Dems hold breath on Burris
February 17, 2009
Senate Democrats hope that an investigation in Illinois will force new senator to resign.
Daschle, Obama aides join K Street
February 17, 2009
The president’s former aides are crossing over to the dark side: K Street.
Little wiggle room on bonus caps
February 17, 2009
Obama objects to some executive compensation limits in the $787B stimulus package.
Heather Podesta raises cash for DCCC
February 17, 2009
The powerhouse lobbyist is e-mailing around invites for a big March fundraiser at her house.
Hillary Clinton’s first trip
February 17, 2009
Clinton tells reporters that she plans on discussing human rights issues with her hosts in China.
Obama takes econ campaign to Denver
February 17, 2009
He has a busy week of travel ahead of him, including more campaign-style stops.
Obama heads west to sell stimulus
February 17, 2009
President Barack Obama heads west Tuesday to sign his huge stimulus bill with a flourish meant to be a rare bright moment for the US economy, and to confront a punishing wave of home foreclosures.
After less than a day back in Washington following a weekend home in Chicago, Obama will head to the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado, then set course for Arizona to mine a new seam of heartland support for his economic rescue plans.
Car czar decision has critics revved up
February 17, 2009
The czar is dead; long live the the Presidential Task Force on Autos.
Republicans seek return to image of fiscal restraint
February 17, 2009
Seeking political traction, Republicans are using the economic stimulus package to try to restore an image of fiscal discipline tarnished by a free-spending GOP Congress under former President George W. Bush.
The return to what many Republicans consider their small-government, tax-cut roots is driving unity in a party that now lacks power in the White House and in the Democratic-controlled House and Senate.
Names of the Dead
February 17, 2009
The Department of Defense has identified 643 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations. It confirmed the death of the following American on Saturday:.