over Iraq By Michael Scherer Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/14/house_surge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/14/house_surge/index.html?source=rss Democrats say no to the Bush surge. Republicans are outraged. Adolf Hitler and Robert Frost are invoked. Tuesday's debate in Congress signified, well, you know how the line goes. Thirteen hours to spare By Tim Grieve Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/19/house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/19/house/index.html?source=rss House Democrats finish "100 hours" agenda with time left on the clock. A new contract with America By Walter Shapiro Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/08/dems_house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/08/dems_house/index.html?source=rss GOP corruption and an unpopular war bring an end to Republican domination in Washington -- and leave President Bush answering to a new Democratic majority. A scary survey for the GOP By Joe Conason Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/07/28/dems_2006/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/07/28/dems_2006/index.html?source=rss A bipartisan NPR survey shows a nation that rejects "moral values" pandering -- and is very angry at Bush. Blunt in, Dreier out and DeLay sticking around By Tim Grieve Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/09/29/delay1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/09/29/delay1/index.html?source=rss Conservative Republicans find Dreier "too moderate," so Hammer-lite -- and the Hammer himself -- will mind the store in Tom DeLay's "absence." A broken body By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/06/16/house_antics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/06/16/house_antics/index.html?source=rss Under DeLay's leadership, the work of the House has become trivial, and corruption cannot be investigated, much less rebuked. President Bush, action figure Cartoon by Mark Fiore Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/fiore/2003/08/21/action/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/fiore/2003/08/21/action/index.html?source=rss Warning: Actual figure may not report for duty!