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Obama Tries New Playbook on Health Reform - Rutenberg & Calmes, NYT

WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday started a new Web site to fight questionable but potentially damaging charges that President Obama’s proposed overhaul of the nati...

Recycling the Contempt - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times

By Wesley Pruden (Contact) | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Recycling is so popular that even our congressmen, unaccustomed as they are to practicing what they preach, do...

'Un-American' Attacks Can't Derail Debate - Reps. Pelosi & Hoyer, USAT

A weekly series explores the issues of faith that are shaping our world.In Washington today, politicians too often just stand their ground. Liberal strategist Bob Beckel and conser...

Green Movement Slowed in Va by Dillon Rule - Vandana Sinha, Washington Business Journal

Subscribe to Washington Business JournalSubscribe Today | Get A Free TrialEven as D.C. and Montgomery County burst through the green building gates with new mandates, their Norther...

Metro Will Continue to Have Major Red Line Delays - Kytja Weir, DC Examiner

Red Line riders will face more delays through the end of this month, as Metro replaces all the track circuitry near the site of the recent deadly train wreck.After 10 p.m. each nig...

Metro Panel Foiled by Constraints - Joe Stephens & Lena Sun, Washington Post

Before June's deadly subway crash, no federal agency stepped in to ensure that Metro found and fixed the electrical circuits now suspected of contributing to the worst accident in ...

Dems Should Start Over on Health Care Bill - Nolan Finley, Detroit News

The last time John Dingell encountered a crowd as blood-thirsty as the one that overran his health care town hall in Romulus last week was more than 40 years ago, after he cast his...

Livin' La Vida Loca - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

WASHINGTONMaureen Dowd Sometimes the people we write about drive us crazy. During the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, I used to wake up in the middle of the night, trying to ...

Congress Has Lengthy To-Do List When It Returns - Los Angeles Times

The Senate left town Friday for its August recess, a week after the House. Both chambers are scheduled to reconvene Sept. 8. When the lawmakers return, a proposed overhaul of the n...

Lawmakers' Trip Hit Tourist Hot Spots - Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- When 10 members of Congress wanted to study climate change, they did more than just dip their toes into the subject: They went diving and snorkeling at the Great Barr...

Guests: Gen. Jones; Sen. Minority Leader McConnell - Fox News Sunday

CHRIS WALLACE: And hello again from Fox News in Washington. With a number of global hot spots to discuss, let's get right to it with our first guest, President Obama's national sec...

Howard Dean, Newt Gingrich Debate Health Care - This Week

GEOERGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Hello again. Health care may be the most personal issue Washington confronts, and this week there was plenty of evidence to back that up.Town halls on healt...

Chamber of Commerce Stakes Out Opposition to Obama - Associated Press

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Geithner Asks Congress to Raise the Debt Ceiling - Wall Street Journal

Washington -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner asked Congress to increase the $12.1 trillion debt limit on Friday, saying it is "critically important" that they act in the ...

Maloney Drops Plan to Challenge Gillibrand - New York Times

WASHINGTON — Ever since Representative Carolyn B. Maloney declared that she would run in the Democratic primary for United States Senate next year, party leaders have tried ha...

Lobbyists Turn Up the Heat on Climate Change - CQ Politics

Ah, August: when Washington's torrid temperatures and humidity settle in and Congress scurries out for a monthlong recess. But this year there's no escape from another source of sw...

State Races Seen as Test for Obama - Adam Nagourney, New York Times

President Obama arrived Thursday to speak at a fund-raiser in McLean, Va., for R. Creigh Deeds, a candidate for governor.WASHINGTON — President Obama has returned to the campaign...

Obama's Remarks on the Unemployment Rate - Barack Obama

1:16 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I'd like to say a few words about the state of our economy, and what we're doing to put Americans back to work and build a ne...

Our Factionalized House - David Broder, Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- When several members of the Blue Dogs, a moderate-conservative Democratic faction, met last week with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to negotiate the deal that allowed th...

Obama Pushes Dems for Unity on Health Plan - Pear & Herszenhorn, NYT

WASHINGTON — President Obama urged Democratic senators on Tuesday to persevere in trying to get a bipartisan deal on health care, but left open the possibility that they might ha...

Cash for Clunkers an Unmitigated Disaster - David Harsanyi, Denver Post

Here's an idea: Let's give $50,000 to anyone looking to upgrade to a brand-spanking-new, environmentally friendly home. All we ask in return is that you burn your previous residenc...

Coal Group Linked to Fake Letters on Climate Bill - Stephanie Strom, New York Times

A trade group representing coal producers and power companies says that it indirectly hired a lobbying firm that sent fake letters to lawmakers purporting to be from nonprofit grou...

McDonnell Widens Lead in Va. Race - Sarah Abruzzese, Washington Times

By Sarah Abruzzese (Contact) | Wednesday, August 5, 2009 The poll from Public Policy Polling, a nonpartisan Raleigh, N.C.-based firm, shows Mr. McDonnell with 51 percent support c...

Md. Governor Endorses Light Rail - Lisa Rein & James Hohmann, Washington Post

Gov. Martin O'Malley endorsed a light-rail line over a rapid bus system Tuesday as he announced that Maryland will pursue federal transit money to build a Purple Line linking Prin...

