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Determining What Works, Line by Line

Published May 8, 2009 at 11:43 a.m.
OMB Director Peter Orszag tells us about the budget being released today, in particular the volume on Terminations, Reductions, and Savings ...

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Ending Bad Habits

Published May 8, 2009 at 11:43 a.m.
The President discusses how his budget reductions released today reflect a change in the way Washington does business ... Updated with video ...

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Transportation Projects under the Recovery Act

Published May 8, 2009 at 11:43 a.m.
Jared Bernstein, the Vice President's Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor, gives us an update ...

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Service, Coming to a Town Near You

Published May 8, 2009 at 11:43 a.m.
The Corporation for National & Community Service was charged with dramatically expanding opportunities for Americans to serve, and in a sign of how seriously they are taking that charge today they announced a nationwide listening tour ...

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Change in Progress with Russia

Published May 8, 2009 at 11:43 a.m.
The President meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, picking up on the diplomatic foundation laid during the President’s trip to Europe a month ago ...

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More News on Outreach and Meetings Regarding the Recovery Act

Published May 8, 2009 at 11:43 a.m.
Another update from Norm Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform, in the spirit of transparency as always ...

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Streaming at 12:30: Secretary Solis and Others Hold Town Hall on H1N1 in Spanish

Published May 8, 2009 at 11:43 a.m.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis is joining other Administration officials for a Latino town hall meeting to listen to the community’s concerns and inform the public about the government’s efforts to control the impact of the H1N1 virus ... Watch live at WhiteHouse.gov/live ...

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Sen. Coburn on Obama’s $17B

Published May 8, 2009 at 9:36 a.m.
Thanks to Sen. Coburn for making essentially the same point I was trying to make yesterday.Granted, some of Coburn’s remarks — e.g., “regardless of how imperfect or incomplete the president’s list may be” — seem a bit snippier than mine, but the fundamental argument is the same ... As I wrote yesterday, “Budget paring is [ ... ] ...

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Charge Bush, Pelosi and the rest of Congress

Published May 8, 2009 at 8:16 a.m.
Since the election of Barack Obama, the left portion of the blogosphere has been insistent on charging George Bush and Dick Cheney with criminal and civil lawsuits surrounding the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” in places like Gitmo.The loud rumbling that was all over the airwaves have suddenly gone silent over the past few weeks. [ ... ] ...

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Hatch: Kagan And Sotomayor Would Present "Real Dilemma" To Oppose

Published May 8, 2009 at 5:24 a.m.
A top Republican Senator on the Judiciary committee suggested on Thursday that two of the people widely believed to be under consideration for a Supreme Court appointment would present "a real dilemma" for his party to oppose ... During an interview with Scott Hennen, a conservative North Dakota radio host, former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin Hatch praised Solicitor General Elena Kagan for having a "brilliant" legal mind, and called Sonia Sotomayor, a judge on the second circuit

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