If you’re still mourning the loss of the health care debate’s heated rhetoric, don’t despair. It’s about to get another lease on life thanks to the upcoming confirmation hearing for Donald Berwick, Obama pick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is a powerful position within the Department of Health and Human [...]
I’ve laid off John McCain the past few months, as his sad slide to the right in order to secure reelection has continued apace. I mean, what more is there to say? Still, it’s really remarkable to hear this former champion of sane immigration policy saying something as dim and transparent as this, in response [...]
Ever want to be a Supreme Court Justice? Aside from getting a President to nominate you, all you have to do is answer this little questionnaire and let a few senators ask you questions about it.
TIME’s Katy Steinmetz pulls together the best lead I have read all morning: In terms of Senate hearings, this one had all the right stuff: high stakes, passionate speeches, shutdowns and — as if that weren’t enough — astronauts with a score to settle. Not just any old astronauts either. Attending the Senate Commerce, Science [...]
I wrote this week’s cover story, The New Sheriffs of Wall Street, about SEC Chair Mary Schapiro, FDIC Chair Sheila Bair and COP Chair Elizabeth Warren. An excerpt:
It will be days before we can unpack what actually happened in this week’s meetings between U.S. and Afghan officials. The big question concerns reconciliation: Will the U.S. back Hamid Karzai’s efforts to lure the Taliban into a coalition government? In the meantime, the estimable Spencer Ackerman has a report from a source in Kandahar, [...]
What is it about Senator Lindsey Graham that brings out the Mr. Smith in the most inveterate politicians? First, Chuck Schumer unveils their working draft of immigration legislation in the vain hope that by making a good faith, bipartisan bid some other Republicans might sign on; the response has not been deafening. Now Senators John [...]
