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House Aide's E-Mail Tantrum Goes Viral

Flipping out over nickname is one way to wind up on MSNBC

Jun 19, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Jim McDermott has a staffer named Elizabeth Becton. That's "Elizabeth," not "Liz"—ever. A contact attempting to set up a meeting with the Washington Democrat found that out the hard way after making the tragic mistake of calling Becton “Liz.” Her enraged response,... More »

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email • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • Jim McDermott • House Democrats • temper tantrums • Elizabeth Becton

Obama Clashes With Rural Democrats

Environmental rules,
car dealerships among sticking points

Jun 17, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats from rural areas aren’t pleased with President Obama, and they’re threatening to show it by revolting against key parts of his domestic agenda, Politico reports. The tension boiled to the surface last week when rural and moderate Democrats decried plans to close 3,400 General Motors and... More »

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Barack Obama • agriculture • Democrats • Environmental Protection Agency • congressional Democrats • House Democrats • rural America • Obama administration • President Obama • Dennis Cardoza

Dems Rip GOP for Sharing Interrogation Secrets

House Republicans
go on record after closed-door briefing

Jun 5, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are seething today after Republicans told the press about classified intelligence gleaned in a closed-door briefing about interrogation techniques. GOP members told the Hill they were informed that harsh techniques led to information that prevented terrorist attacks. That led Democrats to blast their rivals for disclosing secret information, triggering... More »

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Congress • torture • House Democrats • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • House Republicans • Jan Schakowsky

Dems Go to Bat for Pelosi as Accusations Fly

Speaker 'not in any trouble' as loyal caucus backs her in CIA ruckus

May 20, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans have all but slapped a bulls-eye on Nancy Pelosi over what she knew about CIA interrogation practices, but as the Washington Post reports, House Democrats have rallied behind the speaker. In a sign of the considerable unity of the party caucus, several leading Democrats said yesterday that they believe... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • torture • Democratic caucus • Republican Party • House Democrats • speaker of the House

Democrats Lose Patience Over Wars, Gitmo

Support ebbs on left as Obama's security plans look uncertain

May 14, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are having misgivings about the war in Afghanistan and the shuttering of Guantanamo Bay, particularly in the more liberal House, the New York Times reports. Though Congress is sure to approve another $96.7 billion in war funding, the House took out $80 million to close Guantanamo, saying the... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Congress • Richard Nixon • Democrat • Guantanamo Bay • House Democrats • Obama administration • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy • David Obey • Alan Grayson

(Newser) - President Obama today called on lawmakers to send him a health care reform bill before the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. “We've got to get it done this year,” the president said in a meeting with House Democrats. “We don't have any... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • legislation • health care reform • House Democrats • Obama administration • President Obama

 CIA Told Pelosi About 
 Waterboarding: Report 

Newly released documents show speaker was briefed in 2002

May 8, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi and other Congressional leaders received multiple briefings on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, according to new information released by the Obama administration. Records suggest that Pelosi learned of the CIA's interrogation of Abu Zubaydah in a September 2002 briefing that covered the "... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • torture • congressional Democrats • waterboarding • Jay Rockefeller • House Democrats • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation

Analysis

 Hoyer and Pelosi: 
 Unlikely Allies 


May 6, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer are about as different as Democrats get; he’s an affable Blue Dog budget hawk, she’s the pugilistic progressive poster girl. When Hoyer ran for House majority leader, Pelosi backed the other guy. But these days, the two are thick as thieves, Politico reports,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • Democratic Party • House Democrats

 Dems Deny Obama 
 Funds to Close Gitmo 

House Democrats say president needs to come up with a plan first

May 5, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's request for $80 million to close Guantanamo Bay was cut from the House version of a war spending bill unveiled yesterday, CNN reports. Democratic lawmakers, whose bill totaled $94.2 billion, said if the president wants money to close Guantanamo Bay then he'll first have to come up... More »

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House Appropriations Committee • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • House Democrats • war funding • President Obama

House Dems Want to Impeach Judge for Torture Memos

GOP, Obama can't halt proceeding vs. Bybee

Apr 28, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats may start a constitutional confrontation over the fate of Judge Jay Bybee, and there’s nothing anybody—not even lukewarm President Obama—can do to stop them, reports Politico. As liberal think-tanker John Podesta argues, Bybee “authorized things that were illegal under US law” when he wrote... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • torture • impeachment • House of Representatives • John Conyers • Jerrold Nadler • waterboarding • House Democrats • George W. Bush • Obama administration • John Podesta • President Obama • Jay Bybee

