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Happy birthday, Mme. Speaker! Too bad about your face
Kate Harding
The Daily Beast celebrates Nancy Pelosi's 69th birthday by scrutinizing her face to death.
NRCC calls crisis “the Pelosi Recession”
Alex Koppelman
The GOP's congressional campaign committee makes the messaging official: The House speaker is to blame for the country's economic woes.
Will Geithner plan quell AIG outrage?
Joan Walsh
The treasury secretary says AIG will have to repay $165 million it awarded as executive bonuses -- but can that stop the backlash against bailouts?
Can Washington get our money back from AIG?
Alex Koppelman
Politicians from both parties are pushing plans to rescind the $165 million in bonuses the company paid out recently.
Take this bonus and shove it
Mike Madden
President Obama is raising his voice to condemn AIG executives. But singing an angry song may be all he can do about the fat paychecks.
House Democrats considering second stimulus
Alex Koppelman
Advisors have told the House's Democratic caucus that the original $787 bill isn't enough to reach the administration's job goals.
DeLay: Limbaugh’s a GOP “role model”
Joan Walsh
Translation: If your bouts of anti-Rush integrity last longer than four hours, call your doctor.
For Drudge, existence of snow still big news
Alex Koppelman
Once again, the conservative site promotes bad science by linking the warming debate to a single snowstorm.
We’re really leaving Iraq
Juan Cole
Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama's speech on Friday, and his plan to stay a little longer. But here's why there's no reason for alarm.
Pelosi doesn’t want to restore assault weapons ban
Alex Koppelman
The Obama administration wants to bring the law back, but the House speaker nixed the idea, and it'd be hard to get Democrats on board anyway.
Pelosi questions Obama’s Iraq plan
Alex Koppelman
The House speaker says she wants only 15,000 to 20,000 troops to remain, while the president reportedly intends to leave 50,000 there.
Pelosi criticizes Truth Commission as inadequate, advocates criminal prosecutions
Glenn Greenwald
In an MSNBC interview with Rachel Maddow to air tonight, the House Speaker is surprisingly emphatic about the need for criminal investigations.
Why a war crimes fact-finding commission could uniquely enable prosecutions
Glenn Greenwald
Senate Democrats insist that the investigations they seek are not intended to spawn prosecutions. But they may not be able to control that.
The “Americans want bipartisanship” myth
Glenn Greenwald
The last two elections and the consensus of polling data demonstrate that what Americans actually want is a significant departure from the rule by Republicans and their policies.
Murtha’s not the only one with lobbyist trouble
Ben Travers
Together, 104 members of the House secured about $300 million for the clients of a lobbying firm now under FBI investigation -- most got campaign cash in the process.
Pelosi wants Rove, Miers, Bolten prosecuted, but it won’t happen
Alex Koppelman
The House speaker wants the three charged for contempt of Congress, but the Obama administration's position will likely be the same as Bush's.
Watching Republicans grieve
Mark Schone
Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi journeyed into the heart of the GOP for her new HBO documentary. She discusses what she found there: Denial, depression and a whole lot of anger.
A wake-up call for Barack Obama
Joan Walsh
Will Judd Gregg's treachery and zero GOP votes for his stimulus package convince the president bipartisanship is dead?
Barney Frank, Bible scholar
Mike Madden
The Massachusetts Democrat uses a Purim analogy to put Republicans in their place.
Stimulus deal in trouble again?
Alex Koppelman
The House vote on the bill has been pushed back to Friday, and there's reportedly still some disagreement over funds for school modernization.
Dems fighting amongst themselves over stimulus
Alex Koppelman
Tension between House and Senate Democrats continues, despite an official agreement on the bill.
Did Senate jump the gun on stimulus deal?
Alex Koppelman
House Democrats aren't fully on board just yet; they want more funding for school construction, and are upset about the way they've been treated.
Congress begins high-pressure stimulus negotiations
Alex Koppelman
Key members of the House and Senate, joined by administration representatives, worked late into the night Tuesday.
Party on, GOP
Joan Walsh
Let Republicans act clueless while Obama rallies the country around school construction and aid to locals, and wins back higher ground.
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