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PICKET: Obama agrees to move joint session date
President Barack Obama cedes to Speaker John Boehner's suggestion to have a joint session of Congress next Thursday instead of next Wednesday.
PICKET: Boehner to Obama on joint session date: No
Speaker of the House John Boehner sent a letter back to President Obama regarding the president's request for a joint session of Congress on September 7.
New labor super PAC doesn't have fundraising goal
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said the labor federation doesn't have a specific fundraising goal for its new super PAC, but the union chief predicted the political arm will generate enough cash to "build the power of America's silent majority," the middle class and the poor.
Obama will tour Irene damage
President Obama will travel to Paterson, N.J., Sunday to see the damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene, the White House has announced.
PICKET: Allen West calls Rep. Carson's rhetoric 'racist'
Rep. Allen West defended the tea party on Wednesday morning when Fox and Friends played clips of various Democratic black lawmakers, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, attacking the tea party movement and lawmakers on Capitol Hill who are aligned with the tea party. The Florida Republican, a maker popular with the tea party, also said he was beginning to "reconsider" his membership in the CBC at that point.
PICKET:RNC Chair calls Obama's proposed joint session date a 'political ploy'
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus went after President Obama's proposed date for the Joint Session Congress which conflicts with the Republican Presidential debate in California on September 7. The Wisconsin Republican called it a "thinly veiled political ploy."
Andy Parks Live from The Washington Times
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Limbaugh: (audio) Boehner must say 'no' to Obama on Joint Session date
President Barack Obama sent a letter to both Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, requesting a Joint Session of Congress on September 7. However, many are wondering why the President is requesting this date, as it conflicts with the upcoming GOP presidential debate at the Reagan library in Simi Valley, California.
Vermont asks for disaster relief
Vermont's congressman on Wednesday sent a letter to House leaders saying his state will need federal disaster payments to recover from the destruction caused by Hurricane Irene.
D.J. Adams, Cody Blue suspended for Terps opener
Ever-popular "violation of team rules" sidelines two sophomores
Perry to headline Va. GOP Event
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will headline the Republican Party of Virginia's Grassroots Luncheon on Sept. 14, Chairman Pat Mullins announced today.
Morning Roundup: Aug. 31
Judge denies postponement in Lululemon murder case; Nonprofit charged with using HIV-program money for D.C. strip club; Planners agreeing on Dulles rail extension; O'Malley, McDonnell assess Irene damage; Home prices fall in D.C. region; Panel: Md. needs to be more business friendly; Virginia strikes deal to improve once-shuttered rest stops.
PICKET: Rep. West 'reconsiders' Congressional Black Caucus membership
After watching several video clips on Wednesday of fellow black lawmakers attack the tea party, Rep. Allen West, Florida Republican, told Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy,to think about is reconsidering my membership in the Congressional Black Caucus."
Andy Parks Live from The Washington Times
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MILLER: Alaska's regulation stanglehold
Gov. Sean Parnell just wants Washington bureaucrats to leave Alaska alone. The Republican sailed out to our cruise ship when it stopped in the state's capital of Juneau to speak at the Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC). The state's tenth governor, who succeeded Sarah Palin, said that Alaska contributes 11 percent of the the nation's daily consumption of oil from its North Slope, and he wants to increase that.
Terps' Frese agrees to contract extension
Maryland women's basketball coach adds four guaranteed years to contract, signs through 2017
Daryl Hannah makes a splash at White House protest
Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah was among dozens of activists arrested Tuesday outside the White House as part of an orchestrated, two-week-long protest against a proposed oil pipeline.
