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It turns out that children who send letters addressed to Santa Claus this year will get a response from the North Pole after all. Full Article at The Caucus
Seizing on a quasi-government task force’s report this week recommending that annual mammograms start at 50 rather than 40, the GOP has gone into full outrage mode. “This is how rationing begins,” warns Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
WHEAT RIDGE, CO - NOVEMBER 21: A detail of a billboard lampooning President Barack Obama as a Mulsim stands over a used car lot on November 21, 2009 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. View Photo »
This recession has taught us that we can’t return to a situation where America’s economic growth is fueled by consumers who take on more and more debt. In order to keep growing, we need to spend less, save more, and get our federal deficit under control
O'REILLY: Do you believe that you are smart enough, incisive enough, intellectual enough to handle the most powerful job in the world? Full Article at The New Republic
(Via Hot Air Headlines) I don’t know if Mediaite deliberately omitted the reason for former President Bill Clinton’s refusal to attend a Keith Olbermann-boosted ‘free clinic event.’ It’s entirely possible that the actual reason (warning: FDL link) -... Full Article at RedState
For years, our medical system focused on the individual. The thinking was, even if only one life was saved, everyone should get tested. But the new studies show not everyone needs screening. In fact, too much screening can do more harm than good. Dr. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz. , answers a question at a press availability after a session on Afghanistan at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. View Photo »
It is the number one request of my Governor, who is a Republican and it is unanimously supported by every member of our delegation, Democrat and Republican. I’ m proud to have asked for it. I’m proud to have fought for it, and I will continue to
HOW STIMULATING.... Republican critics of the economic recovery efforts, when they're not taking credit for the money that's benefiting their state/district, take it as a given that the stimulus "failed." Full Article at Political Animal
The Saturday night vote is only an initial procedural vote needed to bring the bill to the floor, but it is considered a critical first test of the 60-member Democratic conference’s ability to unify. Full Article at The Hill
WHEAT RIDGE, CO - NOVEMBER 21: A detail of a billboard lampooning President Barack Obama as a Mulsim stands over a used car lot on November 21, 2009 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) heads for a closed-door briefing with military officials in the Russell Senate Office Building November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (L) delivers remarks during a news conference about health care reform with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) at the U.S. Capitol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: (L-R) Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) hold a news conference about health care at the U.S. Captiol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Southern Command head, U.S. Army General (retired) Barry McCaffrey testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the need to lift the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner hosts a small business forum in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)(R) participate in a news conference on health care on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) arrive at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: First lady Michelle Obama (L) and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet A. Napolitano (R) listen to Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine General James Cartwright (C) speak in the East Room of the White House November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »GRAND RAPIDS, MI - NOVEMBER 18: An employee stacks copies of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's new book, 'Going Rogue' at a Barnes & Noble bookstore November 18, 2009 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) (R) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) attend a news conference about a Senate investigation into the Fort Hood shootings November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Theresa Regan (2nd L), who lost her husband and FDNY firefighter Donald Regan at the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terrorists attacks, listens with her son Peter (L) and daughterJill (3rd L) during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) talks with representatives from lending institutions during a small business forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler speaks during a hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on Capitol Hill November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »HEYSHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 18: Warning signs and high fences surround Heysham Nuclear Power Station on November 18, 2009 in Heysham, England.
View Photo »SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 18: Policemen stand guard in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama in Seoul's downtown on November 18, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.
View Photo »NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: A poster for the new book by Sarah Palin is displayed in the window of a book store on November 17, 2009 in New York, New York.
View Photo »BEIJING - NOVEMBER 17: (L-R) US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintaoafter a joint press conference at the Great Hall of People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing, China.
View Photo »NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York.
View Photo »OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Jason Holt (R) prepare a display for copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sit in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
View Photo »DENVER - NOVEMBER 16: First Lady Michelle Obama receives applause from students after arriving to South High School on November 16, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. She planned to share personal stories, discuss her career and answer student questions during the visit.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Activists protest in front of the DC office of Goldman Sachs November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 16: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to the Russian Pacific Fleet flagship missile cruiser Varyag on November 16, 2009 in Singapore.
View Photo »BEIJING - NOVEMBER 16: A poster of U.S. president Barack Obama is seen on November 16, 2009 in Beijing, China. Obama is on his first official trip to Asia where while in China he will address economic tensions between the two nations.
