 POLITICAL NEWS UPDATES Page 2A Senator Sees the Light Friday, February 19, 2010 Have you noticed? The closer Election Day comes, the more conservative some blue-dog senators sound. Till they turn almost Republican red. GOP wants televised jobs debate Thursday, February 18, 2010 House Republicans are taking a page from the president's playbook by challenging Democrats to a televised debate about job creation. Illegal Immigration’s Decline Is a Lesson for Immigration Reform Thursday, February 18, 2010 The Department of Homeland Security recently published a report on the total population of illegal immigrants in the U.S. The conclusion: the overall illegal immigrant population decreased from 11.6 million to 10.8 million in 2008, down further from 11.8 million in 2007. CPAC expecting more attendees than last year's record number Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Hosted by the American Conservative Union Foundation (ACU), the annual three-day Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gears up on Thursday at Washington, D.C.'s, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Organizers do not seem concerned whatsoever about turnout this week. Obama to Create Deficit Panel as U.S. Debt Soars Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Determined to have a deficit commission with or without Congress' backing, President Obama plans to announce on Thursday that he is establishing a panel similar to -- although weaker than-- the one lawmakers rejected. Obama Seeks Return to Campaign-Style Discipline Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Facing criticism that President Barack Obama isn't connecting with the American people, the administration is infusing its communications strategy with some of the ironclad discipline and outside-the-box thinking that made the Obama presidential campaign so successful. Obama's challenge: Anger is replacing hope Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Thrust into office on the veracity of hope, President Barack Obama is trying to get himself on the right side of a remarkably different national sentiment these days: anger. Indiana's Evan Bayh to retire from Senate Monday, February 15, 2010 Sen. Evan Bayh, a centrist Democrat from Indiana, is ready to announce he won't seek a third term in Congress, giving Republicans a chance to pick up a Senate seat. Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill Friday, February 5, 2010 No, maybe he can't. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation's health care system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress. Is Emanuel a liability or an asset for Obama? Friday, February 5, 2010 The White House had hoped Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's apology for maligning the developmentally disabled would be the last word of his latest verbal kerfuffle. But as debate of the incident persists, it's being fueled by liberal groups and bloggers as much as conservatives including Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin. Brown Takes Senate Seat With Jobs Bill On Agenda Friday, February 5, 2010 Republican Scott Brown on Thursday took over the Senate seat long held by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts as lawmakers from both parties were cautiously optimistic that his supermajority-busting victory could lead to some bipartisanship after months of a politically bruising health care overhaul battle. Vulnerable Dems seek distance from Obama Thursday, February 4, 2010 As Congress begins picking through President Obama's vast election year budget, many Democratic incumbents and candidates seem to be finding something they love — to campaign against. A Democratic Senate candidate in Missouri denounced the budget's sky-high deficit. Tea party aside, Republicans play to win Thursday, February 4, 2010 The widely anticipated civil war within the Republican Party is off to a decidedly dull start. Defying predictions from last year, early evidence suggests that party leaders and even most grass-roots activists are more interested in winning elections than in ideological bloodletting. Schumer's approval rating keeps slipping Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Sen. Charles Schumer’s standing among New York state voters continues to slide, falling below 50 percent for the first time in nine years. According to the latest Marist poll in New York, 47 percent of registered voters statewide said New York’s senior senator is doing either an excellent or good job in office while 31 percent said his job performance was fair, and 17 percent view him as performing poorly. Obama rips GOP as 'opportunists,' touts loan plan Wednesday, February 3, 2010 President Barack Obama branded Republicans on Tuesday as electoral opportunists more concerned about their own interests than the people's, taking a political risk by escalating criticism of the very lawmakers he's urging to work with him. The newly combative approach is a double-edged sword for Obama. Nancy Pelosi plans two tracks for health care reform Wednesday, February 3, 2010 With the broader health care bill still perilously close to collapse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to take a shot at the health insurance industry next week by scheduling a vote on a smaller bill to revoke its half-century-old exemption from antitrust laws. Senator Leahy, Sanders support Obama's budget plan Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Vermont Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders support President Obama's 2011 spending plan, which includes $3.8 trillion in new spending. Sanders, who serves on the Budget Committee in the Senate, says the spending plan will help many Vermonters. But a lot needs to be worked out. Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 million Tuesday, February 2, 2010 The era of big government has returned with a vengeance, in the form of the largest federal work force in modern history. The Obama administration says the government will grow to 2.15 million employees this year, topping 2 million for the first time since President Clinton declared that "the era of big government is over" and joined forces with a Republican-led Congress in the 1990s to pare back the federal work force. Obama Sends Congress $3.8 Trillion Budget, Soaring Deficits Projected Monday, February 1, 2010 President Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion budget Monday for fiscal year 2011, pushing a plan that includes new jobs-creation programs but is projected to add nearly $1.3 trillion in deficit spending on top of the current year's projected $1.6 trillion deficit. Steele told he must win tea partiers' trust Friday, January 29, 2010 Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey has warned Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele that his plans to align the Republican Party with the "tea party" movement will fail unless Mr. Steele proves his bona fides on taxing-and-spending issues. Obama Vows to Press Ahead With Agenda