Confirmation

Tea Party Ugly: House Blocks Obama Appointments Through 2012

Victor Williams | Posted 08.22.2011

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Rick Perry's characterization of possible future Fed actions as "treasonous" money printing is not as shocking as the mainstream GOP's continued celebration of their newest Tea Party candidate.

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Nobel Prize Obstructionism

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is downright ludicrous to say that a Nobel Prize-winning economist is somehow not qualified to get a job running economic policy for the government. Until Sen. Richard Shelby realizes this, Obama and the White House should point it out.

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Friday Talking Points [141] -- Rahm's Exit Contest Winner Announced

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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I will begin today's column by drying a tear as we all wish Rahm Emanuel a fond farewell. Actually, I am lying. I am drying no tears for Rahm becaus...

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Elena Kagan Offers GOP Few Openings For Attack

Roll Call | John Stanton | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Republicans were spoiling for an election-year fight over a Supreme Court confirmation, Elena Kagan is shaping up to be their worst nightmare -- a ...

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Supreme Court Helps Out Kagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Supreme Court has yanked the rug out from under the argument that Kagan shouldn't have had the option to bar military recruiters from campus while dean of Harvard law school. Today's ruling affirms that right for universities.

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Senators Move To End Secret Holds

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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The opponents of a rule that allows lawmakers to anonymously delay Senate confirmation proceedings have garnered enough support to overturn the rule. ...

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Can Harry Reid Deliver?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given that Harry Reid's Senate is not exactly known for moving with blinding speed, one has to wonder whether Harry Reid can deliver on some of these big issues before the midterm elections or not.

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Eating in Church

One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011

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I grew up in a very faithful household -- my father was an Episcopal priest and I was devoutly devout, an altar boy from age six and happy for it.

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Religion, Bigotry, and Political Hypocrisy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Put aside the crazy "Obama's a Muslim" idiocy -- assume John McCain had won the presidency instead. Do you really think the Senate would confirm a Muslim candidate right now, even a conservative right-wing one? I don't.

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McConnell Knocks Kagan For Arguing Against Citizens United

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Republican is criticizing Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan for backing limits on the ability of corporations and ...

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Elena Kagan -- One Ambivalent Liberal's Love Song

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the White House worries about selling Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan to the Senate, progressives are worried that Kagan may not be as progressiv...

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Friday Talking Points [111] -- Use It Or Lose It

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama this week has successfully put the Republican Party on the defensive. This could be a fleeting thing, or it could be the start of a whole new way for Obama's administration to operate.

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Stonewall Shelby and the Party of "No"

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

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There was a time when Republicans made difficult decisions that only history would reward but which moved the country forward. But that was 50 years ago. When was the last time Republicans made a difficult decision that truly benefited the nation?

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Dawn Johnsen To Be Re-Nominated, Confirms White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A White House official confirms what the Huffington Post reported on Wednesday -- that the administration is set to re-nominate Dawn Johnsen, the cont...

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Americans Celebrate First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation as the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. She will also be the third woman Justice in history and th...

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The JusticeBot 9000

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The JusticeBot 9000: You said you wanted a machine that took all the human factor out of the law, so that emotion and empathy would be forever banished from the bench.

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The Terrible Price of Being Tagged a Reverse Racist

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sotomayor and any minority perceived to be a threat to corporate and political white male dominance will be branded a reverse racist. This is not new.

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Senator Sessions, Judge Sotomayor, And Racism

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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In all the hoopla over Judge Sonia Sotomayor being nominated to the Supreme Court, there is one interesting side story that the media is largely ignor...

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Affirmative Action Hit on Sotomayor Aimed to Send Message

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The anti-affirmative action hit against Sotomoyor is more than an attempt by the conservative hawks to derail her confirmation. The goal is to chill her on the court and batter affirmative action.

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Dawn Johnsen: Reid Says Another Obama Nominee May Be Blocked By GOP

Political Animal | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moves to ease a backlog of executive branch nominations, he suggested on Tuesday that he does not have t...

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Mukasey Nomination May Face Senate Filibuster

Congressional Quarterly | Keith Perine and Seth Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Mukasey appears headed for confirmation as attorney general before Thanksgiving, but Senate Democratic leaders are leaving open the possibilit...

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Dems Threaten To Block Mukasey Nomination Over Torture Question

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge Michael Mukasey's nomination for attorney general ran into trouble Thursday when two top Senate Democrats said their votes hinge on whether he w...

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