POLITICAL PARTIES

Articles and editorials

Candidates, 2 Approaches to Wall Street, S8822 [16SE]

DNC To Again File Suit on McCain's Matching Funds, S5923 [20JN]

Empirical Analysis of the Confirmation Hearings of the Justices of the Rehnquist Natural Court, S3074 [16AP]

Have House-Senate Conferences Gone the Way of the Dodo?, S3771 [6MY]

How To Judge a Would-Be Justice, S3074 [16AP]

Up or Down, S693 [6FE]

While the Election Watchdog Wanders, S693 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions

Federal employees: deny civil service protection for employees appointed under a prohibited personnel practice made on the basis of political affiliation (see S. 3583), S9492 [25SE]

House of Representatives: provide funding for select committee established to investigate vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (see H. Res. 1148), H2759 [24AP]

Lobbyists: require individuals who represent foreign politicians, political parties, or other foreign entities to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (see S. 3123), S5592 [12JN]

Political campaigns: prohibit government-sponsored enterprises from making lobbying expenditures, political contributions, or other certain contributions (see H.R. 7254), H10827 [3OC]

Presidential appointments: provide a protocol for nonpartisan confirmation of judicial nominees (see S. Res. 469), S1521 [4MR]

Letters

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) discharge of pending judicial nominations: Senator Obama, S3042 [16AP]

———Senator Specter, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3043, S3044, S3045 [16AP]

Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees: Barbara Tipton, S6895 [17JY]

———John and Pam Rawlins, S6895 [17JY]

———Lou Baber, S6895 [17JY]

———Peggy Low, S6895 [17JY]

———Samantha Jones, S6895 [17JY]

———Senator Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2286 [1AP]

———Senator Reid, S4771 [22MY]

———Senator Specter, S1448-S1450 [3MR], S6898 [17JY]

———Senators McConnell and Specter, S4770 [22MY]

———several grassroots organizations, S2264 [1AP]

———several Senators, S3757 [6MY]

Remarks in House

Brown, Ron: Parma, OH, Democratic Party Democrat Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1803 [16SE]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H3141 [7MY], H8713 [23SE]

———importance of bipartisanship, H268 [16JA], H436, H438-H441 [23JA], H627, H799 [7FE], H1406 [6MR], H1959 [2AP], H2475 [17AP], H4441-H4446 [21MY], H6195, H6196 [8JY], H8068 [15SE], H8400 [18SE]

———investigation by select committee of events surrounding vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, E732 [24AP], E2031 [26SE]

———legislative process, H3135, H3136, H3139, H3140, H3147-H3149 [7MY], H3936, H3937 [15MY], H4460, H4461 [22MY], H5946, H5948 [24JN], H6809-H6815 [22JY], H8064, H8113-H8116, H8118 [15SE], H8388, H8391, H8394 [17SE], H8407-H8410, H8457, H8460 [18SE], H9890-H9893, H9938 [25SE]

———provide funding for select committee established to investigate vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H. Res. 1148), H2737 [24AP]

Nardi, Nick (Sonny): Parma, OH, Democratic Party Democrat of the Year award recipient, E1802 [16SE]

News media: assessment of news media coverage given to Republican Vice Presidential candidate, H7865 [9SE]

———bias relative to coverage of Presidential election, H5872 [24JN], H8585 [23SE], H9089 [24SE], H9873 [25SE]

———comparison of amount of media coverage given to Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates, H29 [16JA], H393 [23JA], H6477 [15JY], H7065 [24JY], H7636 [31JY], H8401 [18SE], H10136 [27SE]

———comparison of media coverage given to Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates, H8024 [11SE]

Obama, Senator: news media coverage of decision relative to public financing of Presidential campaign, H6014 [25JN]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates, H7863 [9SE], H8281 [17SE], H8399 [18SE], H9979 [26SE], E1766 [11SE]

———assessment of Presidential candidates' economic proposals, H9090 [24SE], H9873 [25SE]

Remarks in Senate

Democratic Party: pledge by Presidential candidates to not campaign in Florida due to date of primary election, S45 [22JA]

Elections: impact of scheduling of Democratic Party Presidential primaries in Florida and Michigan relative to seating of delegates at the Democratic National Convention, S809 [8FE], S1514 [4MR], S2284 [1AP], S2625-S2627 [7AP], S3390 [24AP]

———provide for interregional primary elections and caucuses for the selection of delegates to political party Presidential nominating conventions (S. 2024), S45 [22JA]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, S6583-S6585 [11JY]

McCain, Senator: congratulations on securing the Republican Party nomination for President, S1551-S1553 [5MR]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates' economic proposals, S8822-S8824 [16SE], S8999-S9001 [18SE]

———assessment of Presidential candidates' tax proposals, S8366 [11SE], S8474 [12SE], S8925-S8928 [17SE], S9564-S9567 [26SE], S10135-S10140 [30SE], S10298 [1OC]

