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07/19/11 Capitol Hill, Washington, DCJuly 19, 2011 Thank you very much,... good morning. Special thanks to e...
07/19/11 *Mr. Vick is going to Washington. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is set to appear at a press conference on Capitol Hill to back legislation that cracks down on supporters of dog fighting. Vick will be joined at the event by Wayne Pacelle, the head of the Humane Society of the United States, Vick announced [...]
07/19/11 Michael Vick was on Capitol Hill this morning asking Congress to pass a law against something Vick himself used to do often: Attending dog fights. Organizing dog fights is already illegal, and Vick served 21 months in prison after admitting that he spent several years running a dog fighting ring.
07/19/11 NFL quarterback and Newport News native Michael Vick will be on Capitol Hill Tuesday pledging his support for new legislation to crack down on supporters of dog fighting.
07/18/11 Senior citizens in northern Virginia are concerned about the debt limit showdown on Capitol Hill.
07/18/11 The nation has a moral obligation to ensure that all children have access to a quality science and math education, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) of Kensington said Thursday at a Capitol Hill forum with Teach For America representatives.
07/18/11 Pamela Donehower, of Middleburg, Va., left, John Holman, of Denver, Colo., center, and others with the group "No Labels", rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 18, 2011, to urge Congress and the president to find a bipartisan solution to the fiscal crisis.
07/17/11 Even as President Obama and congressional leaders focus on a fallback plan to lift the nation's debt ceiling, top Democrats and Republicans have begun to map a new way to craft the same sort of ambitious deficit-cutting plan they abandoned last week. As part of the deal being discussed to raise the debt ceiling, leaders on Capitol Hill are forming an especially powerful congressional committee ...
07/16/11 The initiative for resolving the debt limit crisis is shifting back from the White House toward Capitol Hill, where House and Senate leaders are preparing alternative legislative strategies to avoid default.
07/15/11 WASHINGTON -- Former government officials and staffers often parlay their experience into lobbying gigs. But now the traditional revolving door is increasingly swinging the other way: lobbyists are moving to Capitol Hill and right into the legislative branch. According to a new report released this week by the Center for Responsive Politics, the ranks of so-called reverse revolvers more than ...
07/15/11 BILLINGS, Mont. - Boaters were warned to stay off an oil-fouled stretch of Montana's popular Yellowstone River on Friday, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill pressed regulators to bolster the country's pipeline safety rules following a string of high-profile spills and explosions. The warning to stay off a
07/14/11 Thomson Mayor Kenneth Usry traveled to Capitol Hill recently as part of a seven-member team briefing members of Congress on natural gas issues important to the city.
07/14/11 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Photo: Susan Walsh / AP
07/14/11 Over a thousand Falun Gong practitioners and supporters gathered on Capitol Hill today in Washington to mark 12 years of persecution of the peaceful spiritual practice also known as Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), in China.
07/14/11 The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which receives about $1 million a day in taxpayer funds, should be investigated by Congress, a group of House Republicans said in a Capitol Hill event Thursday. "We have got to shine light on this situation and get the facts out to the American ...
07/14/11 A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. The Mean Streets of Ward 3: The Hill is Home ruminates on the stripping of the Transportation and Public Works committee from Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells with a post that ends on this note: "Capitol Hill can wake up with pride this morning and say we are well represented on the DC ...
07/14/11 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., second from left, and fellow Senate Republican Senators, leave a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. From left are, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.,
07/13/11 A bill to name the new Jefferson City courthouse after Kit Bond advanced on Capitol Hill.
07/13/11 AARP Launches Next Wave of Efforts to Protect Programs, New National Television Ad, Grassroots Activities, & National Lobby Day Tell Lawmakers "Seniors are not Pushovers." BOISE, Idaho, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, carrying the voices of hundreds of thousands of concerned Idahoans with them, AARP Idaho state leaders are hitting Capitol Hill to urge the state's Congressional ...
07/13/11 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spent two days on Capitol Hill this week, defending a board that some charge will ration Medicare. Photo by Alex Wong, Getty Images. Echoes of the once-familiar drumbeat to "repeal and replace" the health care reform law returned to Capitol Hill this week as GOP lawmakers focused on bringing down one of the law's key pillars. The Independent ...
07/13/11 Liberals on and off Capitol Hill have been howling since last Thursday, when word first leaked that the White House was open to Social Security cuts in a deficit reduction package. Their objection to trimming benefits for seniors comes wrapped in a process argument: the deficit talks, and the broader debate over the debt limit, are no place to consider changes to the federal retirement program ... | 
