Scott Walker took office as governor of Wisconsin on January 3. Since then, he has not negotiated with state workers. Now he's fast-tracked a punitive plan to cut the wages of state workers, prevent them from bargaining over things like workplace safety, and break their unions. And no, he still will not negotiate,...
NY-26: A look at the Democratic field
Three names have emerged as the possible Democratic nominee in the special election to replace Chris Lee in the NY-26. They are Erie County (Buffalo and some of its suburbs) Clerk Kathy Hochul, Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz, and Iraq war veteran Jon Powers. Any talk about Kathy Konst as the nominee...
Mitt Romney scrubs RomneyCare from his book
Matt Browner Hamlin at AMERICAblog:
Multiple Choice Mitt strikes again. Romney is putting out a paperback version of his book, No Apology, but has edited out references to the individual mandate contained in health care legislation he brought into law in Massachusetts.
Mitt's problem is obvious. In Massachusetts he signed...
Midday open thread
- Excited, worried, or plain old scared to death of the transition to DK4? Flashback to 2010, when Sardonyx took a look at the transition in 2003, when Daily Kos went from Movable Type to the Scoop platform. And check out a recent diary from Frankenoid that looked back at the 2005 transition...
Steve King threatens government shutdown unless Obama abandons health care reform
In a presentation at CPAC on Thursday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) called on Republicans to hold the government hostage until President Obama abandons his dream of reforming the nation's health care system. ...
The reform law signed by Obama last year includes what King called "self-enacting appropriations" -- mandatory spending...
Gallup: Jobs No. 1 concern of Americans
Given that 13.9 million people are still officially out of work, 6.2 million of them for more than six months, with another 8.4 million underemployed, 2.8 million so discouraged they haven't looked for work in the past month and others having dropped out of the labor force and not looked for work for a...
Republican floats possibility of government shutdown
Republican says government shutdown possible, as House GOP work to bridge divisions
A top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee says that the fight to cut spending could lead to a government shut down.
"I know that that's not something leadership wants to do. Is it a possibility? Yes,...
Crowds rejoice as Mubarak steps aside
CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt turned over all power to the military, and left the Egyptian capital for his resort home in Sharm el-Sheik, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced on state television on Friday.
The announcement, delivered during evening prayers in Cairo, set off a frenzy of celebration,...
Today in Congress
In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Democratic Whip:
TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
On Friday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business.First/Last votes are expected between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m.
"One Minutes" (5 per side)
Complete Consideration of H.Res. 72...
Darrell Issa’s office says preventing atrocities cost businesses time and money
Just how committed is Darrell Issa's (R-CA) Oversight and Government Reform Committee on doing anything possible to protect business interests over people? A rather prominent clue can be found in an Associated Press article (via Nexis) about the hearing held on Thursday "designed to give a voice to business complaints about government regulations."
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Harris poll: Obama’s individual bills are great, but there’s disapproval of the legislative record
Go figure. If you ask the public about specific bills, they are individually popular. But if you ask what's been passed as a whole, the public disapproves. A Harris poll finds this so, which is reminiscent of "I like the individual elements but I hate the health reform that was passed - just don't repeal...
