As a tension-easing gesture, most House members today are wearing red ties -- even women. It was the idea of Rep. Chuck Hopson, D-Jacksonville. But the two parties' impasse over whether Democrats will have to spend a 5th full day...
The House is nearing a midnight deadline for giving tentative approval to House bills, and the mood in the chamber is slap-happy. A while back, House Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Richard Raymond, D-Laredo (at left in photo) arose to note...