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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for May 2010
Blog Entries for Monday, May 31
Oil Spill Politics
With the failure of the "Top Kill" procedure in recent days, British Petroleum is now ready to try other ways to fix the broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. And President Obama is looking for other ways to deal with it as well. Today the President will meet ...
June 1 Primaries
We have three states to keep us focused on Election 2010 and the Congress, as voters go to the polls today in Alabama, Mississippi and New Mexico. Will we have any incumbents dumped by the side of the road? First, a quick review for those keeping score at home. So ...
White House Pool v Farrakhan
President Obama's trip back to his home in Chicago for a long weekend meant that reporters went along to keep tabs on POTUS - President Of The United States - and that didn't sit too well with one local resident. The Obamas went to a neighbor's house for a backyard ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, May 30
Memorial Day 2010
I was trying to figure out what I wanted to write about for Memorial Day this year, when a message popped up on my blackberry last week. The answer was right in front of me. "The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, May 27
The Deficit Rebellion
Democratic leaders probably didn't think they were going to be in a jam on extending jobless benefits this week, but a mini rebellion over the deficit in their party may mean some will lose their benefits beginning next week. Twice already this year, Democrats in Congress rolled the dice and ...
More Deficit Murmurs
When Thursday started, it looked like it was going to be a big day for Democrats, as they would be able to check the boxes on some big legislation, giving themselves a big sendoff before a week-long break. Then reality on the budget deficit set in. Democrats in the House ...
The Sestak Story
For all those people who have emailed this week complaining about the lack of coverage on the Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) story, I'm sorry you can't see the scene in the halls of Congress as reporters chase the Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman around. Up in the Press Gallery, most of my ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, May 26
A Big Push
It's a classic kind of Thursday in the Congress, as Democrats try to force action on a series of major bills before lawmakers make a run to the airport on Friday for a week-long Memorial Day break. If you are a scheduler for a member of the House or Senate, ...
Don't Ask, And More
As the House gets ready to debate a Pentagon policy bill, the big focus in the news media will certainly be a provision that ends the ban on gays and lesbians serving in the military, an issue that is dividing lawmakers and the military. The deal, drafted partly by Rep. ...
Presidential News Conference?
When is a news conference not a news conference? Maybe we'll see today at the White House. President Obama will speak about the Gulf oil spill and then take some questions, but it's not being called a press conference. "THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks and takes questions from the press" reads ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, May 25
Afghanistan & More
What does a bill that pays for military operations in Afghanistan have to do with unions and first responders? How about money to help prevent teacher layoffs? Earthquake relief for Haiti? The U.S. Senate is finding out right now. Emergency Supplemental spending bills (as they are called on Capitol Hill) ...
Oil & Gas Regulators
No one should be surprised at all by the latest revelations of cozy ties between federal regulators and the oil and gas drilling industry that they oversee. It wasn't even two years ago that we had a similar story. Back then, it wasn't offshore drilling, but rather regulators who dealt ...
The Chickens Are Back
As Democrats try to push a $192 billion bill through Congress this week that is jammed with tax breaks, tax increases and extra jobless benefits for the unemployed, a familiar poultry provision has made the cut once again. There it is on page 383 of the bill - or at ...
BP Warning Signs
The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday released details obtained from British Petroleum on the possible causes of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, centered on the explosion of the oil rig. This is the memo that was prepared for members of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, after a ...
Blog Entries for Monday, May 24
Another Primary Tuesday
There isn't much excitement or election action expected today, with only Idaho holding Congressional primaries, as one Senator and two members of Congress will win their party's nominations without expending much energy. That's really the focus of this entry, to remind everyone - again - that while there has been ...
Budget Juggling Act
For a second time, Democrats have delayed House action on a bill that combines an extension of jobless and COBRA health benefits with a separate package of popular tax breaks known as the 'tax extenders', as some Democrats express concerns about the plan. The bill would expand the deficit by ...
All In On BP
Yesterday may have been a day to remember in the White House Briefing Room on the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, because of a straightforward answer by the man in charge of the federal spill response, that it's not time for the feds to take charge from ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, May 23
Elections Update
Republicans finally broke their losing streak in special elections for the U.S. House over the weekend, as they picked up a seat in Hawaii that held been held for years by Democrats. In fact, the main reason that Democrats lost the seat was because they had two big time candidates ...
Blog Entries for Friday, May 21
Congressional Groundhog Day
Once again this week, Congress will be battling over whether to extend long term unemployment benefits, as Democrats will try to use the final days before a Congressional break to jam this measure through the House and Senate over Republican opposition. Twice before, Republicans have blocked such moves, allowing jobless ...
Fine Print Lesson
As a reporter, it is so easy to rely on summaries of bills prepared by either party. But that means you just miss all kinds of interesting details by not reading the real bill. Here is yet another lesson along those lines. The bill in question is a supplemental spending ...
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