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FEATURED CONTRIBUTOR: ELIZABETH LETCHWORTH, WRITER
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Recent Articles by Elizabeth Letchworth
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Can the President DISS Congress? By Elizabeth Letchworth President Obama's deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said over
Will the House GOP accept the new Senate payroll tax bill? By Elizabeth Letchworth The
Christmas may come early for Congress By Elizabeth Letchworth Congress will work all week to
Nominations and end of year tax extensions dominate Congress By Elizabeth Letchworth The House of Representatives and Senate will start this week off
Congress’ Christmas list includes gifts for all By Elizabeth Letchworth Congress comes back from their
The Super committee isn’t so SUPER! By Elizabeth Letchworth The Super committee apparently isn't so
More stimulus votes in Congress this week By Elizabeth Letchworth This week the Senate will
POTUS’ stimulus fails again in the Senate By Elizabeth Letchworth This week the Senate debated the appropriations
GOP jobs bill might get a test drive this week By Elizabeth Letchworth This week the Senate will be debating the second of
Obama’s stimulus bill gets a test vote in the Senate By Elizabeth Letchworth This week the Senate will finally conduct a test vote
Democrats trash the Senate rules to dodge a vote on Obama’s jobs/stimulus bill By Elizabeth Letchworth Over the past couple of
Government shut down looms in DC By Elizabeth Letchworth The Senate and House temporarily paused the government shut-down standoff
Government shut down vs. Congressional recess By Elizabeth Letchworth The end of the federal government’s fiscal year comes next Friday and once again
Behind the scenes with the Tea party Express This past Monday night was a historic moment for the
Congress needs to being laboring—Happy Labor Day! Congress comes back this week from their month long August recess to a pile
A history lesson on past Omnibus budget deals By Elizabeth Letchworth The August recess was a habit from
Congress begins their traditional August recess a bit tongue tied By Elizabeth Letchworth The Senate and House spent their
Debt deal and an FAA extension close out Congress’ week The Senate and House ended the debt standoff with the
What’s next in Congress for the debt deal? This week the House of Representatives and the Senatespent all week trying to wrap up a
Does the President care more about the next generation or next election? This week lasted a bit longer than most Congressional weeks
Congress could begin voting on debt solutions this week By Elizabeth B. Letchworth The Debt limit negotiations lead by our President hit more
Debt negations melt down as Congress prepares to recess The Debt limit negotiations lead by VP Biden imploded this past Thursday when
The House of Representatives came back off their one week recess to resume their debate on the various appropriations bills. This week saw the House
The House of Representatives was out of session this past week. They are continuing to operate under this Congress’ new work schedule where they work
Time is of the essence when it comes to our nation’s financial health, but you wouldn’t know it if you looked at the House and
The Democrats in Congress in conjunction with the President are demonizing and maligning any and all budget-deficit reduction solutions being offered by Congressional Republicans. This
The House comes off a one week recess period to begin working on expiring authorization bills that have been extended in a patch-work fashion since
5/16/2011Congress focuses D.C. on gas prices
The House of Representative adjourned Friday, May 13th for a week recess. Before they adjourned they passed the Intelligence authorization bill by a voteof 392
This week the House of Representatives intends to continue their efforts to address rising gas prices by improving domestic production. After passing a bill last
As members of Congress return to DC following their two week Easter recess, the House Leadership is eager to get back to regular order. This
Remember the famed U.S. Senate session debates that occurred over the 2009 Christmas holiday? They brought us ObamaCare. These were the marathon sessions needed in
This week lasted a bit longer than most Congressional weeks with both the House and the Senate staying in session late on Friday, April 8.
Congress is pushing the time table for resolving the Omnibus appropriations/Continuing resolution to the brink by trash talking each other for over a week. This
This week Congress returns from their week long spring recess prepared to convene committee meetings to ask questions about the President’s policies in Libya. The
2/21/2011A game of chicken begins following policy and spending cuts by the House of Representatives
The House of Representatives spent all week and several late nights debating hundreds of amendments to the Omnibus appropriations bill that would continue our federal
The Senate will resume the Federal Aviation administration reauthorization bill for the second week after conducting a few votes last week regarding the Health Care
“Date night” on Capitol Hill went off without a hitch Tuesday night and the President’s State of the Union speech has been analyzed word for
“Health Care repeal passes the House…… Senate action unlikely.” These are the type of headlines and news crawls that have been flying around DC ever
1/18/2011House begins to repeal and replace
This week the House of Representatives will debate and vote on the repeal of the Obama Health care bill. The debate and vote
This past week the House conducted memorial services for those murdered and injured in the Arizona shootings last weekend. The House of Representatives also passed
First and foremost I know that all of those reading this will want to say a prayer for Cong. Gifford and the others killed or
The Senate and the House convened the 112th Congress passing and adopting mostly routine housekeeping measures and conducting leadership elections. The Senate opened to
Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is considering canceling the results of the November elections by changing the Senate rules when Senators conduct their opening
According to a George Washington University study published in May of 2010, in the previous year, the Obama administration cranked out regulations as if regulators
12/24/2010Lame Duck session wrap up
The Congressional Lame Duck session finally ended Wednesday, Dec. 22 for both the Senate and the House. The 112th Congress will begin at 12noon on
12/20/2010Weekend session for the Senate
While most Americans spent this weekend doing some last minute Christmas shopping, the Senate spent Saturday and Sunday debating and voting on amendments to the
12/17/2010The Tax man won't be coming
This week saw members of Congress riding on a crazy roller coaster that ended when the House voted to pass the “global tax agreement” early
This Monday the Senate will conduct the first test vote on the “global tax agreement”. The 3pm procedural vote requires 60 votes for the Senate
The Senate met in an unusual Saturday session to vote on two tax proposals doomed to fail from the start. The Senate Majority Leader Harry
12/1/2010Hire me or higher taxes?