Area Housing Market Up - Leah Fabel, DC Examiner

Signs point to a strengthening housing market in much of the the Washington region, but experts warn the recovery will wane when hit with a second round of foreclosures and the end...

Obama's Speech in Wakarusa, Indiana - Barack Obama

Monaco Coach CompanyWakarusa, Indiana11:55 AM. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Well, it is wonderful to be in Wakarusa. Thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. Herman...

After Pardons, U.S. Studies Signals from North Korea - Mark Landler, NYT

WASHINGTON — A day after former President Bill Clinton’s flight into North Korea to win the freedom of two American journalists, the Obama administration moved Wednesday...

13 Democrats Facing Probes as Recess Begins - National Journal

nationaljournal.com > Under the Influence By Beth Sussman As Congress heads into its summer recess, some members have more worries to take home with them than others. Accor...

Health Care Debate Hits the Road - Stolberg & Herszenhorn, New York Times

With Republicans mobilizing against the proposed health care overhaul, President Obama, Congressional Democrats and leading advocacy groups are laying the groundwork for an August ...

To Fix Health Care, Follow the States - Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Washington Post

If you tie money to results, you'll get better results. Unfortunately, government often dumps money into programs without regard to accountability and outcomes. This past week, Dem...

Can Republicans Escape Their Extremists? - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- Things are looking up for the Republicans, relatively speaking. President Obama's poll numbers have dipped, GOP recruitment for the 2010 elections is going better tha...

'Clunkers' Rebates At Risk Unless Senate Acts - Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday that unless the Senate approves $2 billion in additional funding, the Obama administration could be forced to halt as ...

Crackpot Schemes Failing Left and Right - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Imagine you're in the car business. You have a problem. Government mandates -- aimed at "fuel efficiency" and lots of other high-sounding matters in which Congress is granted no po...

Party Policy Shifts With the Majority - Albert Hunt, New York Times

WASHINGTON — “A foolish consistency,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “is the hobgoblin of little minds.” If so, American politics is full of wise people. ...

The Rich Can't Pay for Everything - Jackie Calmes, New York Times

WASHINGTON — Behind Democrats’ struggle to pay the $1 trillion 10-year cost of President Obama’s promise to overhaul the health care system is their collision with another of...

Health Bill Clears Hurdle - Robert Pear & David Herzenhorn, New York Times

WASHINGTON — House members headed home on Friday, leaving behind the outlines of a nearly $1 trillion health care overhaul that is sure to draw fire from a variety of interest...

House Passes New Limits on Executive Pay - New York Times

WASHINGTON — The House approved a measure Friday that would put new constraints on executive pay, capitalizing on populist outrage over multimillion-dollar bonuses to Wall Str...

Hot Seat Awaits Lawmakers on Recess - Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- August is shaping up as a make-or-break month for a health-care overhaul -- not because Congress will be hard at work in Washington, but because it won't.Home for sum...

House Bucks Obama on Military Spending - New York Times

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved President Obama’s plan to kill the F-22 fighter jet. But Democratic leaders bucked White House veto threats on other programs...

Voters Willing to Cut Obama Some Slack - Gloria Borger, CNN

The giveaway was when they started calling him "Barack."It was jarring, at first, to hear many in this group of 12 independent voters refer to their new president by his first name...

No Thin Line Between Murder and Hate - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle

When the Senate passed a federal hate-crimes measure by a 63-28 earlier this month, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., proclaimed, "This legislation will help to address the serious and gr...

President's Health Care Has Run Off the Rails - Mitt Romney, USA Today

A weekly series explores the issues of faith that are shaping our world.In Washington today, politicians too often just stand their ground. Liberal strategist Bob Beckel and conser...

Gore, Friedman Are Green God Hypocrites - Nolan Finley, Detroit News

A colleague sent me an Internet photo of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman's home in Bethesda, Md. It's hysterical. The global warming warrior who urged the nation's young p...

Reps. Nadler & Shadegg Debate Health Care - Lou Dobbs Tonight

DOBBS: Joining me now to debate whether the president's plan will improve health care and lower costs, two congressmen with two very different views, as you want to happen with a d...

There's Still Hope For the Public Option - Mike Madden, Salon

July 29, 2009 | WASHINGTON -- To hear the White House tell it, you can glimpse one future model for healthcare delivery at the Cleveland Clinic, which President Obama visited last...

Arrogance Isn't a Crime - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- If race were the only issue, there would be much less hyperventilation about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s unpleasant run-in with the criminal justice sys...

Secretary Clinton Has Plenty to Tackle - Aaron David Miller, Politico

Having worked for a half-dozen secretaries of state, I feel a certain affinity (and sympathy) for Hillary Clinton. She has the second-best job in Washington, but after six months, ...

Clinton Sets Her Own Agenda - Anne Applebaum, Slate

Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden"It's time for Barack Obama to let Hillary Clinton take off her burqa." It's a line that brilliantly managed to belittle our female secretary of state ...

Health Policy Carved at More Centrist Table - Herszenhorn & Pear, NYT

WASHINGTON — On the agenda is the revamping of the American health care system, possibly the most complex legislation in modern history. But on the table, in a conference room...

Obama Campaign Working to Return Dirty Campaign Money - Politico

More than eight months after President Barack Obama won the White House, the remnants of his campaign organization is struggling to deal with some unfinished business: returning ab...

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