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Lawyers Rush In to Grab Work From Lobbyists

Gabriel Winant — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:02:57 CDT

The Obama White House may have toughened rules on lobbyists, but the bonanza of new spending and regulation ushered in by the new administration has created a gold rush of lobbying opportunities, nonetheless, and law firms are horning in on the action, Politico reports. Staffing up with experts who provide...

Iraq Has $79B Budget Surplus

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:45:01 CDT

The Iraqi government could end this year with as much as a $79 billion cumulative budget surplus, based largely on ever-increasing oil revenues, US congressional auditors say. A report by the Government Accountability Office made public today prompted renewed calls from senators that Baghdad pay more of the bill for...

Oil-Rich Iraq Should Fund Reconstruction, Say Senators

Matt Cantor — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:34:00 CDT

Why isn't an Iraq that's rolling in oil dollars funding its own reconstruction? senators Carl Levin of Michigan and John Warner of Virginia want to know. The Armed Services' Committee honchos wrote the Government Accountability Office saying Iraq is doing little to help itself despite a projected $100 billion in...

New Iraq NIE Likely to Remain Secret

Nick McMaster — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:46:01 CST

Intelligence officials may keep the results of a new assessment on Iraq confidential when it's completed next month, the Washington Post reports. The new National Intelligence Estimate will be given to Congress, but intelligence officials are gunshy about making it public because of the brouhaha that erupted when they released...

Senators: Vets Need New GI Bill

Sam Gale Rosen — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:36:58 CST

The US needs a spruced-up GI Bill for today's veterans, Chuck Hagel and Jim Webb say in an op-ed in today's New York Times . The Vietnam vets argue that the measure "was one of the most important pieces of legislation in our history" and call for a new version to...

Dems Fail to Bring Troop Bill to Senate Vote

Will McCahill — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:45:44 CDT

Senate Democrats were unable to muster enough GOP support today to bring to a vote a bill that would have given US troops more down time between overseas deployments. A late defection by Republican John Warner was the death knell for the bill, the Wall Street Journal reports, sponsored by...

Popular Ex Gov Will Run for Va. Senate Seat

Jesse Andrews — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:34:01 CDT

Instead of running for the presidency, popular former Virginia governor Mark Warner will run for Senate, according to sources. He hopes to succeed Republican John W. Warner (no relation) and convert a formerly reliable Republican Senate seat. It would be the first time Virginia had two Democratic senators in 38...

Petraeus on Iraq: No Exit

Peter Fearon — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:05:00 CDT

When David Petraeus led the 101st Airborne into Iraq in 2003, he made a rhetorical request: "Tell me how this ends." That question hung in the air during 2 days of testimony before Congress. McClatchy's Newspapers' Warren Strobel summarizes press sentiment when he concludes that the general failed to answer...

Warner Will Retire in 2009; Dems Eye Va. Senate Seat

Zach Samalin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:20:33 CDT

After 28 years, John Warner will call it quits in 2009, after his fifth Senate term. The GOP stalwart who recently parted ways with President Bush on Iraq strategy announced his retirement today, sending Virginia Democrats and Republicans alike into a tizzy, the Washington Post reports. "I'm going to quietly...