Politics Nov 04 Outgoing Speaker Pelosi Has ‘No Regrets’ Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Photo by Douglas Graham/Roll Call via Getty Images. Despite losing the speaker's gavel in an election that saw Republicans gain at least 60 seats and take control of the House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi told…
Politics Sep 03 The Morning Line: Van Hollen: Tax Cuts for Rich ‘Can Be Part of the Mix in the Very Short Term’ The man charged with saving the Democratic majority in the House seems to be providing an opening on a short-term extension for the Bush tax cuts targeted at the wealthiest two percent of Americans. "We know from economists on…
Politics Sep 01 The Morning Line: Biden Grudgingly Gives Bush Administration Credit for Iraq Surge Success Updated with video 11:00a.m. ET Vice President Biden went further, albeit grudgingly, than President Obama did in his Tuesday night Oval Office address in crediting the surge of troops into Iraq ordered by President George W. Bush in January…
Politics Aug 25 The Morning Line: Shocker in Alaska as Incumbent Hangs in the Balance Officials are still counting votes Wednesday morning in Alaska, where a political upset is brewing with incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski trailing attorney Joe Miller in the Republican primary. With 84 percent of precincts reporting, Miller had 51.46 percent of…
Politics Jul 30 President Obama Takes Chevy Volt Electric Car for a Test Drive _pap_embed_custom('news01s41f3qf06',482,304,""); It might go down as the shortest joyride in history. President Obama got behind the wheel of a black Chevrolet Volt, GM's new electric car, and drove it a distance of about 10 feet, topping out at…
Politics Jul 29 The Morning Line: The Rangel Trial Gets Underway Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., has still not reached a deal with the House ethics committee to avoid a public trial of sorts, as many of his fellow Democrats had hoped he would. The New York Post reports that…
Politics Jul 28 The Morning Line: Taking Care of Small Business President Obama will meet with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J., this afternoon, hoping to put a human face on his effort to get the Senate to pass a small business jobs bill before…
Politics Jul 27 The Morning Line: Debating the War Two events on Capitol Hill Tuesday will keep the intensifying debate over the Afghanistan war effort in the spotlight. The House of Representatives may vote as early as today on the slimmed down $60 billion war supplemental bill passed by…
Politics Jul 26 The Morning Line: Leaked Afghanistan Field Reports to Shape Political War Debate At Home The release of 92,000 classified reports by the website WikiLeaks paints a familiar and bleak picture of just how difficult and convoluted achieving success in Afghanistan will be for the American military. These reports will shine a bright light…