FishbowlDC has confirmed that Jonathan Kaplan has signed on for a communications role with Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA). Kaplan served as a senior staff writer at The Hill until December 2007 when he left for a spot at the Portland Press Herald-Maine Sunday Telegram. Six months later, on July 1, …

Kurtz: The “Frill” is Gone Perhaps the shift also reflects a boredom with Washington in the eighth year of the Bush presidency, at a time when terror alerts have faded and Congress seems gridlocked about everything. If so, more papers might shore up their bureaus at the start of an …

And probably giving a few Chief of Staffs heartburn this morning. Politico: Taxpayers pay for reps big screen TVs A leased Cadillac: $557 a month. Chinese food for 230 colleagues: $1,425. A 46-inch Sony flat-screen television: $2,805. Having taxpayers foot the bill: priceless.