After 'Difficult' First Year Thursday, January 28, 2010 Acknowledging that his presidency has not yet lived up to his campaign vision, President Obama on Wednesday vowed to press ahead with his ambitious agenda in 2010 on everything ranging from health care reform to jobs creation to immigration reform. Senate Dems Unfurl New Electoral Strategy: Divide and Conquer GOP Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Senate Democrats, seeking to breathe new life into their 2010 electoral prospects after their shocking loss in Massachusetts last week, are unveiling a new war strategy: divide and conquer the GOP. Trouble Keeps Coming for Reid, Democrats Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has never been one for finely crafted turns of phrase. News this month that the Nevada Democrat said in 2008 that then candidate Barack Obama had a good chance of winning the presidency because of his "light-skinned" appearance and because he spoke "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one" set off a firestorm." Specter Apologizes to Bachmann for 'Act Like a Lady' Remark Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Sen. Arlen Specter has apologized to Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann for telling her to "act like a lady" in a recent radio interview. The Pennsylvania Democrat's office said in a written statement Sunday that Specter called the Minnesota Republican and "left messages on her home and cell phone apologizing for his comments." AP sources: Obama to seek freeze on part of budget Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Facing voter anger over mounting budget deficits, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday. Separately, Obama unveiled plans to help a middle class "under assault" pay its bills, save for retirement and care for kids and aging parents. GOP rival: McCain an Obama 'enabler' Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth of Arizona said in an interview Monday that his planned primary challenge to Sen. John McCain will portray the four-term incumbent as an insufficiently conservative Republican who has "enabled" President Obama and his failed economic and national-security policies. Democrats Seek to Counter Court Ruling on Political Spending Monday, January 25, 2010 Democrats are exploring ways to counter a Supreme Court ruling that threw out a century of limits on corporate political spending, hoping it will hand them a populist issue to stem a Republican tide rising on public anger. Edwards admits he fathered Hunter's child Friday, January 22, 2010 Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards finally admitted Thursday he fathered a child during an affair before his second White House bid, dropping long-standing denials just ahead of a book by a former campaign aide who initially took the fall. Mr. Edwards released a statement admitting paternity of the girl, Frances Quinn Hunter, who was born in 2008 to videographer Rielle Hunter as the result of an affair to which Mr. Edwards already has confessed. Democrats drop health plan in face of voter anger Friday, January 22, 2010 Congressional Democrats are abandoning their massive health care package in the face of strong public resistance manifested in the election of Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts to the Senate. Brown's victory Tuesday halted the intense backroom negotiations aimed at merging competing House and Senate versions of President Obama's health plan. Exclusive: President Obama Says Voter Anger, Frustration Key to Republican Victory in Massachusetts Senate Thursday, January 21, 2010 President Obama warned Democrats in Congress today not to "jam" a health care reform bill through now that they've lost their commanding majority in the Senate, and said they must wait for newly elected Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to be sworn into office. Democrats look to navigate tougher path to health reform Thursday, January 21, 2010 Stung by the loss of a Senate supermajority, President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress searched for a way to salvage the health care overhaul, looking toward scaling down the bill or passing part of it through a complicated procedural process that can't be filibustered. The fallout: Democrats rethinking health care bill Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Republican Scott Brown’s upset win in Massachusetts Tuesday threatened to derail any hopes of passing a health reform bill this year, as the White House and Democratic leaders faced growing resistance from rank-and-file members to pressing ahead with a bill following the Bay State backlash. GOP's Brown wins Mass. Senate race in epic upset Wednesday, January 20, 2010 BOSTON – In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office. Health Care Reform Tuesday, January 19, 2010 The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 38% of voters nationwide favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That matches the lowest level of support yet. Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters oppose the plan. Tight Massachusetts race threatens Obama’s agenda, Harry Reid’s political future Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Democrats were trying to remain calm as they awaited the outcome of today’s special election in Massachusetts, recognizing that losing the seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy would deal a setback to President Barack Obama’s agenda and, closer to home, the re-election campaigns of Nevada Democrats who have supported it. Confirmed: Dems do have 'voting legislation' in works Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Rep. Barney Frank has confirmed that Sen. Chuck Schumer "is working on legislation regarding voting," lending weight to reports that Democrats are planning to implement a federal mandate to automatically register millions of people to vote. Only 36% of Likely Mass. Voters Support Obamacare Monday, January 18, 2010 Only 36 percent of the Massachusetts residents who say they are likely to vote in the special U.S. Senate election that will take place in that state on Tuesday say they support the national health-care plan being pushed by President Barack Obama and only 48 percent say they approve of the job Obama is doing as president. Senator Harry Reid faces 'big trouble' in Nevada race Friday, January 15, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been fighting to keep his leadership post this week after his impolitic remarks about President Obama and race. Back in Nevada, that controversy is among the least of his worries. Fiorina slams Boxer as 'a failed senator' Thursday, January 14, 2010 U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Wednesday night launched a blistering attack on Sen. Barbara Boxer, portraying her as "a failed senator" who can't even get along with her fellow Washington lawmakers. News Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
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