———tribute to Senator McCain and Mitt Romney campaigns seeking Republican nomination in U.S. Presidential election, S778 [7FE]

Presidential appointments: provide a protocol for nonpartisan confirmation of judicial nominees (S. Res. 469), S1448 [3MR], S2930 [10AP], S9379 [24SE]

———Senate process for confirmation of FEC nominees, S692, S693 [6FE], S5973, S5974, S6005 [24JN]

———Senate process for confirmation of FEC nominees, unanimous-consent request, S5922-S5924 [20JN]

———Senate process for confirmation of high-ranking Dept. of Justice nominees, S2193 [13MR], S2311 [1AP], S6335 [27JN], S10501 [2OC]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S944, S945 [13FE], S1446-S1451, S1460-S1462 [3MR], S1729-S1732 [7MR], S2260, S2263-S2266, S2285 [1AP], S2829, S2830, S2833-S2836, S2925-S2931 [10AP], S3012-S3014 [15AP], S3040-S3046, S3070, S3073 [16AP], S3753, S3756-S3758, S3761 [6MY], S4004 [12MY], S4291, S4298-S4300 [19MY], S4429, S4435-S4443 [20MY], S4766, S4768-S4771 [22MY], S4961-S4963 [3JN], S5014, S5021-S5024 [4JN], S5128, S5135, S5148, S5165 [5JN], S5414-S5416 [10JN], S5680, S5681 [17JN], S5732 [18JN], S5993-S6003 [24JN], S6207-S6209 [26JN], S6892-S6902, S6909-S6911 [17JY], S7084 [22JY], S9592-S9595, S9599 [26SE]

———Senate process for confirmation of nominees, S693-S696 [6FE], S4848 [22MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S315-S317 [25JA], S1189 [26FE], S1663 [6MR]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S1443 [3MR], S1663, S1691-S1693 [6MR], S2990-S2993, S3000-S3002, S3004 [15AP], S3136 [17AP], S3375-S3377 [24AP], S3647 [30AP], S3653, S3680, S3681 [1MY], S3765, S3770 [6MY], S4047 [13MY], S4128-S4130 [14MY], S5463, S5464 [11JN], S5537 [12JN], S5708, S5711 [18JN], S5993 [24JN], S6545, S6546 [10JY], S7085 [22JY], S7823 [31JY], S8230 [10SE]

———importance of bipartisanship, S316 [25JA], S408, S409 [29JA], S618 [5FE], S825 [11FE], S1413, S1416 [29FE], S2209-S2211 [31MR], S2279 [1AP], S4612 [21MY], S4913 [3JN], S5006, S5007 [4JN], S6348 [7JY], S8990 [18SE], S10536, S10537 [17NO], S10609 [19NO]

———legislative process, S2990-S2993, S3000-S3002, S3004, S3005 [15AP], S3136 [17AP], S3286 [23AP], S3375-S3378 [24AP], S3582, S3583, S3585, S3647 [30AP], S3653, S3655, S3680, S3688 [1MY], S3735 [2MY], S3754 [6MY], S4135-S4137 [14MY], S4273 [15MY], S4901, S4918 [3JN], S5011, S5014-S5017, S5026-S5028 [4JN], S5128-S5130, S5132, S5133, S5151, S5165 [5JN], S5378-S5380 [9JN], S5417 [10JN], S5545, S5584 [12JN], S5708 [18JN], S6225-S6228, S6230-S6234 [26JN], S6344-S6346, S6349 [7JY], S6378 [8JY], S6951 [21JY], S6983, S6984 [22JY], S7098, S7110 [23JY], S7226 [24JY], S7457, S7458 [25JY], S7514, S7516, S7518-S7521 [26JY], S7716, S7717, S7725 [30JY], S7823 [31JY], S10539 [17NO]

St. Paul, MN: tribute to law enforcement officers efforts during the Republican National Convention, S8173 [9SE]

Taxation: historical trends in U.S. tax policy relative to political party affiliation of President and Congress, S7253-S7255 [24JY], S7600-S7604 [29JY], S10135 [30SE]

Statements

Delay of Report Relative to Investigation of Record Vote of Motion To Recommit for H.R. 3161: Representatives Delahunt and Pence, Committee on Voting Irregularities (House, Select), E1768 [11SE]

Senate Process for Confirmation of Judicial Nominees: Senator Specter, S2930 [10AP]

Tables

Instances where the Senate majority limited amendments, S3754-S3756 [6MY]

Total deficit impact of Obama and McCain tax and spending proposals, S10298 [1OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 1148, funding for select committee established to investigate vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H2737 [24AP]

S. Res. 469, provide a protocol for nonpartisan confirmation of judicial nominees, S1529 [4MR]