According to TPM, America’s favorite never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste administration is preparing to ram through a number of restrictions to our Second Amendment civil rights as early as Jan 15. The idea behind this strategy is to strike while people’s heightened emotions are
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has reportedly told President Barack Obama that he would back the president overriding congressional authority and unilaterally raising the debt ceiling. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was more forceful: “I’ve made my
A day after reelection to his position, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) signaled he would insist on a dollar-per-dollar match between new spending cuts and borrowing, as President Barack Obama and Republicans head toward another clash concerning the debt ceiling.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) —U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner plans to leave his job around Inauguration Day, a spokesman says, and he’ll leave, debt-ceiling deal or not, Politico says. His decision to leave the administration this month and return to
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2013, sparking a firestorm of liberal outrage. At issue is the bill’s language to keep Guantanamo Bay open, provisions that Mr. Obama previously threatened to veto. The
Proving that MSNBC’s Chris Matthews sees a race card in every issue, on Monday the cable show host equated observing fiscal common sense with being a southern segregationist and racist. During a year-in-review show on Monday, Dec.31, Matthews chimed in
Republicans in the U.S. House missed a golden opportunity when they put the unchanged “fiscal cliff” tax bill up for a vote. If the Senate-passed bill was to be considered (a mighty big “if”), the House first should have scrubbed it
A crisis seems to be the only thing that gets the attention of those in Washington. And certainly Democrats have proved better than Republicans in passing legislation during such periods of acute pressure. In fact, it would seem that they
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans face even bigger budget battles in the next two months after a hard-fought “fiscal cliff” deal narrowly averted devastating tax increases and spending cuts. The agreement, approved late on Tuesday by the
How far will John Boehner go to accommodate Barack Obama if he retains his job as Speaker of the House? It won’t take long to find out; Obama is planning on moving swiftly on two issues which conservatives are adamant
California Gov. Jerry Brown, following in the footsteps of his compadre in the White House, is now intent on redistributing the public wealth – in education. Brown hasn’t released the details of his plan, but he has stated that he
President Obama’s reelection campaign trumpeted the killing of Osama bin Laden. In the hopes that a planned movie on the raid would provide a “boost” to his campaign, the Obama administration provided secret and inappropriate access to information about the
While conservatives fume over the fiscal cliff aversion bill that passed through Congress and now awaits President Barack Obama’s signature, Obama’s team is triumphal about it – and they are ready for a debt ceiling debate featuring more talk about
Bill Pullman is getting used to playing president. The versatile actor assumed the Commander in Chief title for the hit film “independence Day,” and he’s back in the Oval Office again for the upcoming NBC comedy “1600 Penn.” Maybe it’s
Eric Cantor is a man who can say “no” to Obama. There is perhaps no other congressional leader whom the president dislikes more, for the simple reason that Cantor is prepared to risk the consequences of confrontation. The Virginia Republican
It wasn’t just Republicans that got rolled on New Year’s Eve; it was common sense and fiscal responsibility, all in pursuit of an ideology that specifically avoids a hard look at spending. President Theodore Roosevelt coined the term “power of
By ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTON Congress’ excruciating, extraordinary New Year’s Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack Obama most of the tax boosts on the rich that he campaigned on. It also
(AP) Political brinksmanship still threatens US economyBy PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WritersWASHINGTONAn emergency deal reached after weeks of rancorous negotiations will keep the U.S. from driving off the so-called fiscal cliff, but higher taxes and continued political
The “fiscal cliff” deal reached by the Senate and the White House on New Year’s Eve, and passed in legislative form by the Senate early New Year’s Day, includes many giveaways to special interests–including an extension of a perk enjoyed by
According to Ed Henry of Fox News, the “fiscal cliff” deal passed by the Senate served its ultimate goal for President Obama. An official close to the negotiations said: “The President fulfilled a major campaign promise,” referring to raising taxes on
CBS News: Here are the known details of the deal:Tax rates: current tax rates will be extended for all wage earners making below $400,000 and couples making below $450,000.This was a key concession for both Republicans and Democrats. Democrats wanted
By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated PressWASHINGTONWhite House and congressional bargainers have agreed to prevent milk price increases as part of their compromise to avert the “fiscal cliff.” Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow says negotiators have agreed to extend portions of
Yesterday, President Obama delivered a bizarre statement to the press at the White House. Flanked by ordinary Americans – whom he uses as a backdrop to his highly-partisan politics on a regular basis nowadays – Obama dropped this doozy: “I’m
The “fiscal cliff” fiasco has made it clear that President Barack Obama is entirely irrelevant to the everyday task of governing. He is not interested in it, and he is not good at it. He is great at campaigning and
(AP) Bill to avert fiscal cliff heads to HouseBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONLegislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan,
