'You guys are pretty impatient'
Christie plans D.C. rollout
By MIKE ALLEN | 2/15/11 10:24 AMHe has tough-talking message for Dems, GOP-ers.
Key 2012 early states cool to Palin
By BEN SMITH & JONATHAN MARTIN | 2/15/11 11:06 AMDo we want house prices to rise?
By MICHAEL KINSLEY | 2/15/11 11:49 AMOpinion: It's time to question the societal benefits of ever-escalating home values.
D.C. as Cairo: Tumult reigns at CPAC
By JOE SCARBOROUGH | 2/15/11 11:47 AMOpinion: Like the Egyptians, conservatives still have no idea who their new leader will be.
400 amendments on spending plan
By JONATHAN ALLEN & JAKE SHERMAN | 2/15/11 11:53 AMLawmakers pitch proposals on everything from Israel aid to NASCAR sponsorship.
Upton vs. Boxer
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 2/15/11 12:33 PMDueling hearings on environmental policy raise the curtain on a great drama.
Daniels faces tea party heat
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 2/15/11 11:42 AMChinese telecom giant jams Obama
By MIKE ZAPLER | 2/15/11 10:47 AMIt refuses to voluntarily divest itself from a U.S. company, putting the ball in the president's court.
U.S weaves tangled Web policy
By JOSH GERSTEIN & LAURA ROZEN | 2/15/11 11:32 AMThe WikiLeaks case is complicating administration efforts to promote online openness.
Clinton: U.S. backs 'right to connect'
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 2/15/11 10:23 AMIn an upcoming speech, she plans to say that America will help fight Internet repression abroad.
House GOP owes NRCC $2 million
By ALEX ISENSTADT & JAKE SHERMAN | 2/15/11 11:16 AMIn a conference-wide meeting, party leaders inform lawmakers they owe thousands of dollars.
House 'pajama party' over?
By NATASHA LENNARD | 2/15/11 7:56 AM2012 strategy: Raise cash later
By JEANNE CUMMINGS | 2/15/11 8:49 AM"It just seems like nobody is in a hurry to be the first to stick their head up," an expert says.
Dems vow Planned Parenthood fight
By SIMMI AUJLA | 2/15/11 11:55 AMRep. Barbara Lee called GOP threats to cut funding a “war on women.”
Bill worries abortion rights activists
By KATE NOCERA | 2/15/11 11:42 AMS.D. bill would expand justifiable homicide definition to include those who kill to protect a fetus.
Republicans brace for whip race
By MANU RAJU | 2/15/11 5:51 AMSens. Lamar Alexander and John Cornyn say they won’t tear apart their conference.
Greene on S.C. House race ballot
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 2/15/11 7:48 AMReport hits Congress on office safety
By ERIKA LOVLEY | 2/15/11 6:16 AMCongressional workplaces are currently exempt from key parts of employment laws.
W.H. takes Egypt wisdom to Iran
By ABBY PHILLIP | 2/15/11 6:07 AMA second test of Obama's Middle East foreign policy is brewing in the streets of Tehran this week.
Climate change: GOP Galileo moment
By MARK HERTSGAARD | 2/15/11 9:34 AMOpinion: Climate cranks should be called to account for the damage they have set in motion.
Nature isn't red or blue. It's green
By JOHN ADAMS | 2/15/11 6:10 AMOpinion: We share a common duty to safeguard our water, wildlife and air.
Obama EPA hit for Bush-era plan
By EILEEN CLAUSSEN | 2/15/11 8:45 AMOpinion: Attacks on the agency's current actions resonate as particularly empty political rhetoric.
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'Birthers' make up half GOP
Surprising new poll finds 51 percent of Republican primary voters don't think Obama was born in U.S.
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'I definitely feel folks' pain'
Obama talks about cuts in his budget proposal at a press conference. Plus: Words for Rahm.
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Can Obama, GOP 'give a little bit'?
"Other than a being a line from a Super Tramp song this is not a refrain heard often" in D.C.
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Al Sharpton won't dance
The producers of "Dancing with the Stars" have asked Sharpton several times to do the reality show.
Liberals launch anti-Issa crusade
By JAKE SHERMAN & JOHN BRESNAHAN | 2/15/11 8:06 AMBudget battle: The road ahead
By GLENN THRUSH & JONATHAN ALLEN | 2/15/11 12:27 PMHow can the White House, a fractious and hostile House and a dysfunctional Senate, pass anything?
Left saves budget outrage for GOP
By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN & SHIRA TOEPLITZ | 2/15/11 10:12 AMThis year, President Barack Obama can claim the benefit of an expedient foil: Republicans.
Budget 2012: Obama vs. House GOP
By DAVID ROGERS | 2/15/11 11:22 AMSpending plan paints contrast between visions.
Federal jobs on GOP chopping-block
By JAKE SHERMAN | 2/15/11 11:50 AMSpeaker of the House John Boehner says if the federal workforce shrinks, “so be it.”
Dems want MLB to strike out tobacco
By SCOTT WONG | 2/15/11 12:10 PMLiberated from Egypt coverage
By ROGER SIMON | 2/15/11 6:28 AMSimon says that after 18 days of revolution-watching, even the budget looks interesting.
Carney got $270K from Time in 2009
By KENNETH P. VOGEL | 2/15/11 10:45 AMThe new White House press secretary received bonus and severance payments after his departure.
Poll: Nelson vulnerable to challenger
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 2/15/11 8:29 AMThe Florida senator falls short of the 50 percent mark against five potential Republican opponents.
Paul Ryan: Man in the middle?
By RICHARD E. COHEN | 2/15/11 8:17 AMHe's caught between establishment, freshmen.
Blunt: Budget doesn't go far enough
By MIKE ALLEN & JAMES HOHMANN | 2/15/11 9:28 AMPlay VideoBusinesses see budget as slap
By CHRIS FRATES | 2/15/11 9:52 AMParticularly upsetting to lobbyists is the resurrection of a tax on big banks that took bailout cash.
Ariz. bill links hospitals, immigration
By SCOTT WONG | 2/15/11 9:55 AMGOP lawmakers propose a bill requiring hospitals to check if patients are in the country legally.
Patriot Act extension passes House
By JAKE SHERMAN | 2/14/11 7:47 PMBy a vote of 275 to 144, Republicans send the bill to the Senate on their second try.
Chu puts Energy Dept. in spotlight
By DARIUS DIXON | 2/15/11 9:35 AMPresident Barack Obama is banking on Steven Chu to execute major pillars of his legacy.
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By POLITICO STAFF | 2/15/11 9:55 AMPlay VideoTrump: Gays yes, gay marriage no
By JUANA SUMMERS | 2/15/11 8:59 AMHe's in favor of "almost all conservative principles."