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As lame duck session begins, questions for Democrats
One question for Democrats as they kick off the last months of the 11th Congress: can they find a way to speed the glacial pace of action in the Senate? Another: is Nancy Pelosi the only man left on...
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DADT Repeal headed to the president’s desk
It’s a win for gay rights advocates and liberals who had been angry that President Obama hadn’t acted quickly enough on a campaign promise, and a major loss for John McCain, who became the single,...
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The suddenly not-so-lame, lame duck Senate **UPDATE**
UPDATE: Republican Senators are now conceding the START treaty is likely to be ratified this week. After two years in which it seemed the United States Senate couldn’t get anything done, suddenly, in...
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Congress, White House reach budget deal, avert shut-down
The budget combatants: Senate Leader Harry Reid, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner Faced with the prospect of welching on paychecks to the troops, and dealing with a tea party...
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**UPDATED: Is John Boehner abandoning Paul Ryan just as Harry Reid preps a...
He loves vouchercare ... he loves it not... Just when the town halls are starting to get interesting, is John Boehner leaving Paul Ryan and his vouchercare plan hanging? Meanwhile, Harry Reid is...
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Washington searches for ‘plan B’ on debt ceiling **UPDATE 2: Obama’s presser,...
UPDATE 2: The president concluded a nearly hour-long press conference in which he stated that raising the debt ceiling was not enough — that Congress must also tackle our long term debts. Obama said...
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Norquist’s (fatal?) flip flop, and Democrats’ Bush tax cuts opportunity
Grover Norquist Grover Norquist, the most powerful unelected person in the United States by some measures — and a man who controls nearly every Republican in Congress, may have just thrown the game....
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Everyone’s mild about Harry: Reid’s plan to take center stage today
Is Harry Reid’s plan the way out of the debt ceiling impasse? Or is he preparing to give away the store? Politico goes with the first take: Democratic leaders said on Monday that they are looking...
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Open thread: what should Obama and the Democrats do now?
The tea party isn’t budging, and John Boehner can’t control them in the House. The Reid bill doesn’t raise revenues, and we’re staring at an August 2nd deadline, which, by the way, is in a week. If...
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UPDATED: Hate it a lot or hate it a little: Congressional leaders and the...
UPDATE: the House has passed the debt ceiling bill, 269-161. The Senate will take up the vote on Tuesday. Negotiations between the White House, the vice president and Senate leaders ended with a deal...
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