AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
lindsey graham
What New START Means for Politics and National Security
By not in system - AOL NewsThe New START nuclear arms control treaty with Russia passed a procedural Senate vote by 67 to 28 on Tuesday, enough "yes" votes for it to pass the ratification vote expected today. Since Mitt Romney denounced the treaty this summer, a number of Republicans have attempted to block its ratification, despite a bipartisan near consensus among the punditry in favor of the treaty and the support of every living secretary of state, including Henry Kissinger. Now that it appears likely to pass, here's reporting and commentary on the treaty, its ratification and what it all means. From the ...
John McCain & Lindsey Graham: The Mean Girls of the U.S. Senate
By David Corn - Politics DailyI have a theory about human social evolution: life doesn't progress much after high school. This week, I can thank John McCain and Lindsey Graham for providing empirical data that supports this hypothesis. Here's how government should work: lawmakers ponder the great issues of the day in serious manner and then decide, according to their own beliefs and values, which policies are best for their constituents and the public. But in the past few days, we've seen government-by-hissy-fit, with Sens. McCain and Graham, the Batman and Robin of cranky self-proclaimed GOP mavericks, placing personal ...
Immigration End Game: DREAM Act Defeated in the Senate
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe Senate failed to overcome a bipartisan filibuster against the DREAM Act Saturday, by a vote of 55 to 41, just five short of the 60 needed to advance the immigration bill to a final debate in the chamber. The controversial measure had been the last hope of immigration activists looking this year to pass even a scaled-back bill expanding access to citizenship. Had it passed the Senate, the legislation would have given young illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if they completed two years of college or two years in the military. To qualify, children of immigrants also would have had to ...
Lawmakers Return to Capitol to Clean Up Leftovers
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Nov. 29) -- Congress has more than a plateful of leftovers to deal with as lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday. At the top of the pile are the George W. Bush-era tax cuts, enacted in 2001 and 2003 and due to expire at year's end. President Barack Obama and most Democrats want to retain them for any couple earning $250,000 or less a year. Republicans are bent on making them permanent for everybody, including the richest. The cuts apply to rates on wage income as well as to dividends and capital gains. A failure to act would mean big tax increases for people at every income ...
Midterm Elections 2010: Ugly Campaigns, Scared Incumbents and Angry Voters
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyFor more than half a century, the reigning ethos in Washington was neatly articulated in the succinct wisdom of Speaker Sam Rayburn, words imparted to freshmen members of Congress when they first arrived in the nation's capital: "If you want to get along, go along." A sprawling congressional office building is named after the former speaker from Texas, and in January some of the new members of the congressional class chosen Tuesday by voters will set up shop in the Rayburn House Office Building. Some of them, however, will know in their hearts that they got here on the strength of a ...
Opinion: What We Lose When Republicans Win
By Alan Colmes - AOL News(Nov. 1) -- Republicans are set to win seats in both houses of Congress and take over at least one of them. However, as they win, America loses. Just what would America look like if the far-right anti-government tea partiers have their way? Stop spending! Cut taxes! These are a couple of rallying cries, but they disappear when the rubber meets the road. Sunday night, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell had on a bevy of tea party leaders, each of whom was asked just what should be cut to bring government down to the size they claim they want. Either they couldn't name a program they'd cut, or they ...
Dick Armey Talks Tea Parties, Government Shutdowns, and Lindsey Graham
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyDick Armey, the former House majority leader, has become a key leader within the conservative tea party movement through his FreedomWorks organization. Armey sat down with Politics Daily recently before a tea party rally in North Philadelphia to discuss the 2010 elections, the future of the tea party movement, the fate of moderate Republicans, and the new order in Washington if candidates he backs join Congress. Click play below to watch highlights from the interview, and click here to watch the full interview. -- On John Boehner: "I think he deserves his right to be tested on his own ...
Glenn Beck: Christine O'Donnell Is 'Bewitched'!
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyOn his radio show Monday, Glenn Beck laughed-off the revelation that Delaware Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell "dabbled into witchcraft" in her youth. With the music from the classic TV show "Bewitched" playing in the background, Beck said: "And now, Christine O'Donnell is 'Bewitched.' With Robert Gibbs as Doctor Bombay. Lindsey Graham -- a man who's living a lie, pretending he's something he's not -- as Darren Stevens. And Agnes Morehead as Nancy Pelosi." Agnes Moorehead played the witch Endora on the show. Dr. Bombay was a warlock. It was originally unclear what Beck was referencing ...
Michael Steele on 'Fire Pelosi' Bus, With Tea Party at the Wheel
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyROCK HILL, S.C. -- Michael Steele has been paying attention. At an early stop on the 48-state, 100-city, seven-week Fire Pelosi bus tour, he was introduced as someone who "has embraced the Tea Party like no other." And just in case the crowd of 100 or so didn't get the message, the Republican National Committee chairman on Friday went on to explain "why I love Jim DeMint," the state's U.S. senator who is getting praise and grief for backing Tea Party-approved candidates across the country. "We do it the people's way, not Washington's way," Steele said, before thanking DeMint "for standing ...
Sens. McCain and Graham Oppose Defense Bill Over Repeal of Gay Ban
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyTwo strong-on-defense Republican senators say they will oppose a Defense Department budget bill because it includes the repeal of the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which bars openly gay men and lesbians from serving in the armed forces. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) also oppose the possible addition of an immigration amendment -- the American DREAM Act -- which would open a path to citizenship for students and young people who serve two years in the U.S. military who are in the country illegally, the Washington Post said Thursday. "This is an all-time ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- GSA Bash Organizer Steps Down
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics