by jpitney | Jun 20, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
Paul Kane at WP: It’s been 15 years since members of the House and Senate allowed their federally mandated cost-of-living adjustment (often referred to as COLA) to take effect. Since then, their pay has been set at $174,000. Out of political fear from voters in both...
by jpitney | Jun 19, 2024 | California Politics, Housing
From the California Association of Realtors: Mortgage rates that surged to their highest levels since late last year hampered California home sales in May on both a monthly and an annual basis, while the statewide median home price exceeded $900,000 for the second...
by jpitney | Jun 18, 2024 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation, House of Representatives
At The Washington Examiner, Ben Jacobs reports on covering the House floor for a week: It’s possible I picked a slow week. Perhaps if I sat through another week, I would witness important and substantive things happening. I doubt it, though. Instead, it often felt...
by jpitney | Jun 17, 2024 | intelligence, Military, Terrorism
Graham Allison and Michael Morrell at Foreign Affairs: Testifying in December to members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, [FBI Director Christopher] Wray said, “When I sat here last year, I walked through how we were already in a heightened threat environment.”...
by jpitney | Jun 16, 2024 | Character
In 2018, Ashley McGuire wrote of President George H.W. Bush: Among the many moving images that came out of yesterday’s state funeral for former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, one stood out: each of his children, lined up with their spouses, with their hands over...