This last leg of the lame duck session of Congress has a critical question it must answer before December 31, 2010. The question is: Hire
In this era of playing the blame game, can the blame for the current lame duck session be pinned on President Reagan? This
Earmarks will become the popular buzz word on Senate side of the U.S. Capitol for a day or two this coming week. What makes it
11/8/2010Elections have consequences
“Elections have consequences, and I won.” Remember that quote from our President? He said it just three days after he took the helm as our
10/18/2010Congress Needs to Get Back to Basics
Yesterday many New York Times readers learned that our country spent $787B on an economic experiment or test model of sorts. You know that test
Washington, DC is at it again only this time Congress isn’t spending money like water, or lopping new sweeping laws on us that infringe on
This week many political pundits have focused on the central Florida Congressional race for district 8 because of a political ad that has been aired
Both the House and the Senate will be conducting political gamesmanship this week the likes of which hasn’t been seen in recent political history. It
Congress comes back to DC this week after their August recess which was packed with overseas travel, some constituent meetings and lots of hours spent
Voters who are considering supporting moderates in the GOP and the Democratic Party this upcoming election cycle might want to ask themselves, do they want to
8/16/2010Remembering Senator Ted Stevens
For many of us in the Nation’s Capitol, this week opens with our hearts heavy and our concentration muddled with a flood of bitter sweet
This past week, the House
This week, most Hill watchers were glued to the behind the scenes negotiations on the highly anticipated financial reform bill due to hit the Senate floor
Congress returns this week from their 2 week long recess facing several key decisions which will effect the summer and fall sessions leading up to
When Congress returns the week of April 12 following their recess, both the House and Senate have unfinished business to attend to. For the House,
Now that the Congress is out of town for their traditional Easter/Passover/Spring two week vacation, let’s spend this column time re-learning a bit of history.
In the POTUS' weekly radio/Internet address to America, he called on Congress to have a vote on the Health Care bill. "Congress owes the American
After yesterday's announcement by the POTUS to Congress and the American public to get the job done as to passing Health Care, this writer wondered
2/26/2010Health Care summit -- Boom or Bust?
Now that the Health Care summit has come and gone, what’s left is the fate of the Health Care reform bill in Congress. The summit
With all eyes on the HC summit, behind the scenes, Congressional Democratic Leaders are putting the finishing touches on how to pass the Health Care bill
1/27/2010Sen. Reid's unlimited credit card
While most in DC are paying attention to the recent Senate GOP win in MA, or are trying to game out the next move on
”A word spoken is an arrow let fly.” This anonymous quotation came to mind immediately as I listened to the Presidents press event on Jan.
12/31/2009Lack of leadership in Washington, DC
In early December, The TSA posted on the Internet its Standard Operating Procedure Manual to the embarrassment of the Administration. This obvious mistake brought into
12/18/2009Senate in session through the weekend
The Senate has positioned itself to ultimately pass the Health care reform bill by Christmas day, assuming the Senate Democrats can garner the 60 votes
The Senate is still playing nice between the two parties and probably will thru the first part of the coming week. However, by mid week, the Leader
While the Senate Democrats and Republicans are currently playing nice-nice during the opening debate on the Health care reform bill, it is anyone's guess as
While the Senate Democrats were successful in garnering the needed 60 votes to proceed to the Health care bill in the Senate this past Saturday,
11/12/2009Keep your eyes on the right ball
After passage of the Health care reform bill in the House last Saturday night, all eyes quickly turned to the Senate side of the U.S.
Seems that the long awaited health care bill will finally receive some House and Senate floor debate between now and Thanksgiving. Yet, will this Thanksgiving
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Name: Elizabeth Letchworth Location: Central Florida Interests: Analyzing and monitoring national politics specifically both Houses of Congress Causes: Habitat for Humanity Background: Owner-Founder of GradeGov.com, 4 times elected United States Senate Secretary for the Majority/Minority, U. S. Senate-retired, presently senior legislative advisor @ Covington & Burling, LLC
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