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Salon.com
May 10, 2001
Jake Tapper |
Holding court Bush unveils the beginning of his legacy -- the people he wants to shape the law. But Democrats are plotting to keep a say in the nominations...   |
BusinessWeek
March 31, 2011
Scott Lanman |
The Spat Over a Fed Seat for Peter Diamond Nominated for a Federal Reserve Board post, the MIT professor and Nobel laureate is a pawn in a long political tussle in Congress. |
Salon.com
June 27, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
To Bork or not to Bork Democrats give notice that ideology will play a role when the Senate considers Bush's judicial nominees... |
Salon.com
January 16, 2001
Bruce Shapiro |
Can John Ashcroft be stopped? If the Clarence Thomas hearings are any guide, disorganized Democrats could be the Republican nominee's best friends... |
Salon.com
January 8, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
John Ashcroft's big mistake He denied Ronnie White a federal judgeship for being soft on crime, when his real grudge was against his pro-choice politics -- and the move cost him his Senate seat... |
BusinessWeek
July 29, 2010
Woellert & Vekshin |
A Would-Be Watchdog Woos the Opposition Elizabeth Warren reaches out to lobbyists and Republicans. |
Salon.com
January 3, 2001
Gary Kamiya |
Skeletons in the Cabinet Democrats need to work with Bush. But they don't need right-wing dinosaurs like John Ashcroft and Gale Norton... |
Salon.com
January 8, 2001
David Horowitz |
First blood: The fight over Bush's cabinet The left's efforts to tar and feather Ashcroft and other conservative Bush appointees are as unfair as the smear campaign waged against Clarence Thomas 10 years ago... |
Salon.com
February 1, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
Dems fold on Ashcroft And party activists are angry. James Carville says Democrats are giving their "unelected president" a free ride... |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010
Robert Schmidt & Hans Nichols |
Appointing a Firebrand Without a Senate Fight Rather than nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the White House plans to install her at the Treasury Dept., with the interim assignment of overseeing the establishment of the agency. Obama aides hope this will avoid a confirmation battle with Senate Republicans. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Dougherty & Schmidt |
Time's Nearly Up for Elizabeth Warren Obama is looking for other candidates to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the Harvard law professor |
BusinessWeek
February 24, 2010
Paula Dwyer |
How the Political Gridlock in Washington Might End Anger at Washington and midterm elections are driving both parties to recalibrate their self-interest. A tentative bipartisanship is emerging. |
Chemistry World
June 17, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Political bickering may block key US environmental appointments The Obama administration's process of appointing government officials to US science agencies, particularly the Environmental Protection Agency, has become increasingly politicized in recent years. |
Salon.com
January 2, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
Bush taps a Democrat Clinton appointee Norm Mineta is selected to head the Department of Transportation, opponents gear up to battle the Bush agenda and Democrats target John Ashcroft... |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2010
Albert R. Hunt |
A Presidency Restored to Health Obama's improbable win on health-care reform is one for the history books and will boost his credibility |
InternetNews
November 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
Adelstein Gets The Nod for Another FCC Term President Bush nominated Democrat Jonathan Adelstein Tuesday for a new five-year term on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans a Thursday confirmation hearing on the nomination. |
Reason
November 2008
Mangu-Ward et al. |
Is There Any Hope For This Man? Assessments of Barack Obama from several libertarians. |
Salon.com
May 25, 2001
Alicia Montgomery & Daryl Lindsey |
Olson by a whisker In a surprising reversal of fortune, before relinquishing control of the Senate, Republicans force a vote on the controversial solicitor general -- and win... |
Reason
April 2007
David Weigel |
The West Will Rise Again Is the South's hold over American politics on the wane? Book review: Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South, by Thomas F. Schaller. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
A New General For Senate Dems When it comes to watching out for his home state, Harry Reid is a master at wielding his intimate knowledge of Senate procedures to thwart the majority Republicans |
Salon.com
February 22, 2001
Jake Tapper |
The mystery of the docile Democrats How long will they keep jumping through Ringmaster George's hoops? |
Reason
June 2008
Gene Healy |
The Cult of the Presidency Who can we blame for the radical expansion of executive power? Look no further than you and me. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
France & Woellert |
The Battle Over The Courts Politics, ideology and special interests are compromising the U.S. justice system. And all the crossfire is driving away potential non-partisan judges. |
Salon.com
May 24, 2001
Bruce Shapiro |
Will Trent Lott pay for losing the Senate? Angry GOP moderates say the White House and party right-wingers drove Jim Jeffords out of his own party... |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2009
Rich Smith |
Obama Challenges Congress to Dogfight And Congress challenges the president over the controversial F-22 warplane. |
Salon.com
