by Bill Scher | May 22, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended plans for a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying, "The president can keep him. He has the constitutional power to do it. But we have the constitutional power to try to pressure the...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended plans for a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying, "The president can keep him. He has the constitutional power to do it. But we have the constitutional power to try to pressure the...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2007 | Blog
Senator Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., who opposed last year's immigration bill, is trying to sell the new compromise to his fellow conservatives by touting the end of "chain immigration," how nativists describe the policy of allowing legal immigrants to unite their families. But...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2007 | Blog
As the Capitol Hill debate on "cap and trade" global warming legislation continues, always keep in mind that not all caps are the same. Loopholes and poor structure can make a cap ineffective. Here, we've talked a little more about possible loopholes than the overall...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 21, 2007 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
Columnist Paul Krugman on Monday wrote that he did something highly risky: He ate a salad. We are well familiar with the e. coli contamination of lettuce and spinach, and the more recent cases of pet food contamination. But Krugman, following on the heels of...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2007 | Blog
Once again, the Sunday shows go 0 for 3 on our Weekend Watchdog questions. Here's the questions we were hoping to get answered. • For Newt Gingrich (NBC's Meet The Press): You're one of the intellectual architects of the current foreign policy strategy in the...
