Doug Thompson
What the heck happened?
The continuing saga of gremlins that has bugged Capitol Hill Blue recently struck this weekend when our web site began consuming massive amounts of server resources and causing the system to crash. We tried moving the site to another server and tweaking various configuration files but that did little to resolve the problems. Finally, we traced [Read More]
Rob Kezelis
Damnation.
Nope, not what you think. As much as I am tempted to excoriate the Health Care Reform Meat & Greet, the ultimate result of that waste of time is obvious. We will have health care reform, there will be reconciliation, and some sort of public option will come to pass. No, instead, I write of Faust, [Read More]
Phil Hoskins
Winning addiction
Addictions are the hot topic lately, what with famous figures populating rehab facilities like some of us take vacations, the psychological community debating what is and what is not an addiction, and the question of whether behavior is by choice or by nature. I would like to add a category that in my opinion is [Read More]
Democrats lack the votes to pass health care reform
The House’s chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn’t rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even Full Text
Guns in shootings tied to Memphis police
Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn. Law enforcement Full Text
Liz Cheney’s witchhunt flames out
A witchhunt orchestrated by George W. Bush supporters against government lawyers representing Guantanamo inmates has backfired, as conservatives joined the outcry against the McCarthy-like Full Article
Cashing in Uncle Sam’s IOUs
The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Full Article
Runaway Prius may be hoax
A memo drafted for a congressional panel says that investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a Full Article
Democrats add student aid to health bill
Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama’s health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions Full Article
Senators: Leave our pork alone
President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ. The Senate-approved Full Article
Congress
Are Dems close to sealing health care deal?
Senators question sky-high charity salaries
Pelosi’s office knew about Massa’s behavior, did nothing
Massa, Rangel: Symbols of Democratic woe
Ensign sought lobbying work for lover’s hubby
