Was There Ever an Obama-Ryan Honeymoon?
“The word honeymoon is overused in American politics,” said William Galston, a former aide to President Bill Clinton now with the Brookings Institution.
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“The word honeymoon is overused in American politics,” said William Galston, a former aide to President Bill Clinton now with the Brookings Institution.
Ryan has been speaker of the House for not quite three months, and already he has shown he’s the true heir in of his mentor, Jack Kemp.
As far back his first term in the White House, Democrats suffered catastrophic losses in the 1994 midterm elections — losing 54 House seats, eight Senate seats and 10 governors mansions.
“Even though the guy in the White House is not somebody we can [work with to] do the kind of broad reforms that we’d like to achieve, there are steps in the right direction we can take,”
“Even though the guy in the White House is not somebody we can [work with to] do the kind of broad reforms that we’d like to achieve, there are steps in the right direction we can take,” McConnell
Obama and the White House staff have emphasized how optimistic the president is and how his speech will take the long view.
Obama and the White House staff have emphasized how optimistic the president is and how his speech will take the long view.
Why in the world would any story about this year’s State of the Union ritual start with a reminiscence about Bill Clinton from three decades ago?
(Al Drago/CQ Roll Call File Photo) Why in the world would any story about this year’s State of the Union ritual start with a reminiscence about Bill Clinton from three decades ago?
The White House explained its willingness to go along in budgetary terms, saying suspension of the taxes would not affect efforts to reduce the uninsured population and that
Texan Ted Cruz and 22 other GOP senators voted for the bill. Floridian Marco Rubio and Kentuckian Rand Paul were among the 30 in their party who voted against it.
Texan Ted Cruz and 22 other GOP senators voted for the bill. Floridian Marco Rubio and Kentuckian Rand Paul were among the 30 in their party who voted against it.
introduced legislation in the Senate that I believe is more narrowly focused at the actual threat, which is radical Islamic terrorism, and what my legislation would do is suspend all refugees for three years
introduced legislation in the Senate that I believe is more narrowly focused at the actual threat, which is radical Islamic terrorism, and what my legislation would do is suspend all refugees for three years
Beyond baked-in partisanship and steep distrust of whoever occupies the White House lies this obstacle to Senate ratification of any international agreement: The protection of American sovereignty is among
Beyond baked-in partisanship and steep distrust of whoever occupies the White House lies this obstacle to Senate ratification of any international agreement: The protection of American sovereignty is among
“We have this weird habit in this culture of mourning and, you know, 48, 72 hours of wall-to-wall coverage, and then … suddenly we move on,” Obama told Bill Simmons in a GQ interview published Tuesday
I hear it all the time: Voters want change after one party has held the White House for eight years, and that’s why only once over the past six decades has a party held the presidency for three consecutive
No matter their standing in the latest polls, every White House hopeful is virtually guaranteed to soak up some attention at D.C.’s historic Off the Record bar.
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) No matter their standing in the latest polls, every White House hopeful is virtually guaranteed to soak up some attention at D.C.’s historic Off the Record bar.