Politics News & Analysis: Personal ties to lawmakers could hold the key to passage of Obama agenda

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View on the Web. Monday, April 29, 2013 Personal ties to lawmakers could hold the key to passage of Obama agenda Juliet Eilperin and Zachary A. Goldfarb With Congress stymieing many of his initiatives, the president tries to foster relationships on the Hill. Latest headlines Charlotte mayor is Obama's pick for Transportation Dept., official says Personal ties to lawmakers could hold the key to passage of Obama agenda Report: IRS has collected $5.5 billion with programs for overseas tax cheats At Pentagon, need for furloughs varies among services Draft proposal seeks to fine tech firms for wiretap-order noncompliance Boston attack not likely to produce 9/11-like surge in federal spending Lawmakers on Boston attack: FBI looking at 'persons of interest' in U.S. Defense spending cuts pose an economic quandary for liberals Lawmakers use Sunday shows to push for action in Syria Gun control bill will be back, senator says The Fix Bill Nelson for governor? Maybe. Joe Manchin is not finished with gun control. Does it matter? Lawmakers reveal new Boston intelligence Opinions The end of entitlement The economic whodunit Putin's extremists Don't give up on a grand bargain A match made by Metro I like Ike, elsewhere Quiet, critical school reform INTERACTIVE Department by department sequester impacts As the White House and Congress, Republicans and Democrats, trade blows over who is at fault for the looming across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester, it is federal workers who will get hit. Federal Diary columnist Joe Davidson is chronicling the affect of the sequester according to each federal agency listed below. Follow Washington Post Politics:     Unsubscribe ©2013 The Washington Post 1150 15th St NW Washington, DC 20071 Help & Contact Info Privacy Policy

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