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ANALYSIS

Feb 24, 2009 3:07 PM CST

What Should I Say Tonight? 5 Sure Bets

(Newser) - President Obama has had to change his tune a few times since he took office, but the content of his speech to Congress tonight will be no surprise, Michael Scherer writes in Time. Talking points have been consistent for long enough to predict 5 key features:

I'm not Bush: In

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Sen. Bunning Apologizes for Grim Ginsburg Comment

Feb 23, 2009 3:05 PM CST

Sen. Bunning Apologizes for Grim Ginsburg Comment

It's great to see justice back, Republican says

(Newser) - Sen. Jim Bunning apologized to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for saying he believes she is likely to die in less than a year from pancreatic cancer. The Kentucky Republican said over the weekend that Ginsburg has the type of cancer that is usually fatal within 9 months. In a statement...

Kennedy:
'I Don't
Plan to Go
Away Soon'

Feb 21, 2009 9:25 PM CST

Kennedy: 'I Don't Plan to Go Away Soon'

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy appreciates the sentiment, really. But this recent wave of eulogies might be a tad premature, he tells the New York Times. "Obviously I've been touched and grateful," he says in a phone interview. "Beyond that, I don’t really plan to go away soon."...

Burris Launched
Senate Bid in Fall Call

Feb 20, 2009 10:10 AM CST

Burris Launched Senate Bid in Fall Call

Former Blago aide says Burris contacted him repeatedly about appointment

(Newser) - Roland Burris’s effort to get into the Senate looks more elaborate every day. John Filan, a former aide to Rod Blagojevich, now says he got a call from Burris some time in the fall, expressing interest in a Senate appointment, the Chicago Tribune reports. Burris reiterated his interest, and...

How We Can
Get Rid of
This Guy

OPINION

Feb 19, 2009 2:02 PM CST

How We Can Get Rid of This Guy

(Newser) - Even with everyone in sight calling for his head, even after he’s been caught lying multiple times about his appointment, Roland Burris seems determined not to step down. But there is a quick way to be rid of him, law professor Garrett Epps writes for Salon: The Illinois legislature...

Coleman Lawyers Blast Judges' 'Fatal Inconsistency'

Feb 19, 2009 9:15 AM CST

Coleman Lawyers Blast Judges' 'Fatal Inconsistency'

Trial rhetoric escalates as judges deny Coleman ballots

(Newser) - Norm Coleman's lawyers lambasted the judges in Minnesota's recount trial for again refusing to reconsider certain rejected absentee votes that would narrow Al Franken's 225-vote lead in the Senate race, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. The attorneys called the rulings a "legal quagmire" and said the "fatal inconsistency...

Obama Must
Share Blame
for Burris

OPINION

Feb 18, 2009 12:58 PM CST

Obama Must Share Blame for Burris

(Newser) - Roland Burris is in the Senate embarrassing Illinois, and Rod Blagojevich isn’t the only one on the hook for that, writes John Kass of the Chicago Tribune. A fair share of the blame belongs to Barack Obama, who pressured Senate leaders to seat Burris—a move from which he's...

Chicago Trib
to Burris:
Out, Damned Senator!

OPINION

Feb 18, 2009 10:07 AM CST

Chicago Trib to Burris: Out, Damned Senator!

Burris has clearly lied, and has to resign

(Newser) - Time to go, Roland. The Chicago Tribune editorializes today that Sen. Roland Burris should resign, having used up his last shred of credibility by the time he changed his story for the fourth time yesterday—with the story getting "worse with every telling." Whether and how much he...

Senate Ethics Panel
May Investigate Burris

Feb 17, 2009 7:29 PM CST

Senate Ethics Panel May Investigate Burris

(Newser) - The Roland Burris mess is not going away. It now looks like the Senate Ethics Committee will open an investigation into whether he lied about his contacts with Rod Blagojevich, Politico reports. Back home in Illinois, meanwhile, Democrats are joining Republican calls for a perjury investigation. Burris, who backtracked yesterday...

Senate Centrists Hold
House Dems Hostage

Feb 17, 2009 3:24 PM CST

Senate Centrists Hold House Dems Hostage

Stick up to Reid, Dems urge Pelosi

(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....

