Tag: Politics Digest

The Great 2012 Cashout: Jon Kyl to K Street

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The Great 2012 Cashout: Jon Kyl to K Street

Timothy P. Carney · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. said he welcomes President Obama to the Capitol. The president requested a meeting with Senate Republicans on March 14. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama makes lunch date with Republicans to discuss budget crises

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

We already have millions of permanent non-citizen legal residents

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We already have millions of permanent non-citizen legal residents

Conn Carroll · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and GOP leaders meet with reporters after a Republican strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner blasts White House for cancelling tours, welcomes tourists to Capitol

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will nominate, from left, MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz for Energy Secretary, Gina McCarthy to head the EPA; and Walmart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Budget Office. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tim Carney: Obama Cabinet picks show his coziness with industry

Timothy P. Carney · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

Obama’s drone program draws bipartisan criticism

Obama’s drone program draws bipartisan criticism

Brian Hughes · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and GOP leaders meet with reporters after a Republican strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House OKs funding bill as President Obama, GOP work to avoid government shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

Citing ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ Rand Paul launches filibuster: ‘I will speak until I can no longer speak’

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Citing ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ Rand Paul launches filibuster: ‘I will speak until I can no longer speak’

Charlie Spiering · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2013, (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama playing both economic savior and Grim Reaper

Brian Hughes · March 5, 2013 5:00 am

The Dow Jones industrial average, an index of 30 U.S. stocks and a gauge of financial markets, closed at a record high of 14,253 on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Michael Barone: Spending cuts may be answer to slow economic growth

Michael Barone · March 5, 2013 5:00 am

No more golf for Obama until White House tours resume, Gohmert says

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No more golf for Obama until White House tours resume, Gohmert says

Michal Conger · March 5, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama starts calling key Republicans to work out budget deal

Susan Ferrechio · March 5, 2013 5:00 am