As the Massa implosion fades, Capitol Hill returns today to health care reform with both chambers considering obscure parliamentary procedures in order to pass legislation before Easter recess, which officially starts March 28. The House is on a shorter leash, with the White House pushing them to get something done before President Obama leaves for [...]
It was an odd scene. There was Karen Ignagni, head of the health insurance lobby, introducing President Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Before the two women shook hands today at the insurance industry’s annual conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington DC, Ignagni said to Sebelius, “It is a delight to welcome you [...]
From our White House Photo Blog.: P.S.: This totally confirms what I thought at the time. That dress added lbs. I liked the swearing-in outfit much better.
Foes of Fox News everywhere would do well to watch Eric Massa’s mesmerizing performance on Glenn Beck last night. The disgraced tickler and former congressman found the news network’s Achilles’ heel. In fact, it’s amazing that the weak spot was not discovered before, what with all the eagle eyes at Media Matters laboring day-in and [...]
As Michael Scherer writes below, Israel’s government was over-the-top outrageous in welcoming Vice President Joe Biden with the news that it would construct 1600 new illegal housing units on land the Palestinians consider their future capital in East Jerusalem. This is an act with both short- and long-term consequences. The short-term consequence has to do [...]
If you’re not a congressman in Washington DC or a voter living in a Congressional district represented by a Democrat (especially one whose vote on the Senate health care bill is uncertain) you’re not the target audience. But rest assured, interest groups are still spending millions on ads for and against Democratic health care reform. [...]
Former Rep. Eric Massa has booked himself on both CNN’s Larry King Live and Fox News’s Glenn Beck later today. It should be interesting. As of last week, Massa was making the case that his decision to leave Congress resulted from personal health problems. As of this weekend, he was claiming that he was pushed [...]
This appears to be the diplomatic equivalent of an ambush. Vice President Biden, on a visit to Israel, spent the day talking up the close relationship between Israel and the United States. “Progress occurs in the Middle East when everyone knows there is simply no space between the United States and Israel,” Biden said. “The [...]
I’m not sure what’s more surprising here, that’s the guys pushing for financial reform have resorted to this or that Ron Howard directed the video. But it is pretty funny…
