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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Are Dems close to sealing health care deal?
Top Democrats say they are resolving disputes over President Barack Obama’s health overhaul plan, but they face decisions on subsidizing coverage and are still hunting votes to push the vast

Senators question sky-high charity salaries

Senators question sky-high charity salaries
A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in

Pelosi’s office knew about Massa’s behavior, did nothing

Pelosi’s office knew about Massa’s behavior, did nothing
Once again, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who promised to “drain the swamp” by purging Congress of ethically-challenged members, looked the other way when questions were raised by a

Massa, Rangel: Symbols of Democratic woe

Massa, Rangel: Symbols of Democratic woe
One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone

Ensign sought lobbying work for lover’s hubby

Ensign sought lobbying work for lover’s hubby
E-mails turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign’s efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress and could add