Alan Fram

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Top House Dem to party allies: Help our campaigns

Alan Fram · October 15, 2014 9:37 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords testifies before a Washington state House panel in Olympia, Wash. Gun control groups say this is the year they finally go toe-to-toe with the National Rifle Association and match their foe's imposing campaign spending for congressional candidates. Americans for Responsible Solutions, headed by Giffords and husband Mark Kelly, the one-time astronaut, has said it will at least match the $20 million the NRA spent during the entire 2012 campaign, which included a presidential race. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Gun foes plan to match NRA spending in fall races

Alan Fram · October 3, 2014 1:45 am

Fed report: IRS bungles hunt for unpaid taxes

Alan Fram · September 29, 2014 9:31 pm

Senator: Drop nomination of controversial judge

Alan Fram · September 22, 2014 9:52 pm

Pelosi: NFL Rice investigation sufficient for now

Alan Fram · September 17, 2014 4:46 pm

FILE - This Nov. 1997 file photo shows Thomas H. Boggs, Jr., during the oath of office ceremony for his mother, Lindy Boggs, to be ambassador to the Vatican. Boggs, a son of congressional royalty who evolved into a top-tier lobbyist and prolific Democratic fundraiser and embodied what it meant to have Washington clout, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. He was 73. (AP Photo/Brian K. Diggs)

Powerful Washington lobbyist Boggs dies at 73

Alan Fram · September 15, 2014 9:02 pm

In this Sept. 10, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, sits with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Congress honored victims of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, during a "Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Gold Medal Ceremony." The House and Senate are controlled by different political parties, but both are spending time these days on similar paths: debating measures that everyone knows are going nowhere. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House, Senate weigh bills that are going nowhere

Alan Fram · September 11, 2014 7:51 pm

Senate Dems in doomed push to limit campaign funds

Alan Fram · September 8, 2014 10:52 pm

Senate Dems could revisit minimum wage vote soon

Alan Fram · September 3, 2014 9:21 pm

Eric Cantor steps down as House majority leader

Alan Fram · July 31, 2014 6:10 pm

Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead

Alan Fram · July 31, 2014 4:25 am

House bill lets airlines advertise pre-tax fares

Alan Fram · July 28, 2014 7:19 pm