Jim Kuhnhenn

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Debate over unemployment benefits is first volley of election year

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

New prospects in 2014 for an immigration overhaul

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 7, 2014 8:24 pm

Obama will nominate Baucus as ambassador to China

Obama will nominate Baucus as ambassador to China

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 20, 2013 3:53 pm

Obama to mayors: Cities key to US economic growth

Obama to mayors: Cities key to US economic growth

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 13, 2013 7:57 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, file photo, Center for American Progress Action Fund President & CEO John Podesta speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0, at The Cox Pavillion in Las Vegas. Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and a trusted Democratic operative, will join the White House staff as a senior counselor to President Barack Obama, two persons familiar with the move said late Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison, File)

New top Obama aide to focus on climate, energy

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 10, 2013 9:19 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, file photo, Center for American Progress Action Fund President & CEO John Podesta speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0, at The Cox Pavillion in Las Vegas. Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and a trusted Democratic operative, will join the White House staff as a senior counselor to President Barack Obama, two persons familiar with the move said late Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison, File)

Obama to get help from former top Clinton aide

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 10, 2013 4:33 am

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, which is booming of late, on Nov. 13. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Economic bright spots not a sure boost for Obama

Associated Press, Jim Kuhnhenn · December 7, 2013 1:18 pm

In this Dec. 3, 2013, photo Onyango Obama, President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, arrives at U.S. Immigration Court for a deportation hearing. The White House said Dec. 5, that President Barack Obama briefly lived with an uncle who faced deportation from the United States, correcting its previous statements that the president had never met Onyango Obama. The 69-year-old, Kenyan-born half-brother of Obama's estranged father was granted permission this week to stay in the U.S. after ignoring a deportation order two decades ago. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

White House changes story on Obama’s uncle

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 6, 2013 3:50 am

White House pushes for jobless aid extension

White House pushes for jobless aid extension

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 5, 2013 4:20 pm

Amid public doubts over his stewardship of the economy, President Obama is putting a renewed focus on the income gap between rich and poor as he pushes for short-term congressional action and begins setting the domestic agenda for the remainder of his presidency. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama, in speech, to focus on income disparities

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and growing economic inequality, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus in Washington. The president said the income gap between America's rich and poor is a "defining challenge of our time." Obama said income inequality has jeopardized the nation's middle class. And he is urging Washington to take steps to ensure that the economy works for everyone. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama: Income inequality a defining challenge

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 5, 2013 12:07 am

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about the new health care law, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The president said his signature health care law "is working and will work into the future." Obama said the benefits of the law have "gotten lost" in recent months as attention focused on the widespread problems that crippled the website where people can sign up for health insurance. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama to cite income gap in economic speech

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 3, 2013 10:02 pm