“This is not something we can sweep under the rug and say, you know, we’ve done the best we can. This is not that kind of problem.” Those were the words of Missouri Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill, speaking on the Senate floor Thursday. She was referring to revelations in my recent TIME article about the [...]
From the files of “Things That Would Be Different With More Women in Politics”: Republican members of the Florida House of Representatives chastised a Democratic colleague today for uttering the word ‘uterus’ on the House floor during debate. Not that it should matter, but the context was a titillating discussion about deregulation. State Rep. Scott [...]
That’s what would happen if Congress pares back appropriations for USAID, says Rajiv Shah: “We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that H.R. 1 would lead to 70,000 kids dying,” USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah testified before the House Appropriations State and Foreign Ops subcommittee. “Of that 70,000, 30,000 would come from malaria [...]
In the words of a prominent Israeli: The Obama Doctrine: He only goes if the entire world, including the Arab League, wants him to go. The Bush Doctrine: He only goes if the entire world, except the British, doesn’t want him to go.
On April 14, 2009, President Obama delivered arguably the most important domestic speech of his first year in office at Georgetown University, laying out his grand vision for repairing the U.S. economy. “We must lay a new foundation for growth and prosperity,” he declared, before laying out the “five pillars” of his plan. Chances are [...]
(Jim Young / Reuters) –Democrats and Republicans have reached a number for budget cuts in 2011, reportedly good for $33 billion. The problems remaining: What to cut, which if any riders will be included and whether Speaker Boehner can get the conservative wing of his caucus on board. –Mitt Romney, who once operated under the [...]
Hebron The biggest question in the Middle East peace non-process right now is whether Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority President, is more interested in making peace with the Israelis or reconciling with Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza. The Israelis say it must be one or the other. For the past several years, Abbas [...]
Some time in the next few weeks, Paul Ryan, chairman of the House budget committee, is expected to unveil a plan to significantly cut the federal budget for the fiscal year 2012. It will be the centerpiece of a political fight that could eclipse most everything else in Washington. A linchpin of Ryan’s plan will [...]
Reuters Mark Hosenball reported Wednesday that President Obama has authorized secret CIA support for Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi. The New York Times went further, saying “The Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and make contacts with rebels battling Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces, according to American [...]
