washingtonpost.com - TennesseeTennesseeEthics Panel Finds Conflict With Senator's Job as Physician- May 9, 2005 Republican Tom Coburn will fight the ruling, arguing that the panel's decision contradicts the Founding Fathers' desire for lawmakers to retain ties to their communities.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28320-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... Thundery Earth Day Keeps Bush Out of Park- May 9, 2005 KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 22 -- President Bush was to have celebrated Earth Day in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Friday, pitching in on a trail restoration project and giving a speech touting his environmental record with the park's majestic peaks serving as a compelling backdrop. But Mother Nature did not cooperate.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8765-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... A Deal That Makes Scents- May 9, 2005 Fashion's most successful partnership of business acumen and creative bravado was revived Tuesday with the announcement of the new Tom Ford brand.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48354-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Democrats Hint At Filibuster Deal- May 9, 2005 The Senate's top two Democrats, seeking a break in the impasse over seven stalled judicial nominees, said for the first time yesterday that they would consider a compromise in which some of the seven would be confirmed and the others withdrawn.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16376-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Hill Leaders Often Take Corporate Jets- May 9, 2005 When House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) left Washington last August to attend a friend's funeral in his home state and give a political speech in Ohio, he didn't wait in long security lines for a nonstop commercial flight.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38637-2005May5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... Filibuster Vote Will Be Hard to Predict- May 9, 2005 As few as two or three uncommitted GOP senators have left Democrats and Republicans uncertain who might prevail in an eventual showdown in the battle over judicial filibusters, sources in both parties said yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21660-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... PNC Bank Devises a Bold Arrival- May 9, 2005 PNC Bank, hoping to make a splash among consumers in the increasingly competitive Washington market when it takes over Riggs Bank in May, said yesterday it plans to significantly expand its night and weekend hours, waive many ATM fees and immediately begin building new branches.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48302-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Gore Cautions on Ending Filibusters- May 9, 2005 Former vice president Al Gore warned yesterday that ending Senate filibusters for judicial nominations would "undermine the rule of law," and charged that Republicans backing the change are in the grip of "an aggressive new strain of right-wing religious zealotry."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21659-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Senators Will Travel for Papal Funeral- May 9, 2005 No member of Congress is on the official invitation list for Pope John Paul II's funeral, but a delegation of senators will head to Vatican City anyway, joining ordinary pilgrims to pay their respects.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24664-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... |