William S. Becker: EPA Nomination: Another Hostage in the Senate
In picking Gina McCarthy to lead the EPA, Obama sent the Senate a nominee who should satisfy, if not delight, Republicans as well as Democrats.
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: New battles for EPA pick, Obama lauds climate consensus, and more
STATE OF PLAY: President Obama's nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving closer to Senate approval, but there's still ...
Greg Sargent: Happy Hour Roundup
* Must read from Ron Brownstein on how GOP scandal overreach risks empowering the party's extreme factions, setting the stage for failure to moderate ...
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA showdown redux, Energy secretary vote arrives, and more
ON TAP THURSDAY: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Democrats will try again to advance the stalled nomination of Gina McCarthy, President ...
Jennifer Rubin: The week the dam broke for Obama
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Energy Secretary Confirmed; EPA Pick Advances
On May 16, President Obama's pick to head the EPA, Gina McCarthy, was approved on a 10-8 party-line vote by a Senate Committee and advances to the ...
Republicans see IRS scandal parallel in EPA info requests
By Reuters WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers on Friday began an investigation into whether the Environmental Protection Agency greatly favored ...
Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
WASHINGTON — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading ...
The First Cuts Are the Deepest: Sequester Cuts Increase Health, Climate Risks
“I don’t know whether it’s [sequester] going to hurt the economy or not. I don’t think anyone quite understands how the sequester is really going to ...
The GOP Walkout on Obama's EPA Pick Shows Senate Is as Polluted as Earth
The deeply boring procedures under which the Senate operates are so sufficiently riddled with idiosyncrasies that they allow for any number of goofy ...