Politics
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
One of the two leading super PACs supporting Texas Gov. Rick Perry in his bid for the GOP presidential nomination will soon change its name, underscoring the fluid and unpredictable role such groups are playing in the 2012 election.
Politics
By
Kyle Trygstad
What happened in New York’s 9th district Tuesday likely won’t be re-created across the country in coastal Oregon’s 1st district, which is strongly Democratic and next in line for a special election.
By
Meredith Shiner
Top administration officials David Plouffe and Gene Sperling visited Senate Democrats today to sell President Barack Obama’s jobs plan and field questions from several skeptical Members, meeting with the caucus for 90 minutes.
Politics
By
David M. Drucker
It’s not Jon Huntsman’s year. At least that’s the opinion of Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who served as Huntsman’s chief of staff when he was governor of Utah.
By
Humberto Sanchez
The Senate cleared legislation today to provide about $7 billion in emergency disaster aid and a House-passed transportation package that averts a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.
By
Meredith Shiner
The co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction announced today that the panel’s next public hearing will be Sept. 22 and will feature testimony from a top tax code expert in a session that could set the table for what likely will be the group’s most challenging hurdle: revenues.
By
Jessica Estepa
Republican members of the House Small Business Committee are launching an online initiative Friday to invite small-business owners to share their stories and opinions on policies.
At the Races
By
Joshua Miller
The Blue Dog Coalition announced today it is expanding its political operation and hiring Andrew Whalen to manage its political action committee.
By
Humberto Sanchez
A bipartisan group of more than 30 Senators today urged the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to go beyond its mandate and identify more than $1.5 trillion in deficit savings over 10 years.
By
John Stanton
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today dismissed the possibility of including a tax increase on the wealthy or corporations in any jobs plan that passes the House, instead stressing deregulation of businesses as the key to economic growth.
Politics
By
Joshua Miller
The reverberations from Rep.-elect Bob Turner's upset victory Tuesday in New York may well be felt far beyond Queens and Brooklyn.
