Dan Pfeiffer

WATCH LIVE: HuffPost Q&A With White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Huffington Post sat down with White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer Tuesday for a live video discussion on the major topi...

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White House To Republicans: 'Get The Job Done'

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 12.18.2011

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With some Republican opposition toward a short-term payroll tax cut extension out in the open, the White House responded on Sunday with its own intent...

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White House Suggests A Short Tax Holiday

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Faced with (still) intransigent Republicans, the White House on Thursday floated an idea: that Congress extend the payroll tax cuts and ...

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House Republicans Unveil $1 Trillion Spending Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON — Republicans yielded on policy affecting communist Cuba and Democrats gave way on new energy standards for light bulbs to seal an ag...

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White House Throws Curve Ball In Budget Negotiations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a move that could dramatically shake up late-stage budget negotiations in Congress, the White House on Wednesday night issued a publi...

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America's Cup Act: No Smooth Sail For Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.11.2012

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Congress has already lost support from the 99 percent -- now they're inconveniencing the remaining one. In a strange confluence of Congressional ev...

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White House Says 'Compromise By Necessity' Behind Us

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At the conclusion of the debt ceiling debate this August, there was broad relief inside the Obama White House. The resolution to cut rou...

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Interview: White House's Dan Pfeiffer on How Twitter Pressured Congress to Act on Debt Ceiling Bill

Shira Lazar | Posted 10.04.2011

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On Friday, President Obama urged citizens to tweet their congressmen and women using the hashtag "#compromise." In the 48 hours after the president's call to action, the hashtag was used more than 22 thousand times, and reached an estimated 36 million users.

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The Lion's Den That Was Netroots Nation

Sally Kohn | Posted 08.20.2011

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Should the "professional left" aggressively push the Obama administration to do more for working families? Hell yeah! Yet the tone of the questioning was infinitely more critical than friendly.

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Jared Polis Defends Obama: 'He's The Best President This Country Has Ever Had On LGBT Issues'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.18.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS -- After heated criticism of President Barack Obama on gay issues at Netroots Nation, openly gay Congressman Jared Polis defended Obama on...

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White House Opens Door To Non-"Clean" Debt Ceiling Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- One of the President’s top advisers opened the door on Wednesday to adding deficit-reduction elements to a bill that would raise the c...

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White House: DREAM Act Passage Will Come From The 'Bottom Up'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House is preparing a major grassroots push to pass the DREAM Act next year, which President Obama said Wednesday was one of hi...

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Getting What They Expected

Dan Pfeiffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, as special interests continued to pour secret donations into front groups supporting Republicans, we asked the obvious question: "What do they expect in return?" Today we found out they're already drawing up the plans.

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Shadow Campaigning: What Do They Expect in Return?

Dan Pfeiffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The American people no longer have the right to know who is financing ads that are overwhelmingly spreading exaggerations and falsehoods in an attempt to influence an election. This is a problem.

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Have Democrats Lost the Narrative?

Zach Friend | Posted 05.25.2011

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With every crazy new Republican claim, if you're a Democrat, your reaction is probably some version of, "What idiot could believe this crap?" Then you start arguing with it. And as soon as you do, you lose.

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Abort the Executive Order

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

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I say to all you female Democratic Senators, who now have the fate of American women and the health care bill in your hands: Walk over to the White House, and say you're not having it.

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Obama's Top Six Health Care Players

LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Months ago, when President Obama made healthcare his top domestic priority and picked the White House team to make it happen, he selected individuals ...

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Anita Dunn Stepping Down As White House Communications Director

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday shuffled its communications team, with Anita Dunn stepping down as expected and her deputy taking over d...

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Obamas Are Not The Only White House Couple

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has more than one way of bringing people together: Just ask Cass and Samantha. Or Anita and Bob. Or Tommy and Katie. ...

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Washington Network Watch: Daschle's (Near) Dozen

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daschle alumni constitute their own cluster of critical mass within the Obama network; at least nine senior campaign advisers have ties to the former Senate leader.

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