Republicans
Shell Out
to Fight
Franken

Feb 15, 2009 9:46 AM CST

Republicans Shell Out to Fight Franken

59th Dem seat would make legislating easy for left

(Newser) - After President Obama slipped a bill through Congress with just three Republicans’ support, the GOP is digging in to prevent a 59th Democrat from taking Minnesota's contested Senate seat. Al Franken currently leads the interminable race by 225 votes, but Republicans are pouring cash into Norm Coleman’s legal bid...

GOP Lawmakers Hail Hated Stimulus

Feb 14, 2009 3:17 AM CST

GOP Lawmakers Hail Hated Stimulus

Republicans crow about projects they like in bill they loathed

(Newser) - Republican lawmakers aren't letting the fact they opposed the stimulus bill stop them from bragging now that it's passed, McClatchy Newspapers reports. A press release from Alaska Rep. Don Young boasted that he had won a victory for the state's small business owners in the bill's final version, but the...

Senate Passes Stimulus;
Obama's Pen Is Next

Feb 13, 2009 10:06 PM CST

Senate Passes Stimulus; Obama's Pen Is Next

(Newser) - In a major victory for President Barack Obama, Democrats muscled a huge, $787 billion stimulus bill through Congress late today in hopes of combating the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the AP reports. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. The Senate approved the measure 60-38 with three GOP moderates...

Absentee Ballot Ruling
Hurts Coleman's Chances

Feb 13, 2009 7:45 PM CST

Absentee Ballot Ruling Hurts Coleman's Chances

(Newser) - Minnesota judges handed Norm Coleman a setback today in his his bid for a Senate race recount against Al Franken, Talking Points Memo reports. In the preliminary ruling, the three-judge panel said 12 of 19 categories of rejected absentee ballots should not be tallied. "The facts do not show...

House Passes Stimulus Bill

Feb 13, 2009 1:53 PM CST

House Passes Stimulus Bill

(Newser) - The House today passed the $787 billion stimulus bill, once again without a single Republican vote, the AP reports. Eight Democrats also opposed the bill, which will make its way to the Senate later today. The victory belongs to President Obama, who says the package will save or create 3....

Final Stimulus
Votes Set Today

Feb 13, 2009 2:16 AM CST

Final Stimulus Votes Set Today

With haggling completed, final version of $789B bill will head to House and Senate

(Newser) - Lawmakers have hammered out the final details of the economic stimulus bill and cleared the way for final votes in the House and Senate today, reports Reuters. Both chambers are expected to approve the bill's final version, meeting Barack Obama's deadline of passing the $789 billion package of spending and...

Senate Confirms Panetta
as CIA Chief

Feb 12, 2009 9:47 PM CST

Senate Confirms Panetta as CIA Chief

(Newser) - The Senate confirmed Leon Panetta as director of the CIA tonight, placing the nation's top spy agency in the hands of a government veteran valued for his skills as a lawmaker and policy manager rather than an expert at intelligence-gathering and analysis. The Senate approved President Obama's choice on a...

Stimulus May Pick Up More GOP Votes

Analysis

Feb 12, 2009 12:13 PM CST

Stimulus May Pick Up More GOP Votes

But not enough to be anything like bipartisan

(Newser) - The passage of the stimulus is a done deal, but that doesn’t mean the votes on the compromise measure won’t be interesting. Democrats are hoping to bring more Republicans on board, reports Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. All three GOP senators who backed the original Senate bill...

Congress Reaches a Deal
on $789B Stimulus

Feb 11, 2009 2:55 PM CST

Congress Reaches a Deal on $789B Stimulus

Trimmed bill cuts funding to many of touted projects

(Newser) - House and Senate negotiators agreed on a compromise $789 billion stimulus plan this afternoon that scales down bills passed by each of the chambers. The final version "creates more jobs than the original Senate bill and spends less than the original House bill," Senate majority leader Harry Reid...

Franken Hits
DC; Coleman
Does, Too

Feb 11, 2009 12:16 PM CST

Franken Hits DC; Coleman Does, Too

Franken prepares, Coleman raises money, as endless election contest drags

(Newser) - With the outcome of Minnesota’s US Senate election still tied up in court, Al Franken is in DC preparing for what appears to be his new job. "It's a symbolic step to show Minnesota voters that Franken is doing what he needs to do to be ready to...