Conservative Democrats aligned with the National Rifle Association, shaken by the Newtown school massacre, are reconsidering their opposition to gun controls such as bans on certain assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, writes the National Journal. These Second-Amendment champions could be the key to passing new legislation this year, as could...
The countdown to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s long-anticipated departure from the Obama administration became more official on Thursday with a Treasury Department spokeswoman confirming that Geithner still plans to step down later this month. Geithner’s planned exit puts him out before negotiations on the debt ceiling and sequestration are due...
HHS conditionally approved seven state health insurance exchange plans Thursday, bringing the total number to 17, plus the District of Columbia. HHS granted approvals to every state that submitted a plan by the mid-December deadline except Mississippi; that state’s governor and insurance commissioner disagree on how to proceed. While no...
American employers added 155,000 jobs in December, about apace with job growth over the last year, the Labor Department reported today. The unemployment rate was 7.8%, consistent with a revised rate for November, previously reported as 7.7%.
Bloomberg writes, “Barack Obama is the first president in more than five decades to win at least 51% of the national popular vote twice, according to a revised vote count in New York eight weeks after the Nov. 6 election,” “The president nationally won 65.9 million votes -- or 51.1%...
As President Obama prepares to announce his cabinet; we began thinking about the upcoming confirmation process. In 2002, the Oxford English Dictionary added the verb "to bork" -- to systematically defame or vilify a person, especially in the mass media -- to their lexicon. You may remember that Robert Bork's...
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