Word: capitol
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...anyone hoping to see stimulus money put to work creating jobs quickly. Those for and against the Administration's plan to right the economy spent the day shooting mortar rounds at one another in the Capitol. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
Senator Ben Nelson rushed off the elevator on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol and immediately 20 or so reporters took off in hot pursuit. "I'm late for the vote," Nelson called over his shoulder. "I'll come back...
...more time to confer with special-interest lobbyists and local-interest political advisers--it enacts fair tax policies, sustainable energy policies, wise infrastructure policies, responsible fiscal policies or any other policies tainted by long-term thinking or national-interest considerations. If Obama wants to push 21st century change through Capitol Hill, he needs to use this emergency...
...biggest challenge President Barack Obama faces in trying to sell America on his nearly $900 billion stimulus package is that, as it stands, it's not his. Rather, it is the product of the all-powerful House and Senate committee leaders on Capitol Hill to whom Obama and his team turned over authorship even before the new Administration entered the White House...
Obama may have the political capital, but Pelosi has no illusions about the way things work on Capitol Hill. "What she realized with Obama coming in was that, yeah, we can go through this dance, but at the end of the day, this was going to be a tutorial for the Obama folks," a House staffer close to Pelosi told Politico. "They're all going to vote against you and then come to your cocktail party that night." (See pictures of Obama's college years...