 Dems Slash 
 Obama's 
 Budget 

Congressional Dems scrap future plans to bail out financial sector

Mar 25, 09 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic leaders trying to trim the federal deficit have taken a hatchet to President Obama's budget plan, reports the Washington Post. Congressional Democrats are expected to formally announce plans today to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the budget over the next five years, and eliminate plans to steer... More »

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Senate Democrats • House Democrats • budget deficit • federal budget • Obama administration • taxation • Peter Orszag

(Newser) - By a 328-93 vote, the House today approved a bill that would recover most of the bonus money awarded to executives of bailout-buoyed AIG by taxing it at 90%. The measure drew significant Republican support, and some Democrats made it clear the legislation is an attempt to persuade execs to... More »

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House of Representatives • AIG • House Democrats • House Republicans • bailout • Wall Street bailout • Earl Pomeroy

Moderate Dems
Balk Over
Obama Deficit

Right wing of the president's party will fight to shave budget

Mar 11, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may be president, but it’s Congress that passes the budget, and moderate Democrats are the ones holding the keys to the federal treasury, reports Time. Obama’s 2010 budget calls for $3.6 trillion in federal spending. And though deficit-hawks appreciate the president’s honest numbers (in... More »

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Senate Democrats • Joe Lieberman • deficit • House Democrats • Ben Nelson • federal budget • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats

(Newser) - These days, $787 billion just doesn't go as far as it used to. A meeting of House Democratic leaders and their economic advisers today has raised the prospect of a second stimulus package, the Hill reports. “We have to keep the door open,” Nancy Pelosi said after the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • recession • economist • George Miller • House Democrats • economic stimulus package • Steering and Policy Committee

 Dems Hit 
 With Revolt 
 in the Ranks 


Line-by-line lawmaking drives wedge into plans

Mar 10, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional Democrats figured Obama's aggressive legislative agenda would face challenges from the GOP, but they've been surprised by squabbling within their own party that's broken out even before they've gotten to the new initiatives, the Washington Post reports. Among the people holding up the $410 billion spending bill leftover from... More »

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Congress • Senate Democrats • legislation • congressional Democrats • House Democrats

New Bill Looks to Topple 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Could prove a political headache for Obama

Mar 2, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The controversy that derailed Bill Clinton’s first 100 days is heading for Barack Obama, Politico reports, with a California congresswoman to introduce legislation today to overturn the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Obama has made no secret of his desire to overturn the unpopular “don’... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • House of Representatives • gays in the military • House Democrats • gays • Obama administration • President Obama • Ellen Tauscher • Bill Maher Grid

 Senate Centrists Hold 
 House Dems Hostage 

Stick up to Reid, Dems urge Pelosi

Feb 17, 09 3:24 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate requires 60 votes to avoid filibuster, so the 58-strong Democrats are at the mercy of centrist Republicans Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. Politico reports that House Dems, who have no trouble passing bills on their own, are unhappy that their legislation has to run this gauntlet.... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Arlen Specter • Steny Hoyer • Olympia Snowe • filibuster • Susan Collins • House Democrats • economic stimulus package

ANALYSIS

On Stimulus, White House Kept Congress Close

Prez still didn't get much GOP support

Feb 17, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama promised a new spirit of cooperation in Washington, and in his relationship with Congress, he did his best to deliver, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama left congressional leaders wide leeway in crafting the stimulus bill and stayed in close touch with members. Joe Biden stayed on pivotal... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • House Democrats • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Obama administration • Congressional Black Caucus • financial crisis

Analysis

Obama Is
Selling It, But
It's Not His Bill

President let Congress write stimulus, and probably regrets it

Feb 5, 09 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is working mightily to sell the stimulus bill, but looks have made one major mistake, Massimo Calabresi writes in Time: He let Congress write it. Obama aides let committee staffers draft the bill, relying on their legislative expertise. “They did a good job of really deferring to... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • House of Representatives • House Democrats • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • President Obama • committee

ANALYSIS

 Pelosi, Not GOP, 
 Thorn in Obama's Side 

President's relationship with House speaker on the rocks over stimulus

Feb 4, 09 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama might have criticized how House Republicans rolled over for President Bush, but likely expected something similar from Democrats. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already shown she won’t hew to Obama’s agenda, reports Time. They’re out of step on the auto bailout, tax cuts, and most... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • House Democrats • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • Obama administration • President Obama

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