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Pelosi Will Run for House Minority Leader: Instant Reactions
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 5) -- Following a brief deliberation period, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday that she will run for the House minority leadership position. While Democrats appear to be split on Pelosi's future as a party leader, the California representative says that she has no regrets about her party's performance -- aka "shellacking" -- earlier this week in the midterm elections. Naturally, Pelosi tweeted the announcement: .bbpBox594181965750272 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/106260336/tweetback3.jpg) #ffffff;padding:20px;} ...
Congress Delays Vote on Bush Tax Cuts Until After Elections
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith a potentially bruising election less than six weeks away, Democrats on Capitol Hill came to an impasse Thursday over what to do about the Bush tax cuts. The result was a decision to do nothing, at least until after the elections, when Congress comes back to Washington for a lame duck session. For weeks, Republicans have happily watched from the sidelines as liberal and moderate Democrats have struggled to agree on the best course of action, both politically and on policy grounds, with the Bush-era tax policy that Democrats describe as a "time bomb." All of the tax cuts -- including those ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: RNC Launching 'Fire Pelosi' Bus Tour
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! It's back-to-work day for Congress today as the House and Senate buckle up for their final work period before members of Congress face one angry electorate. In the next 60 seconds, read about the congressional to-do list HERE and everything else happening in Washington: - All Aboard! Michael Steele and the RNC will launch a cross-country bus tour Wednesday, complete with a giant image of Nancy Pelosi emblazoned across the side, promising loyal Republicans the bus "won't quit cruising until we've kicked out-of-touch Democrats and their radical leaders out of power ...
A Republican Questionnaire That's Highly Questionable
By Earl Pomerantz - Politics DailyRecently, we received a questionnaire from the National Republican Congressional Committee. I have no idea why. We are not registered Republicans. We have never sent them money. We've given them no encouragement whatsoever. My wife's from Chicago. She's never even seen a Republican. And yet, they sent us this questionnaire. Along with an appeal for money. Having never received a Democratic questionnaire, I cannot make comparisons. I only have this one. And since the Republicans were nice enough to send it to me, I thought I'd try filling it out. The problem is, I'm having a little ...
Nancy Pelosi's Fate Could Be Decided Here: The View From Oregon
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyWEST LINN, Ore. -- Bullseye Coffee -- a café, a yarn shop and a postal box rental center all in one homey room with local art (all for sale) on the walls -- is a prime spot to chart how the economic doldrums are shaping this election year. Perched over a laptop computer Wednesday morning with her cat's-eye glasses sliding down her nose, Kelly O'Keefe was revising her resume (yet again) and trolling the Web dreaming of a job with social significance and willing to settle for almost anything. Unemployed since she graduated from Ohio's Antioch College in 2008, O'Keefe, a native Oregonian, ...
Nancy Pelosi Rejects Extending Bush Tax Cuts for Wealthy
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi left no doubt Thursday that she is not interested in extending the Bush-era income tax cuts for high earners -- now set to expire at the end of the year. "I believe the high-end tax cuts did not create any jobs, increased the deficit and should be repealed," she said. If Congress does not act to prevent the expiration, which President Bush wrote into the law when he signed the cuts in 2001 and 2003, the marginal rate for people making between $250,000 and $375,000 per year will grow from 33 percent to 36 percent, and those earning more than $375,000 will increase ...
Obama Signs Financial Reform Bill, Hails New Safeguards
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyHailing the new Wall Street reform bill as one that will "empower consumers and investors, bring the shadowy deals that caused this crisis into the light of day, and put a stop to taxpayer bailouts once and for all," President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the nation's broadest financial regulations since the Great Depression. In a signing ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, Obama was flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and members of Congress who worked to gain passage of the bill. In particular, the president acknowledged the bill's co-sponsors, Sens. Barney ...
Opinion: We're Becoming a Nation of Haters
By Noah Blumenthal - AOL News(July 9) -- California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa takes pride in opposing the Obama administration. Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman and Nancy Pelosi played that role when George W. Bush was in office. Keith Olbermann provides a nightly list of "Worst Persons in the World," a personal hate list as much as anything. And Rush Limbaugh's hate rants range from drug addicts to illegal immigrants to, of course, all things liberal. The BP oil disaster spawned hate ranging from The Wall Street Journal to ihatebp.com. There is a trend in America in which we are more and more idolizing people who have ...
Facebook Launches Page for Congress
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMembers of Congress can now be followed on Facebook, after the social networking site launched a page devoted to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The "Congress on Facebook" page went up this week and provides quick links to individual senators and representatives. Constituents can keep track of how their elected officials are using the site and even get alerts about bills coming up for votes. "We hope this will encourage even more use of social technologies like Facebook by politicians and government agencies to interact with and serve their constituents," Tim Sparapani, Facebook's public policy ...
Botched Times Square Bombing at Center of Boehner-Pelosi Battle
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyA war of words broke out on Capitol Hill Thursday over what accounted for the failure of the attempted bombing in Times Square. House Minority Leader John Boehner accused the Obama administration of lacking a real strategy to fight terror at home or around the globe. "We have been lucky, but luck is not an effective strategy for fighting terrorism," Boehner said. "This is a nation at war. "The Obama administration has spoon-fed the American people with bland reassurances, saying this was a 'one-off' and a 'lone wolf.' This is the rhetoric of an administration that continues to operate ...
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