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WASHINGTON -- Nov-2 -- (CongressDaily) Senate Majority Leader Lott Wednesday reaffirmed his plans to once again offer a motion to invoke cloture on a bankruptcy reform conference report by the [...]

WASHINGTON -- Feb-13 -- (CongressDaily) For months, we have lamented the lack of truly vulnerable incumbents, thanks to the general trend of their being protected in redistricting. However, there are [...]

WASHINGTON -- Feb-6 -- (CongressDaily) An interesting tidbit, which practically read like a want ad for political aspirants or a political reporter's cry for a more competitive race, appeared in [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jan-23 -- (CongressDaily) One of the most intriguing subplots in the 2001-02 redistricting process occurred quietly this week in Ohio, and it seemed to reaffirm that redistricting would [...]

WASHINGTON -- Dec-19 -- (CongressDaily) In retrospect, 2001 seems to have raised more questions than answers about the 2002 elections, given the slow process of redistricting (which could put some [...]

WASHINGTON -- Dec-12 -- (CongressDaily) Perhaps the only thing more surprising this week than Majority Leader Armey's retirement announcement was the fact that Majority Whip DeLay was all but declared [...]

WASHINGTON -- Dec-6 -- (CongressDaily) The traditional battle between the campaign committees--to keep retirements down and prevent open seats--is under way. However, in this redistricting year, 12 extremely coveted open [...]

WASHINGTON -- Nov-28 -- (CongressDaily) Even though the new Bush White House took just one Congress member out of office to join the administration, 2001 has been a major year [...]

WASHINGTON -- Nov-14 -- (CongressDaily) Just days before Election Day 2001, the conservative GOPAC assured the party faithful that a potential Democratic sweep would not necessarily foreshadow a Democratic revolution [...]

WASHINGTON -- Nov-7 -- (CongressDaily) With the war on terrorism at full tilt, Election Day 2001 was bumped down in the headlines. Before Sept. 11, the 2001 off-year elections would [...]

WASHINGTON -- Oct-31 -- (CongressDaily) While the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have brought out the best in many, a few missteps--even bloopers--have happened in the House along the way: California [...]

WASHINGTON -- Oct-24 -- (CongressDaily) Obviously, politics--fundraising, recruiting, everything--has slowed significantly since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. However, whether candidates are ready to go back to politicking or not, in [...]

WASHINGTON -- Oct-10 -- (CongressDaily) A month may seem like an eternity in politics, but it seems even longer in wartime. While a month's span is traditionally enough time to [...]

WASHINGTON -- Oct-3 -- (CongressDaily) As the political landscape shifts with the global headlines, many consultants and potential challengers have wondered if, with a long and complicated war ahead, campaigning [...]

WASHINGTON -- Sep-20 -- (CongressDaily) After a week that changed virtually every assumption about policy and politics, one thing has remained constant: Government goes on, and--as much as those involved [...]

WASHINGTON -- Sep-5 -- (CongressDaily) When Congress returns to Washington after the August recess, a few former legislators actually miss those post-Labor Day trips back to the Hill. Former Minnesota [...]

WASHINGTON -- Aug-1 -- (CongressDaily) Recess is fast approaching, and other intriguing stories besides the mystery of the missing intern remain to be chatted about during those long lunches and [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jul-25 -- (CongressDaily) On Tuesday, voters in Florida's 1st District went to the polls in the race to replace resigning GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough. Even though state Rep. [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jul-18 -- (CongressDaily) In the clearest sign yet that redistricting does not happen in a vacuum, Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas Finneran, a Democrat, released his state redistricting plan [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jul-11 -- (CongressDaily) This has to be our favorite story every year: the former members of Congress who try to make a comeback. While the 'where are they [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jun-27 -- (CongressDaily) It seems that every cycle, a couple of television reporters try to make the switch from journalism to politics. These first-time candidates usually receive an [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jun-21 -- (CongressDaily) About this time in the 2000 cycle, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Davis of Virginia was touting Doobie Brothers guitarist Skunk Baxter as one [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jun-14 -- (CongressDaily) On any election night, the Western states have the potential to determine who controls the House--yet the time-zone difference keeps political junkies up late, waiting [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jun-7 -- (CongressDaily) 2001 hardly has been an 'off year' in the House, with a total of six special elections slated--and it's only June. However, unlike in most [...]

WASHINGTON -- May-23 -- (CongressDaily) Because of the redistricting year, no real panic occurred in the weeks after the 2000 election, when neither congressional campaign committee had its political staff [...]

