TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
New York
After New York: The (Near) Future of Gay Marriage
The New York state legislature’s passage of the Marriage Equality Act was the third landmark victory in six months for the gay-rights movement, following the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in December and the Obama …
Tuesday’s Primaries
Tuesday is primary day in seven states and the District of Columbia. This will be the last major primary before the midterm elections (only one state remains after this: Hawaii on Sept. 18). Even this late in the game there are still some fascinating races to watch. Here are five:
- Mike Castle v. Christine O’Donnell, Republicans for
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Classic Weiner
President Obama In New York, On A Roll
Before a packed crowd at New York’s Cooper Union, Barack Obama made a forceful appeal for regulation of the financial markets. “The American experiment has worked in large part because we guided the market’s invisible hand with a higher principle,” he said. “A free market was never meant to be a free license to take whatever …
Re: With Financial Reform, What Becomes Of New York?
This morning, the New York Post put an editorial on its front page, with giant wood:
Dear Mr. President
DON’T KILL THE GOLDEN GOOSE
City economy imperiled in the name of ‘reform’
Good stuff. The editorial continues: “One in 12 working New Yorkers are connected to the financial sector, which generates fully 40 percent of the …
With Financial Reform, What Becomes Of New York?
There is a regional subplot playing out in the debate for financial reform. Here are some clues: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel just flew up to New York to meet with investors. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spent part of his recess meeting with big financiers in New York. President Obama will head Thursday to New York …
That Was Quick
This morning Ben Smith over at Politico floated the idea that billionaire Mort Zuckerman might challenge Kirsten Gillibrand for Hillary Clinton’s old Senate seat in New York. This evening in a post on the New York Daily News, a paper he owns, he says he’s not gonna run. With Harold Ford out as well, this has been a good week for …
Paterson Ends Campaign
New York Governor David Paterson will not seek election to a full term in office.
Dogged by low approval ratings and allegations he intervened in the assault case of a close aide, Paterson still faces calls to resign.
Democrats in Washington, including the president, had opposed the governor’s campaign plans.
Ford Eyes Gillibrand Challenge; Schumer Eyes Ford (And Not in a Good Way)
Kristen Gillibrand may not have been their first choice to fill Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate seat (ahem, Caroline Kennedy) but the White House is sticking by her after former five-term Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford told the New York Post exclusively (note the interesting choice of Gotham publications for a Democrat):
It’s true: I am
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Health Reform and the States
Although the battle over passing health reform is being waged here in Washington, the front lines for implementing whatever passes will be the states. In the new issue of the print magazine, Kate Pickert and I look at what that means.
The latest evidence of the Governors’ growing concern about what lies ahead came in the State of the …
Chuck-ing Health Care
We’re in the grip of election fever here in DC. Could (gasp!) Jon Corzine lose the governor’s race in New Jersey? What might a Bob McDonnell victory in Virginia mean for Republicans? For that matter, what could a Doug Hoffman win in the NY23rd mean? But, just in case you forgot, there is still a national debate going on on heath care …
House Expands Probe into Rangel
A day after surviving a GOP-sponsored vote to take away his House Ways & Means gavel, Charlie Rangel was again in the news. The House Ethics Committee voted unanimously to expand their investigation to Rangel’s personal disclosure forms. Earlier this year, Rangel quietly amended these forms, reporting an additional $600,000 in income …
