Jan 03 Republicans Hunt For a New Party Chief Michael Steele's tenure as chairman of the Republican National Committee appears to be coming to an end. File photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. Before speaker-to-be John Boehner receives the gavel from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delivers… Continue reading
Dec 17 Tax Cut Deal Passes in Late-Night Vote, Heads to President Obama House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks to reporters Thursday at the Capitol. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. At 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday, moments before the House's consideration of President Obama's $858 billion tax cut package was about to… Continue reading
Dec 16 Report: Progress in Fight Against Taliban Is ‘Fragile and Reversible’ A U.S. Marine walks down the main market in Musa Qala in Helmand province. Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images. A little more than a year after President Obama announced his decision to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops… Continue reading
Dec 15 Senate Set to Send Tax Bill to House From left: Republican Sens. John Barrasso, Mitch McConnell and Lamar Alexander prepare to speak to the media Tuesday at the Capitol. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. As the Senate prepared Wednesday to give final approval to the $858… Continue reading
Dec 14 RNC Chief Michael Steele Surprises Many With Re-election Bid RNC Chairman Michael Steele. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. To the surprise of members of the Republican National Committee and many outside Republican observers, party chairman Michael Steele announced plans to seek a second two-year term at the… Continue reading
Dec 13 RNC Chairman Steele Makes His Move RNC Chairman Michael Steele is set to announce his plans. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has invited committee members to a 7:30 p.m. EST conference call Monday evening in which he plans… Continue reading
Dec 10 The Morning Line: For President Obama, Now Comes the Hard Part President Obama at the White House this week. Photo by Dennis Brack-Pool/Getty Images. If you think the greatest challenge currently facing President Obama is getting the $858 billion tax cut deal through Congress, think again. The Senate appears… Continue reading
Dec 09 Senate to Consider Tax Cuts, DREAM Act in Day Packed With Votes Supporters of the DREAM Act recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol on Wednesday. The bill would allow a path to citizenship for children who entered the country illegally. Photo by Bill Clark/Roll Call. The Senate… Continue reading
Dec 08 Opposition to Tax Cut Deal Forms Unusual Alliances on Capitol Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Sanders has threatened to filibuster the deal on extending Bush-era tax cuts. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. The tax cut deal reached by President Obama and congressional… Continue reading
Dec 07 Obama Heralds Compromise Over Tax Cuts Despite Democrats’ Unhappiness President Barack Obama announces the deal to extend expiring tax cuts for two years. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/Pool-Getty Images. Vice President Joe Biden has the unenviable task Tuesday of going before his former Democratic colleagues in the… Continue reading