Today in the Morning Line: President Obama extends olive branch… to Democrats Eleven proposals the president made in State of the Union Fact checks galore – your links to the four best What was trending on Facebook, Twitter? A speech…
Today in the Morning Line: Just two of the 18 items President Obama asked Congress to work on in his 2014 State of the Union became law Expecting little congressional action, the White House has taken to executive action and…
Today in the Morning Line: Obama unveils tax increases on wealthy, credits for the middle class It’s the latest round of economic populism from this president Here’s everything else he’s proposed over the last two weeks ahead of the…
We now know just how productive the last Congress was — thanks to one of the more underappreciated reports in U.S. government, the Resume of Congressional Activity.This one-page sheet summarizes the activity of each Congressional year and the report for…
The jockeying for the White House in 2016 kicked into a second gear with former candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum making headlines.
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders for the first time since Republicans took control of the new Congress. So far, both sides are taking hard-line postures.
Today in the Morning Line: McConnell wrote his thesis on “The Great Compromiser” His real name’s not Mitch He once sought the support of Democratic-leaning groups like major unions Obama heads to Phoenix to talk housing Immigration action in the…
Today in the Morning Line: Just two presidents in the last 50 years have not experienced a Congress fully controlled by the opposition party 16 of the 24 times the opposition party has fully controlled Congress have been in just…
Welcome to the 114th Congress. Both the House and Senate, which will have a new majority leader in Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, will gavel in for the new Congress at noon today. The chambers each begin with a prayer, but…
Today in the Morning Line: Explaining Obama’s move on Cuba The generational shift — even among Cuban Americans — on Cuba policy The Obamas talk about their personal experiences dealing with race Obama goes big on Cuba: Whether you agree…
