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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': House Democrats' New Bill Aims Narrowly at Repeal
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIn a last-gasp effort to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military before adjournment of the lame-duck session, House Democratic leaders introduced a "stand-alone" bill Tuesday that would roll back the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. In a Twitter posting, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would take up the new bill Wednesday. The House approved ending the restriction on gay service members earlier this year, but that repeal effort was blocked in the Senate as apart of a broader defense bill last Thursday. Now Democrats in the House and Senate are trying again ...
Pelosi Averts Leadership Fight: Creates New Position for Rep. Clyburn
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyHer critics can say what they want about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's liberalism or her polarizing leadership style, but she knows how to handle Democrats, as evidenced by a maneuver that has headed off a leadership fight between her top lieutenants. Speaker Pelosi wants to stay on as House minority leader when the new Congress organizes under a Republican majority. She and her party will enter the new session united after Pelosi found a way to give both Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, and Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina leadership roles. Pelosi released a statement ...
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 ...
Fundraising Frenzy: It's Now or Never to Raise Campaign Cash
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyIt's fundraising frenzy time in the nation's capital. With the midterm elections less than six weeks away, candidates, special interest groups and Democratic and Republican allies and campaign committees are busy raising money through events with high-profile political figures, direct-mail appeals and e-mails. For candidates to make use of the cash -- from reserving television time to funding get-out-the vote drives -- donors are being pressured now to write the checks or make online donations. Tea Party-backed Christine O'Donnell, the surprise GOP nominee for Senate in the Delaware ...
Barack O'Clock: Campaign Finance Reform, Americans With Disabilities Act Anniversary
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyThe prez gets a late start on Monday, July 26: After daily briefings with advisers, Obama will make a statement on the Senate campaign finance reform vote. He'll then sit down with Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and proceed to the South Lawn to make remarks on the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here's what's on tap: 1:00 p.m. -- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. 1:15 p.m. -- The president receives the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. 1:45 p.m. -- Meets with senior advisers in the Oval ...
For Obama, Democrats and Republicans, Focus on Jobs Is Not Job 1
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyWith 290,000 new jobs created last month, the economic recovery can no longer be described as jobless. Yet more than 15 million Americans still don't have jobs. How do you send a "we care" message under these circumstances? From Capitol Hill to the White House, nobody in either party is doing very well at it. President Barack Obama's visit to a Buffalo factory this week, one of his occasional high-visibility dips into the jobs issue, is striking because jobs are so seldom front and center in the national discussion these days. The word "jobs" hasn't appeared in the title of a weekly ...
Shahzad Arrest Ignites Debate Over Miranda Warnings for Accused Terrorists
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyA debate over whether suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad should have been read his Miranda rights reached Capitol Hill Tuesday, with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer saying doing so was the correct course of action. Law enforcement officials said they first interrogated Shahzad under a public safety exception, in case another attack was imminent, but then read him his Miranda rights, which he waived. "This is a U.S. citizen, arrested on U.S. soil, and subject to the constitutional protections and constraints of every U.S. citizen. He is obviously suspected of committing a crime, ...
Washington in 60 Seconds -- GOP Says Send Congresswoman 'Back to the Kitchen'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! We're all for a good political mailer, but we must cry foul over a recent GOP flier sent to Ohio voters, calling on them to vote against Democratic Rep. Betty Sutton, or as the flier puts it, "Let's take Betty Sutton out of the House and send her back to the kitchen." Sutton reacts to the mailer at Emily's List blog, saying, "I'm in the 'kitchen' right now, writing this blog post. So, even if you get me in the kitchen. . . . I will continue to fight for progress and for jobs and for policies that will work with and for the people I am so honored to serve." Snaps, ...
Wall Street Reform: Obama Upbeat After Meeting With Dem, GOP Leaders
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Obama, meeting with legislative leaders from both parties, said Wednesday he is confident a long-debated bill to protect investors and consumers from Wall Street abuses can soon win bipartisan support and help the government avoid another multi-billion taxpayer bailout of failed financial institutions. One of the skeptics, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was seated just a few feet from the president in the White House when Obama made the remarks to reporters, who were then ushered out of the room. McConnell (R-Ky.) has said a Democratic bill would not solve the problems ...
Threats to US Government Leaders Spur Arrests
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 7) -- In an era when political rhetoric seems increasingly vitriolic, some Americans are learning the hard way that our constitutionally protected free speech does not include the right to threaten the lives of elected officials with whom one disagrees. Today's arrest of a California man named Gregory Giusti, who is accused of making numerous threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her support of the recently passed health care reform legislation, comes after a string of similar incidents that have resulted in criminal charges. Paul Sakuma, AP House Speaker Nancy ...
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