Category Archives: National News

Congressional Democrats are poised to file legislation that would make the big three U.S. auto manufacturers eligible for a loan package from the $700 billion dollar financial bailout package they passed earlier. Such an action would set them on a … Continue reading →

It is quite apparent that industrial titan General Motors, currently on a cash burn of roughly two billion a month, will be bankrupt in a year or less without government assistance. From the Detroit Free Press: A key Wall Street … Continue reading →

DNC Chair Howard Dean will not stand for re-election at the end of his term in January, leaving the incoming President to name his successor. Governor Dean was a strong advocate for the so called fifty state strategy, and deserves … Continue reading →

The newly designated Chief of Staff to President-Elect Obama Rahm Emanuel made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows, appearing with fellow Clinton alumn George Stephanopolous on ABC. While Emanuel did not answer directly on whether the new administration would … Continue reading →

Senator Hillary Clinton, according to a report in the Washington Post, has sought to create a new health care subcommittee which she would chair that would become the focal point of Democratic policy creation. Her proposal would create the subcommittee … Continue reading →

MSNBC is reporting that Senator Joseph Lieberman has opened talks with Republican Leader Mitch McConnell about joining the Republican caucus in light of his failed talks with Majority Leader Harry Reid. Lieberman apparently considers the Reid offer of some sub-committee … Continue reading →

The first press conference by President-elect Barack Obama, with the accent on the economy. The bad news continues to gush in, led by the dour news from the big three automakers. President Obama is going to have his hands full. … Continue reading →

Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia yesterday resigned as chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. Byrd, at 90, is the longest serving member of the Senate in U.S. history, and has been on the committee for 50 years. There … Continue reading →