http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington News, analysis, color and photography from Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau en-us kherman@coxnews.com 2008-07-24T14:02:22-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 News, analysis, color and photography from Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau The International Olympic Committee says the Iraqi Olympic team - five members - is banned from the upcoming Beijing games because the government failed to address accusations of political interference. Says White House Press Secretary Dana Perino: “I don’t know... http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/24/white_house_too.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington The International Olympic Committee says the Iraqi Olympic team - five members - is banned from the upcoming Beijing games because the government failed to address accusations of political interference. Says White House Press Secretary Dana Perino: “I don’t know... 5489803@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-24T14:02:22-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/24/obama_to_meet_w.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Sen. Barack Obama will be visiting and speaking with House Democrats next week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today in her weekly meeting with reporters. Obama, who will just have returned from a tour of the Middle East and Europe, will... 5487103@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-24T12:15:57-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/23/bush_private_fu.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Some pretty good back and forth today when White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was questioned about the video that surfaced showing President Bush, at a recent private fundraiser in Houston, saying “Wall Street got drunk” and helped cause the... 5459303@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-23T12:45:26-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/22/carter_other_la.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington U.S. Rep. John Carter’s spokeswoman said this evening that the Round Rock, Texas, congressman, along with six other Texas lawmakers, was aboard a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Washington that was forced to land in New Orleans today after... 5442303@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-22T18:11:08-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/21/oil_prices_vola.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Major U.S. airlines are exhorting frequent fliers to urge Congress to pass the Stop Excessive Speculation Act, aimed at limiting oil speculation. Such limits would help lower fuel prices, supporters say. On Monday, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and other proponents... 5394303@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ Washington 2008-07-21T13:54:17-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/21/rose_garden_dan.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington It was Olympians day in the White House today as President Bush welcomed members of the U.S. team heading to Beijing. The usual congratulatory remarks from the president. The usual honored-to-be-here comments from the Olympians. And this bit of... 5391003@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-21T12:00:20-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/17/last_week_oil_m.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Last week, oil mogul T. Boone Pickens unveiled a plan to increase the amount of electricity supplied by wind power to at least 20 percent as soon as possible. Environmental advocate and former vice president Al Gore called Pickens’ bet... 5321803@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-17T14:27:06-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/17/bush_and_mcclel.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Not much to report from the first time that President Bush and former Press Secretary Scott McClellan were in the same room since McClellan penned an unflattering book about his ex-boss. Could have something to do with the size of... 5321603@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-17T14:14:31-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/17/ah_the_good_old.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Conservative lawmakers are unhappy with much of the housing reform and rescue legislation that Congress likely will pass next week. They say it gives government too big a role in the housing market. At a hearing Tuesday, Sen. Jim Bunning,... 5316303@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ Washington 2008-07-17T10:45:59-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/16/mike_and_mike_a.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington We shall use the above video as a teaching opportunity about baseball, specifically about the most repeated, redundant, recurring mistake made about the game. The video comes from today’s White House tee ball game, which, as usual was a... 5300403@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T16:58:06-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/16/your_government.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Looking for evidence of government in action (as opposed to government inaction)? Here’s just a brief summary of things that happened as a result of laws signed this week by President Bush: The U.S. Postal Service facility in Brockton,... 5292303@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T13:26:30-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/16/you_say_tomato.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Members of the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday tried to get the witness on the hot seat — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke — to admit the country is in a recession. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, was among those... 5292503@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ Washington 2008-07-16T11:39:37-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/16/austinite_gotte.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Former presidential personal aide Blake Gottesman, who left the White House in 2006 to pick up a Harvard MBA, now has that degree and is returning to the administration in a post further up the organizational chart. The White House... 5284703@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T10:11:32-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/15/paynes_group_ha.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Stephen Payne, the Houston businessman whom the Sunday Times of London caught on video suggesting a donation to the Bush library could help land a meeting with key White House officials, was part of a group hired by the Pakistani... 5272503@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-15T19:08:24-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/15/paynes_past_rol.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington We learned a little more today about Stephen Payne, the Houston businessmancaught suggesting that a donation of $200,000 or so to the Bush library could help get a meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney or others in the Bush administration... 5271003@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ Texas 2008-07-15T16:58:37-05:00