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NEWS ABOUT: Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel stories: 104 news summaries

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(Newser) - Ben Affleck returns to the ranks of leading men next week in State of Play, starring as a congressman entangled in a murder investigation. The high-profile liberal activist is out promoting the thriller—and so eager for ink that he talked politics with the Wall Street Journal. Some highlights:
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film • Rahm Emanuel • Anthony Weiner • Patrick Murphy • Ben Affleck • Adam Smith • movies • celebrity interview • State of Play

In a Switch, Emanuel Now Backs Immigration Reform

Once worried about red-state candidates, chief of staff now pushes Obama's reforms

Apr 10, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel seems to have had a change of heart about immigration reform. In the past, he's been a lukewarm advocate at best for fear it would hurt Democrats at the polls. But in his new job as chief of staff, he’s pushing immigrant-friendly laws and predicting legislation on... More »

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Charles Schumer • immigration reform • Rahm Emanuel • the Hispanic vote • Obama administration • Rep. Luis Gutierrez

ANALYSIS

 Obama Fully Invested 
 as CEO-in-Chief 

In Detroit and on Wall St., president decides to run things his way

Mar 31, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though he entered office with relatively little business experience, the past week has seen President Obama assume the role as “the most powerful player in American business today,” Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei write for Politico. “He’s realizing, ‘Hey, the economy’s mine now, and... More »

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General Motors • Rahm Emanuel • AIG • Rick Wagoner • economy • President Obama • toxic assets

Don't Use Budget Process for Big Reform: GOP to Obama

Procedure would allow Democrats to pass agenda with 51 votes

Mar 24, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - To circumvent a likely 60-vote minimum in the Senate for big-ticket bills like health reform, President Obama is considering pursuing proposals through a budgetary tactic known as reconciliation, where just 51 votes are needed and no filibustering is allowed. But Republicans are having none of it, Politico reports. Senate Republican... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Jon Kyl • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • filibuster • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • reconciliation • bipartisanship • federal budget • Robert Byrd • Obama administration • President Obama • Tom Carper

OPINION

GOP Can Capitalize on Obama's Reign

Gitmo, campus recruitment issues
could revive party

Mar 14, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Never allow a crisis to go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel told a reporter after President Obama’s election. “They are opportunities to do big things.” That’s candid talk, but it might have been premature, writes William Kristol in the Weekly Standard. Emanuel assumed that... More »

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Barack Obama • Rahm Emanuel • political strategy • William Kristol • Republicans

(Newser) - Howard Dean didn't get the health cabinet post he wanted, and doesn't want the job that's open—surgeon general—but is pushing President Obama's health-care plan just the same, the Washington Times reports. "Democrats can’t cave," says the former doc. Obama’s plan is "perfect,"... More »

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alternative energy • Rush Limbaugh • Howard Dean • literacy • Rahm Emanuel • Democratic National Committee • health care reform • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

ANALYSIS

Dems Paint Cantor as GOP's New, Obstructionist Face

Ads, op-eds, even Obama paint rising star as obstructionist

Mar 10, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Dick Cheney gone and Rush Limbaugh already tiresome, Democrats need a new go-to bugbear—and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor is their guy, reports Politico. Democrats are using his name to tar other Republicans in ads and calling the young Virginian out in op-eds. The president himself said of... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • Rahm Emanuel • House Republicans • Eric Cantor • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

Dem Strategists Hatched Plan to Target Limbaugh

Carville, Greenberg conspire to shine spotlight on Rush

Mar 5, 09 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats think the hubbub surrounding Rush Limbaugh is solid political gold, and they didn’t strike it by accident. When operatives James Carville and Stanley Greenberg tossed Limbaugh’s name onto a poll last fall, they discovered that Americans can’t stand the conservative talk icon, reports Jonathan Martin in... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Rahm Emanuel • James Carville • polling • Paul Begala • political strategy • Stanley Greenberg • Bill Maher Grid

ANALYSIS

White House Reporters Trade Puff for Access

The 'beat sweetener' laudatory profile is early-term tradition

Mar 4, 09 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Readers of just about any national news outlet might’ve noticed a flood of good press about top White House aides lately. It’s not coincidence, and it’s not bias, Michael Calderone writes for Politico. Called a “beat sweetener,” such pieces aim to cultivate sources by praising... More »

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New York Times • Newsweek • Rahm Emanuel • journalistic ethics • Obama administration • reporters • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • Jonathan Alter • Mark Leibovich

OPINION

Blago's Book Bad News for Emanuel

Ex-gov likely went with small publisher so he could bash Rahmbo

Mar 4, 09 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Why is Rod Blagojevich’s tell-all book coming from such a small publisher? The press release says it’s so everyone’s favorite ex-governor can share his story “without restriction over content,” but Cindy Adams of the New York Post thinks she knows the real reason. Blago’... More »

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Rahm Emanuel • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Ari Emanuel • book deal

