Stories by Jennifer Bendery:
April 2, 2011
House and Senate leaders could be forced to push through yet another stopgap spending measure this week if they are unable to hammer out a deal on a six-month plan by Tuesday, House lawmakers conceded Friday.
March 30, 2011
President Barack Obama is facing growing pressure from his left flank to oust the chairman of his job creation task force, Jeffrey Immelt.
March 30, 2011
President Barack Obama pivoted to his comprehensive energy policy on Wednesday, calling for a one-third reduction in oil imports over the next decade.
March 29, 2011
Republicans have found a new foil in their war with the White House over the deficit and spending: Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer.
March 28, 2011
President Barack Obama told the nation Monday night that he had no choice but to use military force in Libya in order to protect U.S. interests, in what was arguably his most important foreign policy speech to date.
March 28, 2011
White House officials are revealing little about what President Barack Obama might say in his Monday night speech on Libya, arguably the most important foreign policy address of his presidency.
March 25, 2011
The White House’s effort to play catch-up with Congressional leaders on U.S. military intervention in Libya has done little to placate lawmakers who have become increasingly frustrated with President Barack Obama.
March 24, 2011
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Thursday pushed back hard against criticisms that the administration did not consult with Congress before taking military action in Libya.
March 21, 2011
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is resuming her schedule in Rome after a brief hospitalization for an undisclosed condition, her spokesman said Monday.
March 21, 2011
Rep. Dennis Kucinich said Monday that President Barack Obama is acting outside his power by authorizing military action in Libya and that he is reviewing legislative and parliamentary procedures available for ending U.S. involvement.
March 21, 2011
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was hospitalized Monday after feeling “slightly unwell” during a visit to Rome, the Agence-France Presse is reporting.
March 18, 2011
President Barack Obama gave an ultimatum to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Friday: Cease all violence against your people or prepare for United Nations-backed military action.
March 18, 2011
Vice President Joseph Biden is tapping another journalist to be his communications director: Washington Post reporter Shailagh Murray.
March 18, 2011
President Barack Obama is holding a hastily called meeting Friday with Congressional leaders to discuss Libya.
March 16, 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn’t want to serve a second term in her job and isn’t interested in running for president, she told CNN on Wednesday.
March 15, 2011
Every Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Tuesday against amendments reaffirming that climate change is real and backed by scientific evidence.
March 14, 2011
Republicans and President Barack Obama may be able to leave partisanship behind when it comes to reforming the nation’s leading education law.
March 14, 2011
President Barack Obama will call on Congress on Monday morning to revamp the No Child Left Behind Act, the nation’s beleaguered education law, by the end of the summer, when the next school year kicks off.
March 11, 2011
Democrats are hoping they’ve found a secret weapon for winning back the House in 2012: Twitter.
March 10, 2011
White House officials continued to make the case Thursday that they are fully engaged in the budget standoff raging on Capitol Hill, despite criticisms from both sides of the aisle about their absence.
March 9, 2011
A partisan budget debate may be raging on Capitol Hill, but that isn’t stopping President Barack Obama from hosting a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House on Wednesday night to watch basketball.
March 9, 2011
President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is nominating Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the U.S. ambassador to China.
March 9, 2011
President Barack Obama is meeting with Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday afternoon to try to break the partisan impasse on Capitol Hill over keeping the government funded.
March 8, 2011
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ aides in Washington, still reeling from the tragedy in Tucson, Ariz., are organizing free CPR and first aid training next week as part of a broader effort to give people the same lifesaving skills a 20-year-old Giffords intern used to save her life in January.
March 7, 2011
On the same day that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was taking steps to jump-start bipartisan talks to avert a government shutdown, President Barack Obama was in Florida trying to jump-start something else: his 2012 re-election campaign.
