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Obama rewards big donors with plum jobs overseas

He may have promised to change Washington, but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors. Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’ ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  UnitedHealth Group,  Don Beyer,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Democratic National Committee

NY-23 signaled Club for Growth's clout

The Club for Growth’s recent claim to fame — or infamy, for some — has been mixing it up in House Republican primaries by backing conservative candidates running against moderates. But the anti-tax, anti-big-government group now is positioning itself ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Marco Rubio,  Pat Toomey,  Arlen Specter

Dems risk losing Catholics over abortion

By teeing up a public battle over abortion in the health care bill now before the Senate, Congressional Democrats could be risking more than just the fate of the legislation. Hanging in the balance are millions of Catholic swing voters who moved ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  John Kerry,  Pew Research Center,  John Green

W.H. tactics reshuffle pecking order

The traditional pecking order of Washington’s top trade and business groups has been thrown into disarray by the Obama administration’s far-reaching domestic agenda and its tough tactics against opponents. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, engaged in a ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  Rahm Emanuel,  George W. Bush,  AT&T Inc.

GOP trails in money chase

Whatever success they achieve today, the likelihood of Republicans seizing that momentum and scoring a congressional comeback remains dim. And the biggest reason they still face an uphill fight is the oldest one in the campaign playbook: money. After ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

Obama shepherds health bill

As health care reform legislation inexorably makes its way through Congress, President Barack Obama, who has the biggest stake in its success, has seemed distant from the grueling, detailed work of crafting the reform law. Yet that impression is ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Nancy Pelosi,  Harry Reid,  U.S. Republican Party

In Maine, being bipartisan pays off

As the Senate prepares for floor debate on health care reform, all eyes are on a senator from Maine — again — a pattern that could be carved in stone during the next four years. When the Senate debated President Barack Obama’s economic recovery ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Olympia Snowe,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  Susan Collins,  TNS, Inc.

Chamber struggles to stay 'cool'

The nation’s largest business trade association is under pressure from within, being attacked from outside, suffering membership defections and, as my POLITICO colleague Lisa Lerer reported Monday, being ignored by the White House. And if that weren’t ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  White House,  National Press Club,  CNBC,  U.S. Republican Party

Downturn has hit banking lobbyists

The 2008 collapse of the financial sector also spawned a contraction in the number of banking lobbyists on K Street, leaving the industry with a smaller bench as Congress begins rewriting the rules for Wall Street. In 2007, the last boom year, 3,002 ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Freddie Mac,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Fannie Mae

Campaign finance laws face a reset

A series of court decisions expected this fall could put the nation on track to return to turn-of-the-century campaign finance laws. This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear arguments in a case that opponents say could pave ...

From JEANNE CUMMINGS, The Politico,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Federal Election Commission,  Supreme Court of the United States,  Paul Ryan,  Joseph Pulitzer,  Theodore Roosevelt

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