CQPolitics reports that Nancy Pelosi’s office has selected lobbyist Richard Meltzer to be her policy director.
Category: House
Post to Congress: Spread Your Wings and Soar
This Post editorial urges Members of Congress to participate in publicly-funded trips abroad. Congress’s August recess is around the corner. No doubt lawmakers are firming up travel plans. We’d encourage them to get out and see the world — and not to worry too much about cheap shots.
Another Guilty Plea
Air Force official Mark O’Hair pleaded guilty in connection with a program that received an earmark through Rep. Murtha, according to this Roll Call story. According to the plea agreement, filed in a federal court in Florida, in May 2005, “Congress passed a tsunami relief act which included within the provisions of the act an […]