Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system
WASHINGTON — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. ...
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Interior chief on the road, efficiency stirrings in Senate, and more
STATE OF PLAY: Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will spend her second day in Portland, Ore., on Friday, where she'll announce new cooperation on ...
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 ...
WOLF: Tyranny in our time
Americans are beginning to recognize the disturbing similarities between President Obama and the fallen Richard Nixon, but the comparison that may ...
Reid appears to back away from 'nuclear option' on filibusters
By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News With one of President Barack Obama’s key nominees on the verge of being confirmed by the Senate on ...
Senate committee approves Obama’s nomination of Gina McCarthy to head EPA
President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency was quickly approved by a Senate committee Thursday when Republicans abandoned ...
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 ...
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Moniz era begins as Senate weighs gas exports
ON TAP TUESDAY: The formal changing of the guard at the Energy Department. Ernest Moniz will be sworn in as Energy Secretary in the ...
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 ...
Harry Reid Has a Not-Quite-Nuclear Plan to Upend the Senate Filibuster
Later this summer, the Senate may at last tackle a highly controversial issue: whether or not it should approve executive branch nominations ...