On his way home from a two day swing through Ohio, Vice President Joe Biden stopped off at Hog Father’s Old Fashioned BBQ in Washington, Penn. After working the crowd, and trading stories with patrons and waitstaff, he made his way to the back of the restaurant, where I asked him about the report today [...]
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Photographers capture the action inside the House chamber as President Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.
The odds of a government shutdown were raised significantly this morning after House GOP leaders and President Obama failed to reach an agreement to continue funding the government. “While there was a good discussion, no agreement was reached,” Speaker John Boehner’s staff wrote in an e-mail to reporters following the White House meeting. “The Speaker [...]
You wanna cut? We’ll show you cuts. That seems to be the new mantra Democrats have adopted in response to the GOP’s assault on spending. Dems this week have suggested expanding the debate from discretionary spending to taking on all of the sacred cows: farm subsidies, Medicare, Medicaid, taxes and the Pentagon. Well, almost all. [...]
Thanks to C-SPAN, you can watch the entire day’s worth of swearing in ceremonies. As Massimo notes — it’s highly, um, entertaining. But there are also genuinely funny moments. The Vice President is clearly an experienced Grandpa — witness the horse trading he does with Sen. Wyden’s toddler son. I wonder if he took the [...]
Speaks for itself:
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that federal authorities had opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Christine O’Donnell, a former candidate for the U.S. Senate from Delaware, had misused campaign contributions. The key facts went like this: Although O’Donnell’s campaign has denied wrongdoing, she has acknowledged she paid part of her rent at times with [...]
