Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required). It begins: “When it became known that the $39 billion budget reconciliation bill signed last month by President Bush raised serious constitutional questions–embarrassingly, the language in its House and Senate versions did… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this front-page report. It begins: “Some of Washington’s top lobbyists say that they expect to find ways around congressional efforts to impose new restrictions on lobbyists’ dealings with lawmakers in the wake of the Jack… Continue reading

The LA Times offers this fascinating front page report. It begins: “SACRAMENTO — Almost everywhere Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger travels, he is shadowed by another sturdy Austrian: Dieter Rauter, his stunt double on ‘Terminator 3’ and other films.Rauter today is… Continue reading

The Oakland Tribune offers this report, which begins: “An East Bay lawyer, a Stanford professor and a former Bay Area congressman are among those trying to change how U.S. presidents are elected, and to basically do away with a… Continue reading

The Boston Globe offers this report from Rhode Island.

The Boston Globe offers this report, which begins: “The US Department of Justice is conducting an investigation into voting problems in the city of Lowell, as advocates called for an increase in voting assistance to growing immigrant populations in… Continue reading

In this St. Paul Pioneer Press story, outgoing House Judiciary Chairman Jim “Sensenbrenner said that his most important goals in his final months as chairman are passing immigration reform and renewing the Voting Rights Act.”

NJ.com offers this report.

See this press release, which begins: “Congressman David Dreier (R-San Dimas,CA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today introduced H.R. 4975, the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, legislation to reform the lobbying and ethics rules of the… Continue reading

BNA Money and Politics Report offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “Federal Election Commission Chairman Michael Toner reiterated March 16 that the FEC will consider at its next open meeting March 23 a revised rule dealing with Internet… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this breaking news report, which begins: “Under pressure from conservatives in his own party, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has agreed to schedule as much as one week of debate on line-item veto legislation sometime… Continue reading

Texas. Rep. Marc Veasey offers this oped in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. It begins: “Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Texas mid-decade redistricting case. Tom DeLay might have stolen our political power in southeast Fort Worth,… Continue reading

JURIST offers this report.

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