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Federal court defends judicial conference at Georgia resort
Even as automatic budget cuts force various federal agencies to cut spending, a group of federal judges from the Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit went ahead with their 2013 Judicial Conference last week, spending several days - and maybe several hundred thousand dollars - at a golf resort and spa in Savannah, ...
Obama Administration rolls out new health insurance forms
The Obama Administration unveiled new draft forms Tuesday for people to apply for insurance coverage under the Obama health law, releasing signup applications which are much shorter and less complex than an earlier version that drew criticism from backers and critics alike of the health reform law. "Consumers will have ...
Questions after the Boston Marathon bombings
The political aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings is just beginning, as both parties wait to see how it may impact a number of different issues, ranging from the conduct of anti-terrorism work by the U.S. Government to immigration, gun laws and more. In the wake of terrorist attacks, it ...
Senators introduce immigration reform bill
After months of negotiation, a bipartisan group of eight Senators has formally introduced immigration reform legislation in the Senate, titled the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act." It weighs in at 844 pages. The full text of the bill was posted early this morning by the office of Sen. ...
Justices take aim at Defense of Marriage Act
Unlike the first day of arguments on gay marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed to be heading in the direction of making a decision on the Defense of Marriage Act, as one could count five votes on the bench to strike down the law that defines marriage as ...
Reading the tea leaves at the U.S. Supreme Court
Just about one year ago, many of us again learned a good lesson about covering the U.S. Supreme Court, when the Justices left experts with the impression that the Court was ready to overturn the Obama health law. But, it didn't happen. So, after the first day of arguments on ...
Supreme Court expresses concern over sequester
Appearing for a yearly budget hearing before the Congress, two U.S. Supreme Court Justices voiced concern over automatic budget cuts that hit the federal government earlier this month, arguing it will have a negative impact on the Judicial Branch. "Over the long term, particularly for the courts as a whole ...
White House meeting produces no sequester deal
As expected, there was no magic solution unveiled after a meeting Friday morning at the White House between Congressional leaders and the President, as both sides seem headed for a lengthy battle over how to deal with $85 billion in automatic budget cuts. "I told them these cuts will ...
President Obama's State of the Union
Here is the prepared text of President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address. This text was sent by reporters by the White House Press Office just before the speech began. = February 12, 2013 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the ...
Filibusters and Cabinet nominations
There is more talk in Washington, D.C. this week about the possibility of Republicans trying to block President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary, and how that tactic would be a historic first to require 60 votes in the Senate on a Presidential Cabinet choice. Except that it happened just a ...
Obama recess appointees face calls for resignation
Republicans in Congress are demanding that two members of the National Labor Relations Board and the head of a new consumer financial watchdog agency resign their posts in the Obama Administration, as Political Washington tries to digest a sweeping appeals court ruling that would drastically limit the power of a ...
Appeals court rules Obama appointments invalid
In a judicial rebuke to President Obama, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has ruled that a series of "recess appointments" made by the President in 2012 violated the Constitution, because they were made when the Senate was technically still in session. "That is the case here, and we ...
Obama executive actions on gun violence
Here is a list of the executive actions taken by President Obama on gun violence, as provided by the White House. These are separate from the main proposals unveiled by the President on Wednesday at the White House, which include a ban on assault weapons, universal background checks for all ...
White House claims victory on cliff deal
The White House on New Year's Day proclaimed victory on the fiscal cliff deal that only hours earlier had made it through the U.S. Senate on a vote of 89-8, labeling it a "victory for middle-class families and the economy." What follows is a fact sheet/press release issued by the ...
Senate death brings historic change
The death this week of Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) brought about a historic change on the Senate Appropriations Committee, as Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) will take over the gavel of that important panel, becoming the first woman to chair that committee. "It is especially gratifying to be the first woman ...
Washington's Fiscal Cliff Dance
If you thought this week would be filled with closed door negotiating sessions involving leaders in Congress and President Obama over the fiscal cliff, that's not the recipe for success being utilized in Washington, D.C. Instead, both parties are jacking up their public relations efforts, and trying their best to ...
New legal challenge to Obama health law
The U.S. Supreme Court today reversed course, and is allowing a challenge against the Obama health law by a religious school to go forward before a federal appeals court, signaling that the legal challenges against those reforms are by no means over. This case involves Liberty University, a religious school ...
Romney makes case in Iowa speech
As both parties shift into their final arguments in the race for the White House, Mitt Romney used a speech in Iowa today to lay out the Republican case for change in this year's elections, arguing that the GOP is ready to make the big decisions and changes, while accusing ...
Obama accuses Romney of "Romnesia"
In a stop in Fairfax, Virginia on Friday, President Obama rolled out a new attack line as he accused Republican Mitt Romney of conveniently changing his position on a number of issues in order to look more moderate to voters in Novmeber; the President called it "Romnesia." "I mean, he’s ...
Supreme Court deals with affirmative action
In what could be a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justices hear arguments on Wednesday on a case involving affirmative action and college admissions, as the Court is being asked to invalidate race preferences used for some admissions by the University of Texas. The case is being ...
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