Jul 27 The Morning Line: Debating the War By Terence Burlij 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… Continue reading
Jul 26 The Morning Line: Leaked Afghanistan Field Reports to Shape Political War Debate At Home By Terence Burlij 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… Continue reading
Jul 21 The Morning Line: Wall Street Reform to Become Law By David Chalian Three months after his first major bill signing of the year with health care legislation, President Obama will drum up the fanfare again as he puts pen(s) to paper to sign Wall Street reform into law. (Presumably, Vice President Biden… Continue reading
Jul 19 The Morning Line: Obama Keeps Jobless Benefits in Spotlight By David Chalian -- President Obama takes to the Rose Garden at 10:30 a.m. ET to continue his push for an extension of unemployment benefits for approximately 2 million long-term unemployed Americans. Just as he hammered away at Republicans in the Senate in… Continue reading