President Barack Obama on Saturday accused Republicans of holding American small businesses “hostage to politics” after Republican senators refused to back a $30 billion small-business lending package.
First Read: Largely lost in all the recent focus on the BP spill, Shirley Sherrod, the Arizona immigration law, Charlie Rangel, and the Wikileaks leak is this bit of news: Democrats - perhaps ever so slightly - are beginning to close the midterm gap.
First Read: Largely lost in all the recent focus on the BP spill, Shirley Sherrod, the Arizona immigration law, Charlie Rangel, and the Wikileaks leak is this bit of news: Democrats - perhaps ever so slightly - are beginning to close the midterm gap.
Gov. Charlie Crist is slightly ahead of Republican Marco Rubio in a three-way general election matchup for the U.S. Senate while the race to succeed Crist as governor is about even, a poll released Friday suggests.
The nation’s economic recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year.
Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.
A House investigatory panel is alleging 13 violations of congressional ethics and federal law statutes by veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel.
The Arizona law is the culmination of years of inaction by Washington to deal with the issue of illegal immigration.
The Obama White House keeps talking about the economy and health care — because even if they’re unpopular in the short run, they’re hoping attitudes change in the long run.
The Obama White House keeps talking about the economy and health care — because even if they’re unpopular in the short run, they’re hoping attitudes change in the long run.
