Joint Session

A Sadly Historic Joint Session for Congress

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 11.08.2011

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Rep. Earl Blumenauer

President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress tonight is going to be unique in the history of our nation because there will be no young House pages in attendance. The program was cancelled last month.

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Sam Stein

White House Denies Report It's Considering Regulation Moratorium

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House is denying a report that President Obama is considering calling for a moratorium on regulations affecting the economy, s...

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Jason Linkins

Reflections On The Great Scheduling War Of 2011

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.01.2011

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In the end, what did we learn from the Great Logistical Kerfuffle of 2011? Well, we've been reminded that everyone in politics and the media is as thin-skinned and as petty as they ever were.

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Sam Stein

White House Gives In: Obama To Address Congress Thursday Night

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After a vacuous back-and-forth over whether or not the president would be invited to address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, S...

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Sam Stein

UPDATE: Boehner Asks Obama To Delay Major Jobs Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Upping the stakes of his push for a major jobs plan, President Barack Obama asked House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majorit...

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Before And After Obama's Speech, With Populist Caucus Chair Bruce Braley

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The news from the White House for the past week, post-Massachusetts and pre-State-Of-The-Union, has had a decidedly Populist bent to it. So, when thi...

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You Lie!

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

The GOP is now the Party of lies, misinformation, misdirection, torture, infidelity, illegal wars, bloated government, higher taxes, broken health care, and murder of the innocent.

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Friday Talking Points [93] -- Lies, Lies And Propaganda

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.

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Expulsion? Joe Wilson Stole the Air Waves and Disgraced the Nation

Beau Friedlander | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beau Friedlander

We're spending too much time thinking about Wilson, and not enough time discussing how absurd it is that Obama and this Democratic majority can't push through a strong public option.

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Did Obama's Speech Change The Game?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Stylistically, the speech was reminiscent of Obama on the campaign trail. But the bar for him is so high that this was only remarkable because it has been so absent of late from Obama.

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The President's Speech

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert L. Borosage

The President gives a great speech. He challenged politicians and Americans to do "great things," because that is "who we are." Once more, he offers his hand; once more it is spit upon.

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Taking Things Off the Table

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Obama absolutely loves the phrase "everything's on the table." But the time for piling "everything" on "the table" is over. Everything being on the table means that no decisions have been made.

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Friday Talking Points [92] -- The End Of Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Sadly, Obama's speech to school children has become mired in manufactured controversy from the right, with typical sky-is-falling rhetoric about the evil, evil man who occupies the Oval Office.

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Obama To Address Joint Session Of Congress September 9

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will deliver a major prime-time health care address to Congress next week, opening an urgent autumn push to ...

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