This brings a huge smile to my face: President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning – but he also left no doubt about who’s in charge of these negotiations. “I won,” Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation. Apparently the Republicans […]
E.J. Dionne has a great piece up today about the Democrats problem in Congress. Democrats in Congress are discovering what it’s like to live in the worst of all possible worlds. They are condemned for selling out to President Bush and condemned for failing to make compromises aimed at getting things done. Democrats complain that […]
You got to love how diplomatic this White House is. Here is what they have said today about the military supplemental bill: President Bush on Tuesday invited Democrats to discuss their standoff over a war-spending bill, but he made clear he would not change his position opposing troop withdrawals. The White House bluntly said the […]
The AP has a good article up taking a look at the recent agenda items in Congress: With votes this week on gay marriage, stem cell research and the Pledge of Allegiance, the Republican-controlled Congress is systematically working through an agenda of conservative causes, eager to mobilize hard-core voters in the months before the midterm […]
Republican congressional leaders told President Bush Thursday the House and Senate both appear ready to block a Dubai-owned company from taking over operations at several U.S. ports, GOP officials said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 – The limited oral briefings provided by the White House to a handful of lawmakers about the domestic eavesdropping program may not have fulfilled a legal requirement under the National Security Act that calls for such reports to be in written form, Congressional officials from both parties said on Tuesday. The White […]
For those that still don’t believe the Republicans are perfect examples of hypocrites then perhaps this article from Reuters will change your thinking. Congress may probe leaks in CIA prisons story Top Republicans in Congress are considering a investigation into leaks of information used by The Washington Post in an article on a covert global […]