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Hoyer slams Cantor over GOP debt 'concession'
Partisan tit for tat over raising the nation's debt limit continued Tuesday, as the No. 2 House Democrat rebuked GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor for saying Republicans were making a concession simply by agreeing to join the negotiations.
PICKET: (VIDEO) Immelt to Chamber on job creation: 'The people in this room can do more too'
The Obama administration's job's czar, General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt, addressed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday and discussed job creation ideas to the Chamber's audience at the annual jobs summit. Mr. Immelt's speech was relatively defensive and placed most of the onus on private sector businesses to take the first step towards creating jobs.
College Football Countdown: Nos. 91-95
The countdown's first BCS conference sighting ensues
Morning Roundup, July 11
Report: Pepco most hated U.S. company; Gray nominee rejected; fight for control of Virginia Senate taking shape; McDonnell endorses congressional plan to cut spending; District won't meet deadline on national sex-offender registry; District among hottest U.S. cities.
What's up with that?
Through the first half of the year, Prince George's County recorded more homicides than the District.
Metro board backs shorter station names
Perhaps in a nod to a generation that communicates in bursts of 140 characters or less, Metro's leaders are endorsing plans to tighten up lengthy and confusing station names.
PICKET: (video) Rep.Tim Scott: Obama side-stepping Congress over debt-ceiling is 'impeachable act'
Congressman Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, spoke to his constituents on Thursday about the debt ceiling debate in Washington. He talked about the constitutionality of the president bypassing the Congress over the debt ceiling issue.
TRR: Chinese Smog is Saving the World
Polar bears can thank Chinese dirty coal for saving the ice cap and other exotic current climate theories.
TRR: A Two-State Solution for America
Secession seems to be back in vogue these days. From southern Sudan to southern California and Arizona, more and more people just want to go it alone.
TRR: Peaceniks Discover Big Boy Rules
Give the good ship Juliano some props -- literally. The Swedish-flagged craft was in the Greek port of Piraeus as part of a flotilla seeking to challenge Israel’s naval security cordon around Gaza when, according to flotilla organizers, “hostile divers destroyed the [ship’s] propeller house and cut the propeller shaft.” It seems that someone one-upped the peaceniks’ attempt to create an international incident.
VERNUCCIO: MD union finds sneaky way to force non-members to pay up
The move by AFSCME in Maryland to begin collecting dues from non-members recently is indicative of union organization drives across the country. Unions in the private sector have been atrophying for years and now make up less than seven percent of the workforce. Government union membership on the other hand has been sky rocketing.
PICKET: (video) Flashback: Reid and Obama explained their '06 debt ceiling vote was 'political'
Here are two interesting clips from earlier this year of President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, talking about why they voted against raising the debt ceiling in 2006, yet feel differently today about their votes from five years ago.
MILLER: (video) Bachmann will vote against debt ceiling
Rep. Michele Bachmann, GOP presidential candidate, announced that she will vote against raising the debt ceiling. In a TV campaign ad, the Minnesota Republican said that she will not support any increase in the current $14.3 borrowing limit.
Morning Roundup: July 7
Pressure mounts on airports authority over Dulles Metro station; Warner, Webb introduce bill to lift drilling moratorium; Redistricting work begins in Maryland; Attacker on B-W Parkway remains at large; O'Donnell PAC took in $1.4 million from major donors in 2nd quarter; Virginia Democrats meet next week for elections; Cuccinelli gives opinion on University of Virginia's firearms policy.
PICKET: (video) Van Jones slams Norquist's taxpayer protection pledge
Former Obama administration Green Jobs Czar Van Jones spoke to the Washington Times on Wednesday after he addressed a Campus Progress audience in Washington. We asked him why he took issue with the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge that many Republicans sign before running for office.
PICKET: Does Newt have a path for 2012?
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is seeking the GOP presidential nomination, continues to hit snags in his quest. While most right of center political observers will give Mr. Gingrich his due as an intelligent individual...an "ideas man," the Georgia Republican's campaign for the presidency is routinely dismissed as more than long shot by both Republican activists, leaders, and former Gingrich aides
Maryland-Temple hoops set for Jan. 21
Meeting at the Palestra serves as return game for last season's BB&T Classic
D.C. Lottery's online gambling could be city's next emerging scandal
Jonetta Rose Barras in her column in the Washington Examiner takes on what could be an emerging scandal resulting from "unanswered questions and unreported relationships" over online gambling in the District.
PICKET: Paul Ryan tweets out to Obama: Pick a time and place and debate me
Amidst a frenzy of suggested Twitter questions for President Barack Obama to answer this afternoon at his Twitter townhall, Congressman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and author of the GOP budget plan, tweeted out a challenge to the president.
