PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11 -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: The Annenberg Public Policy Center community mourns the passing of Adam Clymer, 81, esteemed Washington journalist and political director of the National Annenberg Election Survey (NAES) during the 2004 presidential election. A reporter, editor, and pollster, Clymer covered Congress, eight presidential campaigns, and the downfalls of Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev and President Ric  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The Senate conducted one committee hearing on Sept. 7: *Judiciary: To examine the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, after receiving testimony from Representative Cedric Richmond; Rebecca Taibleson, Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Theodore B. Olson, and Paul Clement, both a former Solicitor General, and Maureen E. Mahoney, former Deputy Solicitor Gene  more