No sign of Senate action on Justice nominee Cole
December 9, 2010
For nearly five months, James M. Cole has been awaiting a Senate vote on his nomination for deputy attorney general, by far the longest delay
Palin to Haiti with Graham
December 9, 2010
She and an evangelist will visit a cholera clinic. Read more…
Capehart: DADT repeal failure: next steps
December 9, 2010
Those who questioned Main Republican Sen. Susan Collins’s sincerity in wanting to repeal don’t ask don’t tell (DADT) got their comeuppance when the Republican from
Airport pat-down of India envoy appropriate: U.S.
December 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An airport pat-down of the Indian ambassador to the United States in Mississippi angered her government but the Department of Homeland Security
Jobless Hill Democrats twisting slowly, slowly . . .
December 9, 2010
Some of the 2,000 or so Democratic staffers on Capitol Hill who are losing their jobs in the coming weeks as a result of November’s
Obama dangled White House visit to ease Ivorian row
December 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama offered to invite Laurent Gbagbo to the White House if he respected Ivory Coast’s election and stepped down, but
Levin wins top Ways and Means spot
December 9, 2010
The Democrat wins appeal of earlier loss. Read more…
Bid to repeal military gays policy fails in Senate
December 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a White House-backed bid to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, but
Boehner adds lobbyist to staff
December 9, 2010
The House speaker-elect hires the medical device industry’s chief lobbyist as his policy director. Read more…
Deficit summit? Not in the cards
December 9, 2010
The White House says no, at least for now, to the recommendation of Obama’s deficit commission. Read more…