Tag: Barack Obama

Some people are going to waste their second chance, just like some people waste their first chance. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Beltway Confidential

Obama gave him a second chance. Now he’s back in jail.

David Freddoso · February 6, 2017 11:27 pm

It's clear that Republicans will use the CRA to erase Obama's regulatory legacy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Clinton handed the GOP a weed whacker to destroy Obama’s legacy

Philip Wegmann · February 6, 2017 10:57 pm

"I think it's one of the worst bills that's ever been passed through Congress," said Senate Finance chairman. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hatch: GOP willing to repeal Obamacare with no Democrats

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 6, 2017 9:48 pm

President Trump's plan is ambitious, from making the nation energy-independent, to developing clean coal technology and devising an energy-and-terrorism security strategy with the Saudi Arabians.

Energy and Environment

Trump will burn Obama’s energy regulations

John Siciliano · February 6, 2017 5:01 am

"I think we've taken a hiatus on Clean Power Plan because a big part of that is going to be obviously driven by a new Supreme Court justice," said Robert Powelson, new president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

Energy and Environment

Climate change is off the table under Trump

John Siciliano · February 6, 2017 5:01 am

Libel law is no joke. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Washington Secrets

Trump off to fastest start in modern era

Paul Bedard · February 5, 2017 4:29 pm

The ad is part of the first phase of a $10 million campaign pushing for Gorsuch's confirmation to the high court. (Screengrab/Judicial Crisis Network YouTube)

Former Obama Justice Department official in new ad: ‘I’m 100 percent comfortable with Judge Gorsuch’

Ryan Lovelace · February 3, 2017 4:29 pm

Today, energy exploration and production is off limits in nearly 95 percent of federal offshore acreage. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Energy and Environment

Repeal and replace needed for offshore energy too

Randall Luthi · February 3, 2017 4:29 pm

$The House voted Friday to repeal an Obama administration regulation aimed at reducing methane emissions from fracking. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)$ Energy and Environment

House votes to roll back Obama fracking rules

John Siciliano · February 3, 2017 4:19 pm

A White House Correspondents' Association Dinner party in D.C. (Photo by William B. Plowman/Invision for BuzzFeed/AP Images)

Vanity Fair, New Yorker cancel annual parties in Trump’s first year

Eddie Scarry · February 3, 2017 1:18 pm

Senate Republicans voted to kill an Obama-era regulation on oil drillers that the GOP called a compliance burden on private industry. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Senate votes to roll back Obama-era energy rule

Pete Kasperowicz · February 3, 2017 11:55 am

Delays by Democrats in confirming Trump Cabinet appointees may salvage some of Obama's midnight regulations. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats’ Trump Cabinet delays may save Obama’s regs

Susan Crabtree · February 3, 2017 5:01 am