112th Congress
Bloomberg Giving Congress Members Tour of New York to Persuade Them to Deliver Anti-Terror Funding to City
By Carl Campanile | New York Post | March 15, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg is rolling out the red carpet — and even providing a helicopter tour — to persuade four powerful members of Congress to deliver federal anti-terror funding to the city, The Post has learned.
The Port Authority yesterday gave the delegation a tour of JFK, the World Trade Center complex, and the PATH system, sources said.
Superintendent Runoff Too Close to Call
By Huck Treadwell | TJ-Times Journal | March 14, 2012
Voters won’t know if there is a Democratic runoff for DeKalb County Board of Education Superintendent until Wednesday.
Probate Judge Ronnie Osborn said provisional ballots won’t be counted until Wednesday. In the race between Ed Burke, Jason Mayfield and Bill Monroe, Monroe ended up with 49.34 percent of the total ballots cast. Osborn said Monroe needed 16 more votes to win the Democratic nomination without a runoff.
House Subcommittee Questions ICE Director on Prosecutorial Discretion and Sanctuary Cities
By Jonathan Osborne Numbers USA | March 12, 2011
Average Turnout Expected for Primaries
By Huck Treadwell | TJ Times-Journal | March 6, 2012
When the polls open Tuesday, DeKalb County’s probate judge expects an average voter turnout.
Though the election is mostly billed as a Republican presidential primary, Probate Judge Ronnie Osborn said local races will attract the most voters. He said the race for DeKalb County Board of Education superintendent would draw most voters to the polls.
Birmingham Business Alliance Carrying Wish list to Washington, DC
By Michael Tomberlin | AL.com | March 06, 2012
Major transportation and health care initiatives are among the issues nearly 60 Birmingham Business Allianceinvestors and staff are taking with them to the nation's capital this week for the annual Washington, D.C., Fly-in.
Bollinger, Coast Guard Celebrate Fleet
By Cara Bayles | Houmat Today | March 3, 2012
A crowd of 500 gathered on Charlotte Bollinger’s front lawn in Lockport Friday to celebrate Bollinger Shipyards’ completion of the Bernard C. Webber, the first of a fleet of 154-foot patrol boats it will build for the Coast Guard.
Moran Stages Another Attempted Democratic Caper on House Floor
By Billy House and Kelsey Snell | National Journal | January 10, 2012
As House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and a group of other House members continued their trip through Latin America, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., took to the House floor on Tuesday in the second Democratic effort since Friday to embarrass House Republicans for not being in Washington working on the extension of the payroll-tax holiday and unemployment insurance.