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U.S. intel warned of Iraq violence, says Senate committee
- A divided Senate committee said Friday that U.S. intelligence agencies warned before the war that Iraq would be gripped by violence after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, with Democrats charging that the Bush administration ignored the warnings.
D.C.'s quintessential power couple
- As Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell has plenty of clout in his own right, but he benefits from the multiplier effect of representing half of a “power couple.” He and his wife, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, may not be as venerable as Bob and Elizabeth Dole, as hip as James Carville and Mary Matalin or as jet-setting as Joe and Valerie Wilson, but no other pair connects one end of Pennsylvania Avenue with the other.
- As Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell has plenty of clout in his own right, but he benefits from the multiplier effect of representing half of a “power couple.” He and his wife, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, may not be as venerable as Bob and Elizabeth Dole, as hip as James Carville and Mary Matalin or as jet-setting as Joe and Valerie Wilson, but no other pair connects one end of Pennsylvania Avenue with the other.
McConnell leads Republican party to unlikely victories
- Mitch McConnell, now 65 and in his fourth term, waited patiently to achieve his ambition — to lead his party in the Senate.
Senate begins work on bill to help unions
- The Senate began work Tuesday on legislation to allow union workers to conduct organizing votes by public ballot.
Senate passes war spending bill that includes timetables
- Senate Democrats narrowly defeated an effort Tuesday to strip timetables for withdrawal out of the Iraq war spending legislation.
Senate war bill features $20B in pork
- Like their counterparts in the House, the Senate has larded its version of an “emergency” war spending bill with nearly $20 billion in pork-barrel outlays, including $100 million for the two major political parties’ 2008 presidential conventions.
- Like their counterparts in the House, the Senate has larded its version of an “emergency” war spending bill with nearly $20 billion in pork-barrel outlays, including $100 million for the two major political parties’ 2008 presidential conventions.
Videotaping police interrogations fails in Senate
- In a rare rejection of a bill recommended by a Senate committee, the Maryland Senate Friday defeated a bill that would have required police investigators to videotape interrogations of murder suspects.
Incentives battle leaves Md. in dust
- In a war of incentives to lure film productions to cities around the country, Maryland is treading water to remain competitive.
- In a war of incentives to lure film productions to cities around the country, Maryland is treading water to remain competitive.
Videotaping police interrogations fails to pass Senate
- In a rare rejection of a bill recommended by a Senate committee, the Maryland Senate Friday defeated a bill that would have required police investigators to videotape interrogations of murder suspects.