For those who must know first
Congress and the President have powers to fix what ails government, Congress has oversight and investigative authority, and inspectors general root out waste and abuse. Too bad these tools often suffer from partisanship, indifference and incompetence
Read More: Washington: Fixes Needed in Investigation, Oversight
Be the First to Comment
The issue of abortion has been off the radar lately, but it has the potential to throw a monkey wrench into any possible health care bill
Read More: Obama Health Care Forum: Will Abortion Sink Reform Bill?
Be the First to Comment
Obama’s stumbles atop the high-wire of running the federal government has created perhaps the greatest danger to his presidency, and they are oddly reminiscent of the misguided practices which tripped up his predecessor
Read More: How Obama Is Making the Same Mistakes as Bush
Be the First to Comment
New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, the subject of a harassment complaint by a male staffer, is stepping down from his seat, The Associated Press has learned
Read More: Rep. Eric Massa to Resign Under Ethics Cloud
Be the First to Comment
The traditional occasion for Republicans and Democrats to work together is when they have left office
Read More: GOP, Dem Politicians Work Together — When They Retire
Be the First to Comment
Read More: The Skimmer: Mitt Romney's "No Apology"
Be the First to Comment
If Republicans can take advantage of the prevailing political winds to reassert control at the state level this year, that could in turn provide an opening for the GOP to win back the White House in 2012
Read More: Republican Governors Key in Returning GOP to White House
Be the First to Comment
Rep. Charles Rangel announced Wednesday he will temporarily step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee
Read More: Rangel Steps Down as House Committee Chair
Be the First to Comment
Gov. Rick Perry easily dispatched Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to win the Republican nomination for Texas governor on Tuesday
Read More: Perry Beats Hutchison in Texas GOP Gov. Primary
Be the First to Comment
As Harry Reid showed with the scaled-down, $15 billion jobs bill, if Democrats take smaller bites, legislation goes down easier
Read More: Senate Jobs Bill: Democrats Seek More Bipartisan Success
Be the First to Comment
Obama’s advisers are trying to rewrite the rules of presidential p.r. to stay ahead of an unforgiving, 24/7 news swirl
Read More: Taming the Cyclone
Be the First to Comment
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that record-low interest rates are still needed to ensure that the economic recovery will last
Read More: Bernanke: Low Interest Rates Still Needed
Be the First to Comment
By the end of the bipartisan gathering, it was clear that the two parties have fundamentally different views of how to go about fixing the nation’s health care system
Read More: Health Care Summit: Dems, GOP Have No Common Ground
Be the First to Comment
Not even counting two wars, the U.S. continues to spend more and more on the military. Why?
Read More: Military Spending: Why the Defense Budget Should Be Cut
Be the First to Comment
Kay Bailey Hutchison thought she was leaving Washington to claim what was rightfully hers in running for Texas governor. Thanks to Governor Rick Perry and the Tea Party’s Debra Medina, she is having to think again
Read More: Hutchison, Perry, Medina Crowd Texas GOP Governor's Race
Comments are off for this article
Rep. Charles Rangel said Friday he won’t step down as chairman of the powerful House tax-writing committee after being admonished by an ethics panel for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean
Read More: Rangel Refuses to Resign After Ethics Slap
Comments are off for this article
The ballooning cost of the Vogtle power plant outside Atlanta offers a glimpse at the challenges the President’s nuclear-energy policy will face
Read More: Nuclear Reactors, Georgia, NRC: Obama Energy Policy
Comments are off for this article
Sarah Palin, who gave the keynote address to the Tea Party convention, is clever, deceptive and infuriating — which makes her the Republicans’ most potent force
Read More: Sarah Palin Populism: Savvy Speech to Tea Party Movement
Comments are off for this article
The Democrats may still be able to pass health care reform. But if the GOP prevails, it will hand Obama a stunning defeat that could set the tone for the 2010 midterm elections
Read More: Obama Health Care Plan: Details Emerge Before Summit
Comments are off for this article
Read More: 5 Things to Watch at Obama's Health Care Summit
Comments are off for this article