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By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Perilously close to a government shutdown, the White House and congressional leaders closed in on a possible deal to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending and avert the closure, officials said Friday night. House Republican leaders summoned their rank and file to a late night meeting for what aides said would be an update on the talks. Democrats said they were reviewing the details of a possible tentative agreement. The developments unfolded as the administration readied hundreds of thousands of furlough notices for federal workers and warned that federal ...
Sen. Reid Calls Earmarks an 'Obligation'
By Amy Ayres - AOL News
(Nov. 17) -- As Senate Republicans moved to enact a two-year moratorium on earmarks this week, dissent roiled the ranks of Democrats and Republicans over the practice that allows individual lawmakers to designate federal funds for specific projects, usually in their states. Although Senate Republicans have vowed to halt the practice, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defended it Tuesday as the obligation of every member of Congress. ...
Did Harry Reid 'Steal' the Nevada Senate Election?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 3) -- Dirty tricks? On Tuesday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was basking in the glow of his narrow victory over tea party upstart Sharron Angle. Throughout the course of the campaign, polls had shown the race to be an extremely tight contest, with the lead swinging back and forth between the two candidates all the way down to the wire. But let's back up to the waning days of the battle, with the contest far from decided. That's when Cleta Mitchell, Angle's attorney, sent out a fundraising letter in which she proclaimed the following: As Sharron Angle's campaign attorney, I ...
What Hurdles Remain for Health Care Reform?
By not in system - AOL News(March 17) -- The massive overhaul of the health insurance industry could ultimately provide coverage for as many as 30 million uninsured Americans at a 10-year price tag of just under $1 trillion. But a range of complaints from rank-and-file Democrats, from how the package is paid for to the treatment of illegal immigrants to restrictions on abortion financing, have endangered the bill's prospects for passage. Nobody -- not the Democrats, not the Republicans and not the White House -- knows how it will end for President Barack Obama's top domestic priority once the votes are finally ...
Top 10 Lists of 2009 Google Searches Dominated by Democrats, but Not Obama
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyGoogle on Tuesday released the top searches within the United States for 2009; the results are surprising and interesting. The top Google searches for senators show that people are more interested in reading about Democrats than Republicans -- only Chuck Grassley of Iowa at No. 9 made the list for the GOP. And it also shows that people are doing more searches for senators with key roles in legislation than for senators caught up in scandals. No surprise, Ted Kennedy tops the Senate Google searches, as he died this year. Second on the Senate list is Nelson, but the Google people don't tell us ...
Reid Double Crosses Double Crossing Specter
By Dave - Politics DailyYou can read up on the latest in the Specter saga at Matt Lewis' post here. First, Specter backstabs Republicans with the stimulus, then he backstabs them again by switching parties, only to find a knife stuck firmly in his own back. The fingerprints on that knife clearly belong to one Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader.POLITICO.com"Sen. Reid assured me that I would keep my committee assignments and that I would have the same seniority as if I had been elected as a Democrat in 1980," Specter said. "It was understood that the issue of subcommittee chairmanships would not be decided until after ...
Pelosi Taking Heat for Torture Hypocrisy
By Joshua Chaney - Politics DailyAt the same time House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began cranking up the push for a "truth commission" to investigate Bush officials for their involvement in the use of interrogation techniques on prisoners, she found herself taking fire for her contribution to the mess. ...
Democratic Budget Leaves Bush Spending in the Dust
By Dave - Politics DailyFirst, for old times sake, McClatchy Washington Bureau: When adjusted for inflation, discretionary spending - or budget items that Congress and the president can control, including defense and domestic programs, but not entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare - shot up at an average annual rate of 5.3 percent during Bush's first six years, Slivinski calculates.That tops the 4.6 percent annual rate Johnson logged during his 1963-69 presidency. By these standards, Ronald Reagan was a tightwad; discretionary spending grew by only 1.9 percent a year on his watch.Discretionary spending ...
Harry Reid Tries To Sell Optimism
By Dave - Politics DailyTheHill.comSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on Monday that the banking industry is "very close" to being stabilized and the nation's economy is starting to rebound."We tend to talk about the negative. ... Things are beginning to turn and I think the American people are going to feel that very soon," Reid said during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" show.Of course as I'm writing this the Dow is down 105 at 7260 and dropping like a rock. This is a Dow level we haven't seen since the 1997. Which means we've just given up most of the Bush and Clinton boom. Is Harry Reid seeing ...
Democrats Eating Own Dog Food With Burris
By Dave - Politics DailyRoland Burris is beginning to sound a little like a certain IL governor who was impeached recently. NYTimes.comMr. Burris's version of his discussions with Mr. Blagojevich those close to him has changed several times, and he revealed on Monday that he unsuccessfully tried to raise money for the governor, at the request of his brother, at the same time he was seeking an appointment to the seat Mr. Obama vacated...."If I had done the things I've been accused of, I would be too embarrassed to stand up here in front of all of you because you are my friends," Mr. Burris, a Democrat and former ...
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