Category: House

Roll Call has an update. Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the presumed next Speaker, said Thursday that House Republicans will continue a moratorium on earmarks when they take over the majority in the chamber next year.

News here. Staffers purchased a dozen bottles of champagne weeks ago to celebrate Representative Charles Rangel’s victory Tuesday night. But the short celebration at the Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic Club on 128th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard did not pass without mention of the 40-year incumbent’s upcoming public trial for ethics charges.

Spratt, Skelton, and Oberstar.  The Hill.