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Gerard Shields has been a newspaper reporter for 19 years, covering government in Allentown, Pa., Orlando and Baltimore. He has worked for The Advocate since 2003 covering Louisiana issues in Washington. Call Gerry at the Senate Press Gallery at (202) 224-0241. E-mail him at gshields@theadvocate.com.
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and U.S. Rep. Charles “Charlie” Melancon, D-Napoleonville last week protested the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the sale of fresh, live oysters from Gulf Coast states.
Republicans in the Louisiana delegation are joining with their GOP congressional colleagues in calling for President Barack Obama to make a decision on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.
A European defense company hired former LSU Chancellor Sean O’Keefe last week to lead its bid to land a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract. The European Aeronautics Defence and Space Co., which is headquartered near Munich, Germany, is in the running to capture the contract to build the Air Force’s midair refueling tanker.
A federal judge has postponed the sentencing for former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson until Nov. 13.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter recently released a campaign ad that was as polished as any television production. But the Vitter pitch didn’t run on television, it played only on the Web.
Targeting U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a poll last week showing that Louisiana voters oppose a bill that would allow unions to form outside of the current secret ballot vote.
The way Mark Shriver sees it, disaster planning officials throughout the nation have placed standards for treating pets in the wake of a catastrophe over the needs of nation’s most vulnerable citizens — children.
