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Blog Entries for Thursday, March 31
Liberals Demand Vote On Libya
A group of more liberal Democrats has officially asked Speaker John Boehner to allow a vote to officially authorize the U.S. military mission in Libya. This letter was signed by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Barbara Lee ...
Health Law Sparring
The battle over health reform continues today in a House subcommittee, as Republicans push ahead with several bills that would cut out funding from the Obama health reform law. The legislative effort comes as both parties are working overtime on this issue, each side looking at the same landscapes and ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, March 30
Obama Energy Speech
Remarks of President Barack Obama—As Prepared for Delivery A Secure Energy Future Georgetown University March 30, 2011 As Prepared for Delivery— We meet here at a tumultuous time for the world. In a matter of months, we’ve seen regimes toppled and democracy take root across North Africa and ...
What War In Libya?
My rule of thumb about the deployment of U.S. military forces is that if there are very few or no casualties, then the American people quickly move on to other matters. The same thing applies to the Congress. On Tuesday, the commander of NATO's military forces happened to be a ...
Obama Energy Talking Points
In advance of President Obama's speech today on energy issues, the White House has issued the following talking points on energy matters. = March 30, 2011 FACT SHEET: America’s Energy Security Rising prices at the pump affect everybody – workers and farmers; truck drivers and restaurant owners. Businesses ...
Congressional Budget Spitballs
I got some chuckles this week on both radio and television when I said that lawmakers in Congress were in essence throwing spitballs at each other over the budget. But that is about where we are at. Tuesday featured more finger pointing and blame game from both parties, as they ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, March 29
Congress, NATO & Libya
The morning after President Obama's speech to the nation on Libya, Senators had the chance to hear from the military commander of NATO, as both parties pressed for answers on U.S. involvement in Libya. U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis said he was "comfortable" with the mission as it had been ...
Untouched Earmark Money
As Congress struggles to reach a budget deal, there is still a lot of low hanging budget fruit that could be cut by lawmakers, but it might be in areas that Republicans don't want to go. So far, the Congress has cut $10 billion in spending while approving five weeks ...
Blog Entries for Monday, March 28
Obama Libya Speech II
President Obama sternly defended U.S. military action against Libya, announcing that control of the operation will be officially handed over to NATO on Wednesday. "So for those who doubted our capacity to carry out this operation - I want to be clear - the United States of America has done ...
Obama Libya Speech
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY March 28, 2011 The President’s Address to the Nation on Libya – As Prepared for Delivery National Defense University Washington, DC March 28, 2011 As Prepared for Delivery— Good evening. Tonight, I’d like to update the ...
Obama On Libya
Ten days after the U.S. and other NATO countries started military attacks on Libya, President Obama will address the mission, with a speech tonight from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. In his first extended remarks on U.S. soil about the mission, Mr. Obama finds himself facing a bipartisan ...
The Budget Fault
When Congress left town 10 days ago for a Spring Break, the talk was about how both sides would cut a deal to avoid a government shutdown. Now the stories seem to be shifting to the exact opposite. "Budget Impasse Increasing Risk of U.S Shutdown," was one familiar headline in ...
Blog Entries for Friday, March 25
Letters To Obama
From both parties in recent days, we have seen a variety of opposition expressed about the U.S. military mission in Libya. Here are two letters that came into my email inbox, one from each party. First, from war critic, Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. Kucinich, a very liberal Democrat, does ...
2012 GOP Musings
With the apparent move by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to at least dip her toes into the Presidential race, one has to logically ask the question of whether she might cause some trouble for any White House bid by Sarah Palin. Both women are very popular within Tea Party ranks ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, March 24
Obama Meets On Libya
The political story surrounding U.S. military attacks on Libya will get a bit more juice today, as President Obama is now back at the White House after a trip to Central and South America. While the White House schedule today does not include any public events for Mr. Obama, there ...
Executive vs Legislative
With the recent attacks on Libya by American forces, and the resulting political back and forth, this is a time when the internet really proves its mettle in reminding people of what's been said in the past. Asked in 2007 by the Boston Globe about how the Executive Branch should ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, March 23
Health Law Legal Update
On this one year anniversary of the signing of the Obama health law, we should step back and review where things stand on the legal challenges against that package of reforms. First, let's recall that one year ago, backers of health reform openly scoffed at the idea that any of ...
Libyan Budget Fight
While Presidents of both parties have demonstrated over the years that they can deploy U.S. military troops without involving Congress, sooner or later, the purse strings get involved. And we may see that in just the next few weeks when it comes to Libya. Remember - the budget for the ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, March 22
Virginia's Health Reply
The Commonwealth of Virginia has submitted its final argument to the U.S. Supreme Court asking for expedited action on the state's legal challenge to the Obama health law. The legal submission sets the stage for a decision by the Justices on whether the case should be taken immediately, or allow ...
Congress on Libya II
The reaction from lawmakers in the Congress remains subdued, even as there's more evidence of bipartisan grumbling about U.S. military attacks on Libya. The House and Senate yesterday received the official War Powers notification on action by U.S. troops, as President Obama sent Congressional leaders a two page letter spelling ...
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