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Cheh calls Rhee's comments 'disappointing'
If education isn't the key issue in the race for D.C. mayor, Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee did what she could to put it in the forefront this week.
Tags: Michelle Rhee , Vincent Gray , Robert Ehrlich , politics program , Mary Cheh
Delegates want controversial appointee to resign
Two Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates are calling on Gov. Robert McDonnell to ask for the resignation of a political appointee, just two weeks after he was named to his position.
Tags: Bob McDonnell , Virginia House of Delegates , Fred Malek , Republican National Committee , Scott Surovell , David Englin , politics program , Nathan Hager
Get Congress' attention: Shut down bridges
"You take about 40 or 50 concrete Jersey barriers and you shut those bridges down for a day. You get those people's attention on Capitol Hill," says Doug Sloan, a candidate for D.C.'s non-voting delegate's seat.
Tags: politics program , Doug Sloan , D.C. voting rights , Colleen Kelleher
Norton discusses future of D.C. voting rights bill
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says progress on the D.C. Voting Rights Act needs to be made before Congress begins its "lame duck" session.
Tags: D.C. , Eleanor Holmes Norton , D.C. voting rights , D.C. voting rights bill , politics program , Steny Hoyer , Tom Davis , D.C. Office of Cable Television , Comcast
Wilder calls on Kaine to step down as DNC chair
On the Politics Program with Mark Plotkin, former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder speaks out. And, a local member of Congress discusses the impact the Tea Party will have on the mid-term elections.
Tags: politics program , Doug Wilder , Tim Kaine , Democratic National Committee , President Obama ,
D.C. voting rights bill to be revived
Congressional leaders plan on bringing a revived D.C. voting rights bill to the House floor next Thursday.
Tags: D.C. voting rights , Mark Segraves , Eleanor Holmes Norton
Sen. Mikulski reacts to Justice Stevens' retirement
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) says a nomination battle over a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens could take up a lot of the Senate's time this summer.
Tags: Maryland , Barbara Mikulski , Barack Obama , Supreme Court , John Paul Stevens , politics program , Michelle Basch , mortgage reform
Gray stresses 'openness' in bid for D.C. mayor
D.C. Council Chairman and mayoral candidate Vince Gray is promising big changes if he's elected.
Tags: D.C. , Southeast D.C. , Vincent Gray , Adrian Fenty , Muriel Bowser , Cathy Lanier , politics program , Michelle Basch , Mitchell Miller
Former prosecutor discusses drive-by controversy
A former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia is weighing in on the controversy following a deadly drive-by shooting.
Tags: D.C. , Adrian Fenty , U.S. Attorney's Office , Jeff Taylor , politics program ,
Evans, Kwame Brown to run for D.C. Council chair
Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans will run for the City Council Chairmanship in the Democratic primary in September, WTOP has learned.
Tags: D.C. City Council , Jack Evans , Kwame Brown , Vincent Gray , Colleen Kelleher , D.C. primary , Mark Segraves
