cabinet confirmation hearings

Confirmation hearing floor photographers: A love story

January 16, 2009 - [The following is a fictitious imagining of what might have taken place during this week's Senate cabinet confirmation hearings, had anything interesting been allowed to occur] Andy thought he knew the drill. Day after day of sitting Indian style on the floor, some guy's knee drilling int...

Boring cabinet confirmation hearings no one cares about ROUNDUP!!!

January 15, 2009 - Everyone's wringing their hands over Eric Holder and Tim Geithner. But what about the other nominees? The ones who are sailing right through their confirmation hearings? The ones who pay their taxes and don't pardon guys who illegally trade with Iran? It's time to take a look...

Ten ways to spice up these cabinet confirmation hearings

January 13, 2009 - We're not holding our breath for much drama to come out of these cabinet hearings. Since a lot of the cabinet picks are veteran senators or former senators, they're basically being vetted by their longtime friends and colleagues. Politico says...