Aug 10 McConnell, Boehner Announce Super Committee Picks Republican Congressional leaders announced Wednesday their selections for the powerful Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction charged with putting a plan forward to cut at least $1.5 trillion from the deficit, following Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's selection announcement Monday. Continue reading
Aug 10 What Does the Wisconsin Recall Fight Reveal About the Electorate? The Democrats came close in their recall fight in the Wisconsin state senate, but they wound up a seat short -- two wins in six tries. So the upper chamber in Madison stays in the hands of the GOP… Continue reading
Aug 10 Wisconsin Republicans Keep Control of Senate as Democrats Come Up Short Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. File photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Democrats in Wisconsin came up one seat short of ousting Republicans from control of the state Senate in Tuesday's recall elections. While two of the Republican state… Continue reading
Aug 09 Perry Looks to Steal Some Thunder Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Republican Leadership Conference in June. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. As soon as advisers to Texas Gov. Rick Perry confirmed to POLITICO that he would make his presidential… Continue reading
Aug 08 Iowa GOP Chair: Fluid Field May Give Straw Poll Greater Impact By Mary Jo Brooks AMES, Iowa | "This is a great week to be an Iowa Republican," a grinning Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn told a cluster of national and local reporters Monday afternoon. Two major political events are set to take place in… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch News Wrap: Syrian Troops Launch New Assault in Ramadan Offensive In other news Monday, the government of Syria pressed a new assault in its Ramadan offensive against dissents. Tanks and troops poured into the city of Deir ez Zor in the east, after killing scores of people in Hama and… Continue watching
Aug 08 Dow Closes Down 600 Points in Worst Day Since 2008 Photo by Getty Images. Updated 8:16 p.m. ET | Stocks plummeted Monday in their worst showing since 2008, sending the Dow below 11,000 and rattling investor confidence in the latest hit to the U.S. economy. The dive follows Friday's… Continue reading
Aug 08 Obama: Economic Problems Stem From a 'Lack of Political Will' In a televised statement Monday, President Obama acknowledged concern over Standard & Poor's downgrading of the United States' credit rating but indicated it was a wake-up call for Washington as much as an economic shift. "After witnessing… Continue reading
Aug 08 Political Checklist: Credit Downgrade Fallout and GOP's Iowa Straw Poll EmbedVideo(1191, 482, 304); Political Editor David Chalian and Judy Woodruff discuss the political fallout from Standard & Poor's decision Friday evening to downgrade the U.S. credit rating and examine which political party stands to lose from the… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch Political Checklist: Credit Downgrade Fallout and the GOP in Iowa David Chalian and Judy Woodruff discuss the political fallout from the S&P downgrade… Continue watching