A motion to proceed to a resolution sponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, that would express the Senate’s “disapproval” of the Environmental Protection Agency’s move this week to regulate greenhouse gases failed today 47-53. The Agency argues that it is complying with a 2007 Supreme Court decision in …
Yesterday’s losers? Unions and progressive groups. The Nevada Republican Party. Orly Taitz.
Yesterday’s winners? Bill Clinton. And Sarah Palin.
Why Palin, you may ask? We answer that question in this week’s dead tree edition hitting stands tomorrow.
People are unhappy. They’ve been unhappy for a while: through Enron and the .com bubble bursting, 9/11, two wars, Katrina. They thought Barack Obama would bring change but few have felt the changes he’s wrought: who can imagine how bad the economy could have gotten sans stimulus? It feels bad enough as it is. Then came the Gulf oil …
Senator Chuck Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat, this morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe said the Senate will bring up Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman’s energy bill in July as the underlying legislation for energy reform as Dems grapple with how to deal legislatively with the fallout from the BP gusher in the Gulf. If true, …
Tomorrow is Super Primary Tuesday with 10 states holding primary contests for Congress and governor’s mansions. Also, in Arkansas Blanche Lincoln is fighting for her Senate seat in a crucial run off with Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. Here’s a primer from TIME’s Katy Steinmetz and me about the top races to look for.
Washington has entered that wacky hyperbolic season again: OMG! The world is falling! The magic is gone! His credibility is shot! And, it turns out, President Obama’s not even competent!
Yes, the oil spill sucks. And yes, it’s a giant headache not only for Obama (gee, ya think that offshore drilling expansion was tragically …
Oil:
-Plans to syphone off the oil from Deepwater Horizon are stalling after a saw got stuck in the pipe.
-BP’s shares rebounded slightly in morning trading after one of the company’s worst days ever yesterday. Credit Suisse estimates the Deepwater Horizon spill could cost the company $37 billion.
-Rep. Charlie Melancon, who …
I spent Memorial Day weekend on the Gulf Coast. Not in NoLa with my colleagues staking out Thad Allen’s new solo briefings, but along Florida’s southern coast where my parents live. I was surprised to see the beaches more packed than I’d ever seen them. All the hotels in town were sold out, my parent’s told me, because of …
What happens when you’re a small government, pro-business conservative and your state gets pummeled by one of the worst man made disasters ever – not five years after getting pummeled by one of the worst natural disasters (Hurricane Katrina)? If you’re Louisiana Senator David Vitter, you double down on offshore drilling and push …
Gore followers may remember that Al & Tipper (seen above on their wedding day) jointly are bestseller authors of two books, Joined at the Heart and The Spirit of Family. It is totally depressing to see the end of any 40-year marriage. But perhaps there are lessons to be learned here as well, especially since half of all American …
From TIME’s Pentagon Correspondent Mark Thompson:
It seems BP’s oil well isn’t the only extended political headache for President Obama oozing in the gulf. Just before fleeing town for this week’s Memorial Day recess, the House voted against setting up a prison for Guantanamo detainees in the U.S.
The Obama Administration is seeking
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Oil:
-Top Kill is dead and the Administration’s now thinking about sicking the lawyers on BP. BP shares are down 15% in London trading. This morning President Obama meets with BP Oil Spill Commission Co-Chairs, former Florida senator Bob Graham and former EPA administrator William K. Reilly.
-Other oil spill news: MMS …
British Petroleum is about to try and plug the leak with a never-tried-at-this-depth procedure called a “top kill” which essentially dumps upwards of 50,000 barrels of drilling mud on top of the leak followed by cement to plug it permanently. You can watch this process live over the next two days here. The risks are that it might …