View Photo »CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 15: Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois (R) and U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) arrive to speak to the media at a press conference about the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) heads for a closed-door briefing with military officials in the Russell Senate Office Building November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »This recession has taught us that we can’t return to a situation where America’s economic growth is fueled by consumers who take on more and more debt. In order to keep growing, we need to spend less, save more, and get our federal deficit under control
It is the number one request of my Governor, who is a Republican and it is unanimously supported by every member of our delegation, Democrat and Republican. I’ m proud to have asked for it. I’m proud to have fought for it, and I will continue to
For him to lecture the Senate on debt is really beyond the pale… To lecture us now on debt when not only the war but the other actions of the Bush administration drove this country into deep debt. He said ‘Anyone who votes for this will have a lot of explaining to do, if they vote to allow a debate to c...
With China’s micro-management of Mr. Obama’s appearances in the country, the trip did more to showcase China’s ability to push back against outside pressure than it did to advance the main issues on Mr. Obama’s agenda, analysts said.
For him to lecture the Senate on debt is really beyond the pale… To lecture us now on debt when not only the war but the other actions of the Bush administration drove this country into deep debt. He said ‘Anyone who votes for this will have a lot of explaining to do, if they vote to allow a debate to c...
Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition
Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world - commerce that supports millions of jobs back home.
the White House and Congress were right to structure the package as a mix of tax cuts and spending, rather than just tax cuts as Republicans prefer or just spending as many Democrats do.
It's also a place where the risk of a nuclear arms race threatens our security, and where extremists plan attacks on America's soil ... And since this region includes some of the fastest-growing nations, there can be no solution to the challenge of climate change without the cooperation of the Asia Paci...
It seemed a little weird when Jon Voight warned the crowd that if President Obama wasn't stopped, the US would wind up with a healthcare system like New Zealand's. At the time, I could not help wondering what New Zealand ever did to Jon Voight.
If we can increase our exports to Asia-Pacific nations by just 5 percent, we can increase the number of American jobs supported by these exports by hundreds of thousands
For him to lecture the Senate on debt is really beyond the pale… To lecture us now on debt when not only the war but the other actions of the Bush administration drove this country into deep debt. He said ‘Anyone who votes for this will have a lot of explaining to do, if they vote to allow a debate to c...
As we emerge from the worst recession in generations, there is nothing more important than to do everything we can to get our economy moving again and put Americans back to work, and I will go anywhere to pursue that goal
For him to lecture the Senate on debt is really beyond the pale… To lecture us now on debt when not only the war but the other actions of the Bush administration drove this country into deep debt. He said ‘Anyone who votes for this will have a lot of explaining to do, if they vote to allow a debate to c...
I travelled to Asia to open a new era of American engagement
I think the Obama administration is trying to straddle this debate between whether we should approach al-Qaida as a problem of massive-scale criminality or as a problem of war
The government and people of the United States join all of you in looking forward to the day all Cubans can freely express themselves in public without fear and without reprisals
In the primaries, Obama distinguished himself from Clinton on health care by opposing an individual mandate. In the general election, he distinguished himself from McCain by opposing taxes on health benefits. So now he is trying to pass bills with both an individual mandate and taxes on health benefits ...
The United States respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China
We have faced, again, this onslaught of filibusters and delaying tactics by the Republicans. That it would take four weeks for us to extend unemployment benefits in the worst recession since our Great Depression is an indication of the extremes that the Republican Senate leadership has gone to.
They’re shutting down Yucca Mountain because of the power and influence of Sen. Reid ... They can do that, but that doesn’t mean that somehow they get me to agree to it.
It is time for students to revolt, not by laying in the streets and not by organizing student demonstrations chanting 'Shame on you!' It must be a revolt using voter registration cards and making a change in the voting booth; this will be the only student action that the Democrats and Republicans will u...
As American families prepare to gather for Thanksgiving, we received an unsettling report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that found that hunger rose significantly last year
Mr. Butler's nomination shows the dominance of liberal ideology in Mr. Obama's judicial selections, and especially a contempt for Wisconsin voters.
This is a positive development and further evidence that Nevada is starting down the economic road to recovery. While this is an encouraging sign of stability in the job market, we must continue to do all we can to help Nevada families who are struggling to find work, pay their bills and make it through...