WASHINGTON -- May-17 -- (CongressDaily) In the 2002 cycle, the media and campaign committees have looked to relatives to run in special elections to replace former members. In Arkansas' 3rd [...]

WASHINGTON -- May-10 -- (CongressDaily) When analysts look for clues as to how this round of redistricting will differ most from years past, they typically look at how the Supreme [...]

WASHINGTON -- May-3 -- (CongressDaily) Usually, when campaign junkies look at real-estate purchases in an election year, they focus solely on challengers. Max Kennedy, the son of the late Sen. [...]

WASHINGTON -- Apr-25 -- (CongressDaily) This early in the recruiting game--and even more so in a redistricting year--it is tough to begin to compile potential candidate lists, even in a [...]

WASHINGTON -- Apr-5 -- (CongressDaily) As final census numbers are being crunched and distributed to the states, the Census Bureau's demographic breakdown of the national head count provided one of [...]

WASHINGTON -- Mar-29 -- (CongressDaily) Just after each presidential inauguration, the next presidential election cycle almost immediately begins, with political recruiting scouts generally looking to the Senate for the early [...]

WASHINGTON -- Mar-22 -- (CongressDaily) It is said that the toughest re-election year for any member of Congress is the first. So it is always appropriate to take time at [...]

WASHINGTON -- Mar-15 -- (CongressDaily) Last week, we looked at the risky moves to the governor's mansion that some House members are considering in 2002. Even more House members are [...]

WASHINGTON -- Mar-7 -- (CongressDaily) It is common for members of Congress to think they are well known in their state-- even outside their district. And the chance of being [...]

WASHINGTON -- Mar-1 -- (CongressDaily) When Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Bud Shuster resigned from his seat in January, and Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Joe Moakley announced he would not seek re-election in [...]

WASHINGTON -- Feb-15 -- (CongressDaily) After deconstructing the backbench of the Democratic Party and looking for future leaders, we should look at the Republican Party and how its leadership would [...]

WASHINGTON -- Feb-8 -- (CongressDaily) One of the more fascinating sidebar stories of this Congress is the preparation House Democrats need to make for life A.G.--After Gephardt. The New York [...]

WASHINGTON -- Feb-01 -- (CongressDaily) DALLAS--The 2000 cycle was supposed to be the one when term limits faced their greatest test. The Class of 1994's self-term-limiters were supposed to leave [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jan-25 -- (CongressDaily) After Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., made his surprise retirement announcement on losing his status as chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, he became the [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jan-3 -- (CongressDaily) When reapportionment rolls around every 10 years, every state hopes to gain more districts, the rationale being that more districts equal more influence--thus, giving the [...]

WASHINGTON -- Dec-14 -- (CongressDaily) Despite the week's tumultuous and sometimes maddening developments, White House 2000 is not over quite yet. Now, the focus shifts to the Electoral College--and possibly, [...]

WASHINGTON -- Dec-7 -- (CongressDaily) With the presidential contest finally drawing to a close--thanks to constitutional deadlines--we cannot think of a better time to start looking at how the upcoming [...]

WASHINGTON -- Oct-26 -- (CongressDaily) Weeks after the 1998 elections were over, Washington was still buzzing about an ad called 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Kenneth Starr' that set up the surprise win [...]

WASHINGTON -- Oct-19 -- (CongressDaily) In a cycle where every single seat counts, one would think the target lists would be nailed down solid by now, and the campaign committees [...]

WASHINGTON -- Oct-12 -- (CongressDaily) During a recent campaign stop in New Jersey's 7th District, Arizona's Sen. John McCain -- erstwhile presidential contender and currently the National Republican Congressional Committee's [...]

WASHINGTON -- Oct-5 -- (CongressDaily) Its fitting that we pay tribute to 2000s nastiest campaigns the week that the GOP runoff in Floridas 8th District was resolved. The attacks in [...]

WASHINGTON -- Sep-14 -- (CongressDaily) Now and then, we still run across one of those 'where are they now' stories on the Class of 1994--the freshmen Republicans who stormed the [...]

WASHINGTON -- Sep-7 -- (CongressDaily) In November 1998, when national political reporters were checking House campaign results for upsets, very few (if any, outside New Jersey's 12th District) rushed to [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jul-27 -- (CongressDaily) After looking at the 'Survivor' Republican House members of the 1990s last week, despite our fear of being voted off the CongressDaily pages by our [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jul-20 -- (CongressDaily) As the CBS 'Survivor' series seeps into popular culture, we could not resist looking at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's perennial targets of the `90s [...]