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NBC’s First Read has found a videotape of RNC Chairman Michael Steele at a Connecticut fundraiser (above). The audio’s not great but in it Steele seems to suggest that President Obama is responsible for the war in Afghanistan. “Keep in mind again, this was a war of Obama’s …
House Minority Leader John Boehner is having a tough week. He’s been pounded by Democrats for comparing the financial crisis to an “ant” and the financial regulatory reform bill a “nuclear weapon” the Dems have broken out to slay that pesky ant. But adding insult to injury, one of his own, Joe Scarborough, a former Republican …
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Senator Robert Byrd’s flag draped casket is lying in state for most of the day on the Senate floor — note his black draped desk with white flowers on it. Much of Congress, the President and the Vice President will head tomorrow morning to West Virginia for a memorial service on the steps of the …
Ever wonder what oversight Congress was doing before the big oil spill in the Gulf? I did. And asking around the Hill led me to one guy: West Virginia’s Nick Rahall, who for decades has been trying to overhaul or dismantle MMS. If only his leaders had listened to him… Here’s a look at his efforts.
As Adam noted last night, despite House passage of Financial Regulatory reform, the bill still seems in peril in the Senate with five of the six holdouts still seemingly wavering. But, frankly, going into a recess why would you declare your vote? If you were, say Scott Brown, would you a) declare that you’re going to buck your party and …
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Here’s a wrap up of the first day of questioning in the Senate …
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd stood an hour ago in the Senator’s Retiring Room off of the Senate floor in an intense conversation with Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown – one of surely many they will have today. Dodd is trying to get Brown, one of four Republicans who voted for the Senate version of financial …
Day 1 is done in Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s hearings to become the 112th Supreme Court justice. Thus far there has been relatively little about Kagan herself. In between memorials for Senator Bobby Byrd and Sandra Day O’Connor’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s husband, Republicans griped that no matter what Kagan says, they don’t think …
Well, it’s actually her week. President Obama’s nominee to the nation’s highest bench, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, takes the hot seat today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Though, today will be relatively mild given that the whole day will actually be spent on senators’ opening statements. Her first words are expected to be …
Another signature piece of legislation and another untimely death of a Senate institution. Massimo Calabresi has this great look at Byrd’s legacy. But in the meantime whither financial reform? The Senate was scheduled to pass it this week and send it to the President’s desk to be signed into law. But Byrd’s passing leaves them down a …
As Adam notes, early this morning negotiators wrapped up work on the most sweeping overhaul of the rules that govern Wall Street in a generation. While the conference didn’t make for must see TV, conference chairman Barney Frank did provide a certain amount of comedy relief with his biting set-downs of the opposition. A look at Frank’s …
A short piece from me in this week’s dead tree edition about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s GOP opponent.
When Democrats rode into power in 2006, Speaker Pelosi promised they’d quickly pass their Six for ’06 agenda and that they’d “clean out the swamp.” Part of that agenda was to create an independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), which they did to great success. Yes, some Democrats have felt the pain of this office, ahem …
