What will the legislative fallout be from the tragedy in Tucson? Probably nothing at all. Frankly, there’s little they can do.
Thus far members have come up with a variety of ideas:
–Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) renewed his call to install a Plexiglas shield between the gallery and the House floor – because members should be handled …
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–Sarah Palin breaks her silence on the Arizona shootings, issuing a long, unapolagetic response from her social media perch that accuses the media of trying to “manufacture a blood libel” against her.
–“Blood libel” historically refers to the powerful anti-semitic falsehood that Jews use …
Mourners gather at a memorial outside the offices of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona January 9, 2011. (REUTERS/Rick Wilking)
–Court documents allegedly show a planned assassination.
–A DHS memo suggests law enforcement is investigating ties to an anti-semitic group. Update: A DHS official tells Greg …
Aren’t we all responsible for the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords? Parents worry about the effect on children of violent movies and bloody video games. But what about violence in our public discourse?
On both sides of the aisle, civility has become the latchkey kid of politics.
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a …
In her weekly newsletter sent early this morning, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords told supporters: “The most effective way for me to do my job is for me to keep in touch with you.” Doing so may have cost her her life. The Arizona Democrat was shot in the head at her “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway supermarket in northwest …
President Obama introduces William Daley as the new White House chief of staff on January 6, 2011. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
–The economy added 103,000 jobs in December as the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4%, the lowest it’s been since May, 2009. While the lower rate may reflect fewer Americans looking for work, the big drop may be …
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 same tone …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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–President Obama, on his way back to Washington from Hawaii, says he expects congressional Republicans to work with him.
–A flurry of reports suggest Bill Daley, former commerce secretary and current J.P. Morgan bigwig, is a finalist to join the White House as chief of staff. Daley is definitely a …
On October 19 in the midst of the final sprint of the midterm elections Rep. Darrell Issa, the incoming chairman of the house Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, told Rush Limbaugh that President Obama is “one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times.”
The California Republican has since walked back his remarks, …
