User:Joshua Lanzet

Joshua Lanzet is an intern with the Sunlight Foundation's Congresspedia project.

=Headlines=


 * Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) announced that he will not seek re-election in 2008. (Washington Post story)


 * Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) takes his first step towards candidacy in the 2008 presidential elections by announcing the formation of a presidential exploratory committee. (CNN story)


 * Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) was chosen on January 16th, 2007 to deliver the official Democratic response to President George W. Bush's January 23rd State of the Union address. (Washington Post story)


 * Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) admits to allowing for Executive installation of U.S. Attorneys without the approval of the Senate. (TPMMuckraker.com story)


 * The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on January 18, 2007 to repeal a tax break for oil companies put in to effect in 2004. The up to $15 billion dollars in revenue expected over the next half decade is anticipated to go towards tax breaks and grants for renewable energy sources. (Washington Post story)


 * Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) formally announced his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election at a rally in Topeka on January 20, 2007, six weeks after forming an exploratory committee. (Washington Post story)


 * New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announced on January 21, 2007 that he had formed an exploratory committee, his first official step towards candidacy in the 2008 presidential election. (CNN story)


 * The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on January 19, 2007 to reform the Page Board in the wake of the Mark Foley page scandal. (The Hill story)


 * Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was asked on January 23, 2007 by House Democrats to give a briefing regarding alleged military contractors' role in detainee torture. (The Hill story)


 * Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) announces that he will not be running in the 2008 presidential election, favoring to remain in the Senate. (Political Wire story)


 * The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved a non-binding resolution finding that an increase in U.S. troop levels in Iraq is "not in the national interest" on January 24, 2007. The resolution is scheduled for debate next week on the Senate floor. (CNN story)


 * Prosecutors in the Texas redistricting scandal are appealing the dismissal of charges of conspiracy against Tom Delay citing the "plain language" of Texas election code. (Yahoo News story)


 * Six Senators introduced a bipartisan bill that would ban the importation of goods made under "sweatshop" conditions on January 23, 2007. (Boston Globe story)


 * Presidential hopeful, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), criticized race-based caucuses claiming that using race as a "prerequisite for any organization’s membership" is unethical. (The Hill story)


 * Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) sent a bill to the Senate floor on January 30 calling for complete troop withdrawal by March 31, 2008. (Washington Post story)

=Pages=
 * Laws covering military contractors in Iraq
 * Offshore fish farming legislation
 * SourceWatch: Survey of Help Pages
 * Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy and related pages
 * Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
 * No Child Left Behind Act
 * Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
 * U.S. presidential election, 2008\Congressional endorsements
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Alaska)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (American Samoa)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Arizona)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Arkansas)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (California)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Colorado)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Connecticut)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Delaware)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (District of Columbia)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Florida)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Georgia)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Guam)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Hawaii)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Idaho)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Illinois)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Indiana)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Iowa)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Kansas)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Kentucky)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Louisiana)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Maine)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Maryland)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Massachusetts)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Michigan)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Minnesota)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Mississippi)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Missouri)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Montana)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Nebraska)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Nevada)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (New Hampshire)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (New Jersey)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (New Mexico)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (New York)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (North Carolina)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (North Dakota)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Ohio)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Oklahoma)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Oregon)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Pennsylvania)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Puerto Rico)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Rhode Island)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (South Carolina)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (South Dakota)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Tennessee)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Texas)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Utah)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Vermont)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Virgin Islands)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Virginia)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Washington)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (West Virginia)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Wisconsin)
 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections (Wyoming)

=Sandbox= Wikitable

Non-Wiki

Wikitable markup