Reid to Obama: Let us keep earmarks
February 25, 2009
Reid asks WH to tread lightly on earmarks, saying a clamp down would meet opposition.
President Obama Picks former Gov. Gary Locke as Commerce Nominee
February 25, 2009
SPEAKERS: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. FORMER GOV. GARY LOCKE, D-WASH. NOMINATED TO BE COMMERCE SECRETARY [*] OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. Last night, I outlined my vision for our common future, one in which we accept the responsibility to act boldly and wisel…
Byrd: Obama in power grab
February 25, 2009
Robert Byrd not happy with Obama’s appointment of White House ‘czars” to oversee federal policy.
Did Obama ask for the fluffernutters?
February 25, 2009
We’ll never know what Obama said during his on-background lunch with reporters Tuesday.
D.C. Students Among Guests in Obama Box
February 25, 2009
Three high school students from the District who had met first lady Michelle Obama when she visited their after-school program were invited to join her last night at the president’s speech.
Hay, what happened?
February 25, 2009
Readers noticed a dramatic change in Capitol Hill Blue Tuesday. The new design launched at the beginning of the year disappeared, replaced by our previous format.
Several emails asked: "What the heck happened?"
The answer is simple. The new design didn’t work. Too many of our readers reported problems with the page loading and formatting problems with their browsers. We also encountered a number of internal problems.
So I pulled the plug on the old design and restored the previous templates for pages that we knew worked for most readers.
Another setback for Coleman
February 25, 2009
It becomes increasingly unlikely he will overcome the 225-vote deficit during the ongoing post-recount phase.
Obama revises Iraq withdrawal timetable
February 25, 2009
President Barack Obama is close to issuing an order to withdraw the bulk of US military forces from Iraq by August 2010, the New York Times reported Wednesday, citing senior administration officials.
The order would give the US military 19 months to pull out, three months more than the promise Obama made while campaigning for president in 2008.
Obama says it’s OK to hope once again
February 25, 2009
President Barack Obama gave America the audacity to hope again.
After describing the U.S. economy in nearly apocalyptic terms for weeks, pushing his $787 billion stimulus plan through Congress, the president used his address to Congress on Tuesday night to tap the deep well of American optimism — the never-say-die spirit that every president tries to capture in words. And great presidents embody.
Grasping at straws? Let’s grasp
February 25, 2009
With consumer confidence at a record low, home prices in record decline, a major stock-market index at a 12-year low, stocks selling so low that the New York Stock Exchange is considering listing penny stocks and major retailers reporting a significant decline in profits, we may be grasping at straws here. BUT:
Federal Reserve Board chief Ben Bernanke is telling Congress that the recession could — could — end this year and we’ll be on our way to recovery next year. He called that "a reasonable prospect."