Last year, in the Pledge to America Republicans said if they gained control of the House they would lop $100 billion off the 2011 federal budget. Lo and behold they won. But the week they took office, they said that given that fiscal 2011 was already partly over so they would cut more like $60 [...]
As the Egyptian military issues “Communique #1″ and Mubarak’s ouster appears imminent, Swampland’s very cursory guide to military figures to watch follows:
Politico reports that Jon Kyl won’t seek re-election in 2012. If true, this is a big loss for the GOP in the Senate, as Kyl is one of their toughest cross-aisle knife fighters. It’s also a loss for conservatives, as Kyl has overtly and covertly advanced their cause as effectively as any Senator over the [...]
The Conservative Political Action Conference, a three-day carnival of Republican ladder-climbers and red meat throwers, convenes Thursday in Washington . The nearly 40-year-old tradition is expected to attract 10,000 activists and set the tone for a party navigating new highs and old divides on its way to a presidential nomination fight. David Keene, chairman of [...]
The Republican congressman from New York’s 26th district stepped down Wednesday after Gawker posted e-mails purportedly between Lee and a woman who posted on the “Women for Men” section of the classifieds site Craiglist. The flirty but mostly PG back-and-forth included a photo of what appears to be the married, 46-year-old congressman sans shirt. “I [...]
Meg Whitman, who lost her campaign for California Governor last November, spent four times as much as her opponent, Jerry Brown, and $144 million of her own fortune. California Watch, an investigative reporting site, breaks down some of the numbers of just how much her staff got paid: Republican campaign strategist Scott Howell was paid [...]
The House Appropriations Committee today released a preliminary list of 70 programs they intend to trim – or in some places slash. The committee tomorrow is expected to release it’s omnibus appropriations package to fund the government for the rest of 2011. Congress last year failed to pass any of the 2011 appropriations bills and [...]
