Speaks for itself:
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The Chamber of Commerce declined to comment on William Daley when I wrote Tuesday about his possible appointment as White House chief of staff. But now that Daley is a done deal, a spokesman for the business group that has been an Obama White House nemesis sends over this upbeat statement from Chamber president and CEO Tom
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Pete Rouse, who is currently serving as chief of staff, will return to the senior ranks of the administration with the title of senior counselor to the president, according to an administration official.
The announcement will be made at 2:30 p.m. by the president.
This morning the Treasury officially requested that Congress raise the debt ceiling. This has been a long-anticipated move and Congress cannot fail to act as the consequences would be catastrophic: think downgrading our AAA credit status – in other words, sorry China, we will not be able to pay our debts.
But, the prospect of …
Back in October, I included this line in a blog post:
Political pressure and a seemingly paralyzing fear of bad headlines, however, appears to be guiding Administration policy this close to election day.
As if to prove the point, within an hour of publishing this line, I got a call from a White House press person vigorously …
Senator Lisa Murkowski hands Vice President Joe Biden one of her campaign t-shirts after the ceremonial re-enactment of her swearing-in in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 5, 2011. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
–Today’s weekly unemployment report appears to foreshadow sunnier numbers for December due …
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Actually, it’s longer than a column…about where things stand in Afghanistan, how we’re going to draw down and why it’s important that we do this right.
After the ceremonies and standing ovations died down, the new Republican House majority did get around to some crucial business today. By a straight party-line vote, the House approved a new rules package for the 112th Congress, 240-191.
Republicans say passing the new package–a right granted by the Constitution–will foster openness …
China will allow its currency to appreciate 5% against the dollar in 2011, the semi-official Chinese Security Journal said in a front-page editorial Wednesday. Who cares? Currency valuation seems like the furthest issue from people’s minds in Washington as the new Congress turns to looming battles over health care and the budget. But …
John Boehner stood before the packed House chamber; its members and their families were giving him a standing ovation. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from his eyes – he always hated about himself that he’s prone to crying at important moments – and waved his audience to their seats. “I’m still just me,” he …
NRO‘s Michael Rubin delivers the strange report that Iraq is abuzz with a rumor that Donald Rumsfeld met secretly with that country’s powerful Shiite Grand Ayatollah Sistani before the U.S. invasion and offered him a massive bribe, purportedly so Sistani would tell his followers not to resist the Americans. Rubin posts a statement from …
The House just completed its vote, electing John Boehner the 61st Speaker of the House 241-192.
The most interesting part of the vote were the defections from Nancy Pelosi, who garnered 173 votes:
-11 Democrats voted for Heath Shuler, a North Carolina Democrat and former Washington Redskin who had said he would challenge Pelosi in …
The opening ceremonies have begun. The House is just finishing up the first vote of its 112th adjournment, a quorum call to ensure everyone’s present. The Capitol is brimming to full. Members lead families and friends on tours. Red coated docents are practically swallowed by the crowds under the dome. The Cannon rotunda is packed all the …