January 5, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
Will Bush Cabinet picks get Borked? Liberal Democrats are gearing up to oppose the president-elect's most conservative choices. Here's a list of the most vulnerable nominees, and their enemies... |
Salon.com
November 7, 2000
Anthony York |
Hillary wins New York The Clinton legacy lives on in the Empire State as exit polls show an 8-point victory... |
Reason
June 2007
Gillespie et al. |
Presidential Scouting Reports A libertarian fan's guide to the World Series of politics |
Salon.com
December 16, 2000
Anthony York |
Will Republicans be Bush's worst enemies? From John McCain to Tom DeLay, members of his own party could make the most trouble for the president-elect... |
Salon.com
September 6, 2001
Jake Tapper |
What vanishing surplus? The Republicans try to ignore budget woes, while the Democrats plot to pin the tail on the elephant... |
InternetNews
January 19, 2007
Roy Mark |
Senate: Write Away, Bloggers Republicans force changes in language calling for greater reporting requirements for grassroots groups and political bloggers. |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Bit & Thomasson |
The Midterms Could Spark a Stock Rally If the Republicans take over the House, history suggests a robust market. If they take over the Senate, so much the better. |
Chemistry World
July 19, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Senate approves Gina McCarthy as new EPA head After a record 136-day battle, a vote in the US Senate has confirmed Gina McCarthy as the new leader of the US Environmental Protection Agency. |
Salon.com
January 9, 2001 |
"A troublesome sign for Bush's intestinal fortitude" Washington reacts to the withdrawal of Labor Secretary-designate Linda Chavez in an unexpected return to Nannygate politics... |
InternetNews
May 19, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Chopra, Strickling Ease Through Senate Hearing Senate panel weighs in on the nominations for federal CTO and the head of a key Commerce Department tech agency. |
Financial Advisor
November 2007
Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note - A Strange Election Awaits We are living through some very strange times in American politics. That was the message veteran political consultant Charlie Cook gave to attendees at the Financial Advisor Symposium. |
Inc.
February 1, 2003
Eamon Javers |
Storming the Hill Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the view from the field. |
BusinessWeek
April 22, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Rahm Emanuel The President's Chief of Staff talks about the prospects for financial reform and middle-class anger in an edited version of an Apr. 19 TV interview. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Paula Dwyer |
How Obama Is Getting Ready for 2011 With a likely Republican-controlled House, the President is working on triangulation, revising his team and policy agenda. |
InternetNews
April 15, 2010 |
Cyber Command Plans to Focus on Coordination Nominee for the new Department of Defense position says the agency is going to lead other agencies in cyber attacks instead of waging its own. |
InternetNews
November 1, 2004
Roy Mark |
Tech Lacks Traction in Presidential Race Pollsters, politicians and pundits have made it well known that the 2004 presidential race is tight for many reasons. But one thing is for certain: Technology policy is not one of them. |
Salon.com
January 10, 2001
Joan Walsh |
Blood in the water? Bush's Chavez blunder may spell trouble for his other nominees... |
InternetNews
December 14, 2005
Roy Mark |
Tate, Copps Near Confirmation for FCC Federal Communications Commission nominees Deborah Taylor Tate and Michael Copps are likely to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate within the next two weeks, Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Stevens said Tuesday. |
Reason
February 2007 |
Divided We Stand What sort of legislation and political theater should the friends of "Free Minds and Free Markets" expect during the next two years? Is the new situation an improvement or disaster? |
InternetNews
May 30, 2006
Roy Mark |
McDowell Lands FCC Spot The U.S. Senate Friday confirmed telecom attorney Robert M. McDowell to fill the fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission, restoring a 3-2 Republican majority on the panel. |
AskMen.com
Nick Kennedy |
Federal Budget Negotiating Tips Late Friday night, a last-minute deal between Republicans in Congress, Democrats in the Senate and President Obama gave the U.S. an operating budget through September 30th, avoiding the specter of a government shutdown. |
BusinessWeek
November 4, 2010
Tackett & Dorning |
Voters to Republicans: Don't Get Too Comfortable The lesson of the midterms may be that voters no longer trust incumbents and are willing to keep shifting the balance of power. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Alexandra Starr |
Democrats: A Hill Too Far? Not so long ago, Democrats were bragging that they could win back the Senate this November -- and it didn't seem like bravado. Now, two seats short of a Senate majority, the party faces a risk of backsliding. |
Salon.com
August 28, 2000
David Horowitz |
Persuading people you care Republicans need to take a lesson from Bill Clinton and wrap themselves in the flag of the "dispossessed." |
National Defense
August 2009
Gellerson & Breitbach |
DHS Technology Chief Nominee Can't Escape Past Controversies President Obama's nominee to take over the Department of Homeland Security's struggling science and technology directorate found at her Senate confirmation hearing that it's impossible to escape one's past in Washington. |
