President Obama and Australian PM Julia Gillard visit Wakefield High School in Virginia on March 7. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
—American Banker gets ahold of a draft settlement state attorneys general are hammering out with the mortgage servicing industry. Felix Salmon is skeptical about its implementation.
–The Senate Gang of …
President Obama shakes hands with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at Miami Central Senior High School on March 4. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
–The Wall Street Journal reports Wisconsin Democrats may be ready to return to the fold. Other Dems say not o fast. There’s also some talk of Republican defections.
–Labor’s decision to cede …
President Obama listens as Mexican President Felipe Calderon addresses the media during a joint news conference at the White House on March 3. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
–The White House’s initial budget negotiation offering is $6.5 billion in cuts over the remainder of the fiscal year, slashing some construction and maintenance …
–Alex feels out the House Republican freshmen class through two engaging profiles and, I think, gets at the crux of their importance in the ongoing budget battle here:
When Republican House leaders presented a budget plan that would have cut $32 billion in seven months — a deep whack, but less than the GOP had pledged — it spurred
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Anti-government soldiers in the eastern city of Benghaz prepare to march on the Libyan capital, Tripoli. (Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME)
–Dispatches from Libya in revolt. Western military intervention remains unlikely.
–The Supreme Court rules corporations don’t have a right personal privacy. They still have
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie shares a toast with his table mates as President Obama plays host to a dinner for the National Governor’s Association in Washington on February 27. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
–A federal government shutdown won’t happen this week, but that doesn’t mean anyone can spot budget consensus on the …
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka talks with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner during a meeting of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness at the White House on February 24. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
–Senate Democrats weigh which cuts they’ll agree to, which is the essential question in ongoing budget debates, shutdown or …
President Obama speaks about Libya at the White House while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens on February 23. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
–Wisconsin Democrats and Republicans strike a deal that could end the deadlock in the Assembly today. Democratic senators are still on the lam.
–Robert Costa pens a friendly history …
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have been working behind the scenes to draft a two-week stopgap measure to avert a government shutdown that would include $4 billion in immediate cuts, according to House and Senate GOP aides.
The House would move first – the Rules Committee could meet as early as …
Union supporters rally at the doors of the state capitol in Columbus, Ohio on February 22. (REUTERS/Michael Munden)
–Libya laughs at Gaddafi, but Robert Baer worries he could sow chaos.
–Governor Walker calls senate Democrats back to Wisconsin as assembly Democrats filibuster. Collective bargaining aside, his plan isn’t about …