 Reformer Wins Rahm Primary 

Without cash or unions, Quigley triumphs in crowded race

Mar 4, 09 6:17 AM CST
(Newser) - An Illinois official who ran on a message of reform won yesterday's Democratic primary to fill Rahm Emanuel's vacant seat in Congress, reports the Chicago Tribune. Mike Quigley, commissioner of Cook County, took 22% of the vote in a crowded field despite lacking both campaign cash and union support. "... More »

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Congress • Chicago • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • Illinois representatives • Mike Quigley

Angry McCain Slams Obama Over Earmarks

Old spending bill proves minefield for Democrats

Mar 3, 09 7:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats were hoping they could sneak the $410 billion omnibus spending bill from last fall quietly through the Senate and onto the president’s desk, to make way for the 2010 budget. But John McCain is having none of it. “If it seems like I’m angry, it’s... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Senate • earmarks • appropriations • Rahm Emanuel • federal spending

Wacky Race to Fill Emanuel's Seat Wide Open

With 23 candidates in the running, it's still anyone's game

Mar 2, 09 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The race to replace Rahm Emanuel in the House is ridiculously wide open, the Wall Street Journal reports, with a whopping 23 candidates vying for his seat. That field will be winnowed tomorrow in a special simultaneous primary, but with the traditional kingmakers—the Democratic Party and Chicago Mayor... More »

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Chicago • primary • House of Representatives • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Iraq Timetable Unlikely to Change: Gates

Limbaugh the 'intellectual force' behind GOP: Emanuel

Mar 1, 09 12:26 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s “fairly remote” that deteriorating conditions in Iraq will delay President Obama’s withdrawal timetable, Robert Gates told NBC’s Meet the Press. The defense secretary also insisted that the US military will achieve “significant success” once it leaves Iraq. As for his bosses, Gates said Obama... More »

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Robert Gates • Rush Limbaugh • Jon Kyl • Rahm Emanuel • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Peter Orszag

Obama Gets Rail Rolling
With $8B Stimulus

Prez plots $8b high-speed train network

Feb 17, 09 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - America's railways are about to get a huge handout: At today's signing of the stimulus package, $8 billion will be allocated to high-speed rail. Though the money will be divvied up according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's master plan, the expansion is truly President Obama's pet project, reports Politico. "... More »

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Barack Obama • transit • Rahm Emanuel • Harry M. Reid • railroad • economic stimulus package • Department of Transportation • Obama administration • Ray LaHood

analysis

Stimulus in the Bag, Obama Rethinks Strategy

President will push hard for the agenda he wants

Feb 13, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama got his way, more or less, on the stimulus, but the process demonstrated Congress' abiding disinterest in bipartisanship. For future big-ticket items—and there are a lot of them—the president will take a tougher approach, Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin write for Politico. Chief of staff Rahm... More »

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stem cell research • health care • Barack Obama • energy • finance • Rahm Emanuel • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • Obama administration • President Obama

 Rahm Lives in Illegal Apartment 

Chief of staff rents basement of DC house zoned as single-family dwelling

Feb 4, 09 6:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The White House isn’t the only new house Rahm Emanuel will have to get used to, Gawker reports. Barack Obama’s chief of staff rents a basement apartment on Capitol Hill from Rep. Rosa DeLauro, but a private investigator has discovered that the house is zoned as a single-family... More »

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Washington DC • Rahm Emanuel • apartment • chief of staff

 Rahm Eyes Future
Return to Congress

He warns contender he may be back one day

Feb 2, 09 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel may be enjoying his new White House gig, but he hasn't written off a return to Congress, reports the Chicago Tribune reports. Emanuel told Illinois State Representative John Fritchey—one of 11 Democrats bidding for his vacated  Chicago post—that "he may... More »

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politics • Chicago • White House • Democrat • Rahm Emanuel • US Congress • President Obama • chief of staff

Obama Roasts DC's Starstruck Elite at Dinner

Celebuprez surprised to see Palin 'palling around with this crew'

Feb 1, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Washington's elite came out for one of its swankiest events last night, but even political royalty got slightly starstruck by new crown prince Barack Obama, reports Politico. The new prez regaled some 200 DC bigwigs at the Alfalfa Club with a speech that roasted friends and rivals, including Sarah Palin,... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Lieberman • BlackBerry • humor • Rahm Emanuel • Washington, DC • Sarah Palin • political elite • President Obama • Alfalfa Club

Emanuel and 3 Pals Never Miss Their Morning Calls

Emanuel, Carville, Begala, Stephanopoulos talk every day

Jan 27, 09 10:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel may have his hands full these days, but not too full to touch base every single morning with three longtime pals: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, and Paul Begala, reports Politico. The four Dems never skip the chance to trade information and gossip, often in... More »

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Clinton administration • Rahm Emanuel • James Carville • George Stephanopoulos • conference call • Paul Begala • Obama administration

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