Feb 05, 2019
Furloughed Workers Are Headed To The State Of Union
So are D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and José Andrés.
Jan 20, 2015
Where To Watch Tonight’s State of the Union Address
For those who want to watch the President’s speech with either a guided discussion or jello shots.
Jan 27, 2010
SOTU to Overlap with RWDC
We know that you’ve all been glued to your TVs on Wednesday nights to catch the newest episodes of The Real World D.C. No? Well then you’ve been reading our weekly recaps. Oh, you haven’t? Fine. Whatever. But we thought we’d remind you that coverage of tonight’s State of the Union address will likely overlap slightly with the weekly antics of our favorite TV neighbors. Fear not, we’ll still have a recap, but it’ll take…
Jan 27, 2010
Obama Not Likely to Mention Voting Rights in SOTU
DC Vote mailed 41,000 petitions to the White House. It looks like President Barack Obama’s silence on D.C. voting rights will continue. D.C. Shadow Representative Mike Panetta caught part of the White House press briefing yesterday, where a reporter asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs if Obama would be mentioning the District’s lack of voting rights in his address to Congress, as many activists have been asking. “I have to admit, I haven’t the slightest…
Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that the reason the D.C. House Voting Rights Act has not been brought to the floor for a vote is because local D.C. political leaders have yet to come to a consensus on a controversial handgun amendment that remains attached to the Senate version of the bill. The most recent version of the voting rights bill passed the Senate almost a year…
Feb 24, 2009
Fenty to Sit With Pelosi Again for Obama Speech
Politico’s Glenn Thrush reports that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty will once again be a guest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tonight during President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. Fenty also attended the 2007 and 2008 State of the Union addresses delivered by President Bush as a guest of Pelosi. Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams used to attend SOTUs as a guest of the First Lady. Other guests expected in the Speaker’s box…