5:11 PM, Nov 13, 2014 • By DANIEL HALPERSenate majority leader Harry Reid wants President Obama to hold off on his planned immigration executive order.
Read more... 3:42 PM, Nov 13, 2014 • By GEOFFREY NORMANThe White House is incensed, mad enough to spit, and angry as a mashed cat at Jonathan Gruber for saying that the Affordable Care Act had to be sold to the “stupid” electorate by deceptive means. It seems that once the bill was passed and signed into law Mr. Gruber couldn’t stop talking about how his team had put one over on the rubes, sounding at times like any ordinary flim flam man.
Read more... 2:48 PM, Nov 13, 2014 • By GEOFFREY NORMANRecent news on the economy has been generally encouraging so it is possible that this week’s first time claims number could be a one-off.
Read more... 12:24 PM, Nov 13, 2014 • By JOHN MCCORMACKAt a press conference today, Nancy Pelosi denied that she even knows Jonathan Gruber, the M.I.T. professor often known as the "architect" or "author" of Obamacare whose comments about the law have created a lot of controversy this week.
Read more... 10:46 AM, Nov 13, 2014 • By MICHAEL WARRENHouse speaker John Boehner told President Obama at a White House meeting last Friday to give the House "one more chance" to pass a bill on immigration. Boehner referenced this conversation at the House Republican conference meeting Thursday morning, according to sources in the room.
Read more... 10:31 AM, Nov 13, 2014 • By BRIAN BLAKEAs Republican euphoria over the November 4 election begins to subside and more practical considerations emerge, a looming question is whether the various factions within the Republican party will be able to work together. One recent but little-noted change in Senate leadership may have increased the likelihood of success: On September 16, Republican senators elected Senator Mike Lee of Utah as the new chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, the Senate’s conservative caucus. Replacing Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Lee will be given the reins of an organization that
Read more... The Verification Regime9:28 AM, Nov 13, 2014 • By LEE SMITHState Department spokesperson Jen Psaki’s sparring with reporters the last week suggests that the White House is either confused, or intentionally confusing the public, about the importance of the IAEA’s current round of inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities.
Read more... 5:01 PM, Nov 12, 2014 • By BARRY CASSELMANFollowing the 2014 elections, Congressman John Kline remains the major and senior elected figure in the Minnesota Republican party. The powerful chairman of the House education committee, he will be a central figure in the reform measures ahead to improve the nation’s faltering public school systems.
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