Rahm Emanuel

Limits of US Power in Afghanistan by Doug Bandow

U.S. President Barack Obama continues to consider a major military escalation in Afghanistan. Instead, the president should rethink Washington's objective. The goal should be to minimize international terrorism, not build an...

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What Denying Unauthorized Immigrants Health Insurance Will Cost You

Timothy Noah writes on Slate: In his Sept. 9 speech to Congress on health care, when President Obama said, "The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally," Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shot back: "You...

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Policy Flashpoints Fuel Reform Debate

Kaiser Health News: "The health care overhaul debate in Congress now centers on two bills: the House-passed measure and the Senate Democrats' version unveiled Wednesday. They differ in important ways.

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The Fall of Greg Craig

Nearly 100 days after Barack Obama entered office, his top White House lawyer, Greg Craig, braced the President's senior advisers for a potentially explosive development. The Administration was preparing to release photographs...

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Chamber president won't be intimidated

Apple Inc. and other members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce quit over its opposition to climate-change legislation. President Barack Obama denounced the group for "spending millions" to kill a planned consumer agency. Chief...

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The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer

Nearly 100 days after Barack Obama entered office, his top White House lawyer, Greg Craig, braced the President's senior advisers for a potentially explosive development. The White House made public its plans to release the...

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Chamber's Donohue keeps cash coming in

Apple Inc. and three other members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce quit over the chamber's opposition to climate-change legislation. President Barack Obama denounced the Chamber for "spending millions" to kill a planned...

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Congress Rips Obama on Slow Recovery

Members of Both Parties Angry at Geithner and Finance Bill Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is facing heat from Congress for not doing enough to speed up economic recovery (AP) Growing discontent over the economy and...

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Former Baucus aide Jim Messina pushes his old boss on health care reform

Hours after Max Baucus slipped out the back door of Room 216 in the Hart Senate Office Building -- in the middle of his committee's health-care deliberations on Sept. 25 -- he pulled up a seat at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las...

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Rahm blamed for immigrant ban (Politico)

Politico - Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who...

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