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By Tory Newmyer and Emily Pierce
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Congressional Democrats are steaming that their White House counterparts aren’t doing more to help them tackle soaring unemployment, even as lawmakers in both chambers roll up their sleeves to craft measures aimed at getting quick relief to struggling Americans.
By Jennifer Bendery and Jessica Brady
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
President Barack Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan leaves Congressional Democrats scrambling to support their president as they agonize over the cost of his strategy — and their lack of viable ideas on how to pay for it.
By David M. Drucker
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Senate Democrats scrambled on Wednesday to speed up the pace of debate on their $848 billion health care reform package in the face of strong Republican opposition that has stalled votes on amendments and jeopardized the legislation’s approval by Christmas.
By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Who knew that Chelsea Clinton’s engagement and the White House’s Afghanistan strategy had something in common?
By Emily Yehle
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
A recently filed lawsuit claims the Government Printing Office repeatedly denied promotions to a longtime employee because of his race, joining a handful of discrimination lawsuits and dozens of internal complaints against the agency.
By Anna Palmer
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Financial services lobbyists are going on the offensive trying to force significant concessions to the financial regulatory overhaul making its way through the Senate.
By John Stanton
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
As he prepared for a late Wednesday meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss potential options for shutting the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detention center, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended his high-profile efforts at bipartisanship, arguing that he has a responsibility to find common cause with Democrats when he can.
By Matthew Murray
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
While the Blue Dog Coalition co-founder’s retirement is causing Democratic discomfort on Capitol Hill, moderate Rep. John Tanner’s (D-Tenn.) approaching departure is generating considerable optimism on K Street, where the Member could soon be greeted with a seven-figure payday.
By Morton M. Kondracke
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
President Barack Obama has so loaded up the policy circuits this month that you’d expect a government-wide blackout any minute.
By Stuart Rothenberg
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Over the past few weeks, North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D), who is challenging Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), has been on a public relations offensive.
By Bob Livingston
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Recently, I sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) asking that Congress establish a new Select Committee on Cybersecurity. While it’s a problem we’d rather not think about or deal with, a significant cyber-incident could pose a major threat to our country by disrupting commerce and our ability to defend ourselves. Indeed, experts from the military and the private sector agree that we are not doing enough to prevent a cyber-9/11.
By John McArdle
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Republicans on Wednesday touted Rep. John Tanner’s (D-Tenn.) announcement that he would step down at the end of his 11th term as a sign of a deteriorating political environment for the majority party and a harbinger of more Democratic retirements to come.
Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
By Emily Cadei
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Rep. Mike Capuano’s bid for Massachusetts Senate has been gaining momentum, and he has succeeded in narrowing the Democratic primary contest to a two-person race between himself and frontrunner Martha Coakley, a number of party strategists and Massachusetts political observers say. But with the Dec. 8 election just days away, Capuano has yet to prove he has the ground strength to overtake Coakley, who has the advantage of a statewide campaign infrastructure thanks to her successful campaign for state attorney general.
By Byron C. Tau
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Scott Brown harbors no illusions about the difficulty of being the GOP standard-bearer in the special Senate election to replace liberal icon Sen. Edward Kennedy (D).
By Shira Toeplitz
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Kansas Republicans like to think of their race to succeed Rep. Dennis Moore (D) as having too much of a good thing.
By Shira Toeplitz
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan (D) has hired Justin Schall to be his campaign manager in his nationally targeted race against Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.).
By John McArdle
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Glenn Ivey (D) is forming an exploratory committee in the coming days for a possible primary challenge to 4th district Rep. Donna Edwards (D).
By Shira Toeplitz
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta (R) plans to announce next week whether he’ll seek a rematch with Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D) in 2010.
By Shira Toeplitz
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
The first Republican is on the air in the race for Rep. Mark Kirk’s (R) suburban Chicago seat. The ad buy is significant for businessman Dick Green (R), who is relatively unknown in the district with the GOP primary coming Feb. 2.
By John McArdle
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Louisville restaurant owner Jeffrey Reetz (R) announced Wednesday that he will challenge Rep. John Yarmuth (D) in the Bluegrass State’s 3rd district next year.
By Shira Toeplitz
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Retiring Sen. Judd Gregg (R) hosted a fundraising lunch Wednesday for former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, whom the National Republican Senatorial Committee recruited to run for his open seat in 2010.
By Emily Cadei
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
State Sen. Tarryl Clark (D) continues to round up Democratic establishment support for her campaign to unseat Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) in the 6th district. The latest endorsement comes from Rep. James Oberstar (D), the powerful chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee who has represented the neighboring 8th district for 18 terms.
By Christie Williams
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Nothing punctuates the holiday season like the traditionally strung bright lights and festive décor that grace department store windows, parade floats and city streets. And there are plenty of sights to see in the District this winter, many of them free or inexpensive.
By Kristin Coyner
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Twenty years ago, few people could have imagined that the third of the world’s population living under communism would have it so good today.
By Casey Hynes
| Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
As just about everyone in Washington eagerly anticipates closing out 2009, two upcoming festivals will make the final stretch of the legislative year a little more bearable.
Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight
Lt. Mary Lohr, an Army nurse who served at Bataan in the Philippines, and Lt. Robert Laub, a bomber pilot at the Battle of Midway, spoke to war workers on Dec. 7, 1942, the first Pearl Harbor Day, one year after the “date which will live in infamy.”
