Rep. Tom Allen released two statements on Tuesday about the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War. One statement came from his official congressional office and the second statement came from his campaign (it is not kosher under campaign finance laws to have the same statements).
The House and Senate approved budget resolutions - a blueprint for spending and tax policy - last week and skipped town. They return on March 31 for a grueling eight-week session.
Senate Republicans and Democrats made sure that senators running for re-election and president had to make some tough choices on Thursday during the debate over the2009 budget proposal.
Republican Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins voted against a proposal on Thursday night to place a one-year moratorium on lawmakers' local projects.
The Senate is casting vote after vote today on amendments to the fiscal 2009 budget resolution.
Congress honored the men and women of the Armed Forces on Thursday morning in the Capitol's Rotunda, a week before the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq.
Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, and Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, plan to offer an amendment to next year's budget resolution that will add $2.6 billion to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program.
A vote could come as early as today on the measure.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., on Tuesday called a government watchdog's visit to Maine in January "inappropriate."
The House and Senate have a busy week planned before they recess for the Easter break. They will return March 31.
National Journal, a magazine for Washington insiders, tallies a series of votes each year to determine who is the most liberal and most conservative members of Congress.
You might have heard about this last week when Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was scored as the most liberal senator.
