Mar 01 Lawmakers Head for Exits As Sequester Deadline Arrives By Terence Burlij Two competing bills aimed at averting huge spending cuts failed Thursday in the Senate, virtually assuring that the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts will kick in after Friday night's deadline. Photo by Sul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images With the U.S. Capitol emptied… Continue reading
Mar 01 Gwen's Take: The Blame Game and Other Perplexing Things The man in my audience at Ohio University this week was exasperated. Why, he wondered, can't Washington get its act together? Why indeed? I can't say I had a good answer. But it was clear that -- in Athens,… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch Congress Extends Violence Against Women Act, Ending Standstill Congress Extends Violence Against Women Act, Ending Standstill… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch Bradley Manning Leaked Classified Documents to Spark 'Debate' on Foreign Policy Bradley Manning Leaked Classified Documents to Spark 'Debate' on Wars… Continue watching
Feb 28 Despite Votes Today, Sequester Deadlines Will Come and Go By Christina Bellantoni Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke this week about the GOP agenda and the economic impact of sequestration as fellow Republicans Sen. John Barrasso, left, Sen. Jerry Moran, and Sen. Roy Blunt listen. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Maybe they… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch News Wrap: Last Attempts by Lawmakers to Prevent Sequester Fail In other news Thursday, it was "sequester eve" in Washington: the final day before $85 billion dollars in automatic spending cuts take effect. Also, the Obama administration plans to intervene in a challenge to California's gay marriage ban. The Justice… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Is Discrimination History Provision of Voting Rights Act Still Relevant? Is Discrimination History Provision of Voting Rights Act Still Relevant?… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against Key Provision of Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against Key Provision of Voting Rights Act… Continue watching
Feb 27 Sequester Stalemate Leads to Salty Talk, Little Dialogue House Speaker John Boehner listens to questions during a press conference Tuesday in Washington. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Tuesday may have marked a new low in sequestration rhetoric, with congressional leaders trading barbs over which party is… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Case on Police Collecting DNA From Criminals Reaches Supreme Court Case on Police Collecting DNA From Criminals Reaches Supreme Court… Continue watching