http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington News, analysis, color and photography from Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau en-us mgeewax@coxnews.com 2008-10-03T13:38:45-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 News, analysis, color and photography from Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau Moments before the House voted on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act on Friday, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., each spoke on the floor. The two clash almost constantly, but on this occasion, they... http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/10/03/the_color_of_mo.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Moments before the House voted on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act on Friday, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., each spoke on the floor. The two clash almost constantly, but on this occasion, they... 7744303@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ Washington 2008-10-03T13:38:45-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/10/02/the_vp_debate_s.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Take a spin in the spin room after the vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis.... 7728903@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-10-02T23:20:03-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/10/02/veep_debate_sce.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington See how the college kids kept themselves busy on vice presidential debate day at Washington University in St. Louis. And check out the media meat.... 7722403@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-10-02T17:51:34-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/10/02/twisting_in_the.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Some real “power voters” are twisting in the wind at Washington University in St. Louis in advance of tonight’s vice presidential debate. Members of Power Vote, a non-partisan youth group whose goal is to promote renewable energy policies, are roaming... 7712103@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-10-02T11:42:52-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/10/01/veep_debate_vid.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Palin waffles on naps! Biden says try the macaroni and cheese! Check out what the candidates (or the Washington University students who stood in for them during a dry run in advance of the Thursday night debate) had to... 7695903@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-10-01T18:53:57-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/10/01/florida_senator.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Florida’s senators took opposing stands on the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, speaking from the floor in the hour before the Senate was expected to approve the bill. Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson broke with his party’s leadership... 7695803@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-10-01T18:39:48-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/29/paulson_meets_w.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson outside West Wing after discussions with President Bush in the wake of House rejection of the administration-supported economic bailout package. Video above. Text below. - PAULSON: I’m very disappointed in today’s vote, but leaders on... 7630903@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-29T17:00:26-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/29/all_seven_georg.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington WASHINGTON—All seven of Georgia’s Republican House members joined all but two of the Democrats Monday in voting against the Bush administration’s $700 billion plan to shore up the nation’s financial markets. Rep. Jim Marshall of Macon, a Democrat who said... 7628003@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-29T14:55:23-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/29/georgia_republi.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington With the world and their constituents waiting to see how lawmakers would vote on the $700 billion bailout bill for the financial markets, Georgia Republicans in the House were poised Monday to “just say no” to their party leaders and... 7618603@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-29T11:19:44-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/29/bush_on_bailout.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Above: Amid the clatter of cameras at the White House, President Bush pitches the economic bailout bill. Below: The transcript, not including the questions he ignored (see video above to hear them): Good morning. Yesterday, leaders here in Washington... 7611203@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-29T08:18:13-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/27/signs_of_the_so_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Church sign across the street from the Tupelo, Mississippi home in which Elvis was born.... 7583003@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-27T11:13:06-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/27/signs_of_the_so.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington How’d you like to run against a guy named Adams for mayor of Adamsville, Alabama? (And his dad is a former mayor).... 7582803@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-27T11:07:49-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/26/confederate_fla.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington An attempt to display the Confederate flag outside the presidential debate site sparked some angry words... 7576203@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-26T20:42:47-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/26/the_debate_scen.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington The scene outside the presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi... 7575903@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-26T20:33:47-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/09/26/mississippi_gov.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on presidential debate in his state.... 7573403@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-09-26T18:43:14-05:00