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  • Obama Seeks Second Half of Bailout ...

    President-elect Barack Obama yesterday launched an aggressive campaign to persuade a ... [morePresident-elect Barack Obama yesterday launched an aggressive campaign to persuade a deeply skeptical Congress to permit him to spend another $350 billion to stabilize the still-fragile U.S. financial system, as the Bush White House formally notified lawmakers of Obama's intention to use the money.]

     

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  • INSIDE WASHINGTON: GOP lays down ma...

    WASHINGTON -- Eric Holder Jr., President-elect Barack Obama's pick for attorney gener... [moreWASHINGTON -- Eric Holder Jr., President-elect Barack Obama's pick for attorney general, brings to his confirmation hearing next week a dream resume and a bull's-eye target with his picture in the middle.]

     

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  • Stimulus Plan Meets More GOP Resist...

    Just days after taking office vowing to end the political era of "petty grievances," ... [moreJust days after taking office vowing to end the political era of "petty grievances," President Obama ran into mounting GOP opposition yesterday to an economic stimulus plan that he had hoped would receive broad bipartisan support.]

     

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  • An Unjustified Delay on Mr. Holder'...

    SO MUCH for a new era of good feelings and bipartisanship. Republicans squandered goo... [moreSO MUCH for a new era of good feelings and bipartisanship. Republicans squandered goodwill Wednesday by blocking a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on attorney general nominee Eric H. Holder Jr.]

     

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  • Dana Milbank - The Republicans Are ...

    President Obama was a bit disoriented yesterday when he emerged from a chat with Repu... [morePresident Obama was a bit disoriented yesterday when he emerged from a chat with Republican senators at the Capitol.]

     

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  • As Obama Talks Of Bipartisanship, D...

    After a week of legislative successes for President Obama, Republicans seized on one ... [moreAfter a week of legislative successes for President Obama, Republicans seized on one asterisk: his inability to line up support from their ranks. As he heads into his second full week in office, members of both parties are waiting to see whether he will regard this as the failure that some have made...]

     

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  • Hirsh: How Obama Lost Control of th...

    Obama needs to reassert command of the agenda in Washington

     

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  • Some From Bush White House Blast Ob...

    Richard B. Cheney says President Obama's policies will make it easier for terrorists ... [moreRichard B. Cheney says President Obama's policies will make it easier for terrorists to kill Americans. Alberto R. Gonzales says the new attorney general could be undermining the morale of U.S. intelligence officials.]

     

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  • Republicans See Long-Term Victory i...

    Three months after their Election Day drubbing, Republican leaders see glimmers of re... [moreThree months after their Election Day drubbing, Republican leaders see glimmers of rebirth in the party's liberation from an unpopular president, its selection of its first African American chairman and, most of all, its stand against a stimulus package that they are increasingly confident will...]

     

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  • Events Designed To Prepare Nation F...

    When President Obama rolls out his first budget proposal next week, it will contain s... [moreWhen President Obama rolls out his first budget proposal next week, it will contain some of the ugliest deficit numbers this nation has seen since the end of World War II. So the Obama administration is planning an entire week of budget-focused activities to prepare the country for the painful...]

     

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  • Democrats Stung by Dissenters - was...

    Democratic leaders in Congress did not expect much Republican support as they pressed... [moreDemocratic leaders in Congress did not expect much Republican support as they pressed President Obama's ambitious legislative agenda. But the pushback they are receiving from some of their own has come as an unwelcome surprise.]

     

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  • Senate Approves $410 Billion Bill t...

    The Senate gave final approval last night to a $410 billion spending bill to fund mos... [moreThe Senate gave final approval last night to a $410 billion spending bill to fund most of the federal government for the remainder of the year after overcoming a resilient Republican opposition and several Democratic defections.]

     

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  • Obama Signs Spending Bill, Vowing t...

    Get Washington DC,Virginia,Maryland and national news. Get the latest/breaking news,f... [moreGet Washington DC,Virginia,Maryland and national news. Get the latest/breaking news,featuring national security,science and courts. Read news headlines from the nation and from The Washington Post. Visit www.washingtonpost.com/nation today.]

     

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  • How Obama Will Handle U.S. Attorney...

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  • Obama Sharpens His Reminders That H...

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  • Anger Over Firm Depletes Obama's Po...

    President Obama's apparent inability to block executive bonuses at insurance giant AI... [morePresident Obama's apparent inability to block executive bonuses at insurance giant AIG has dealt a sharp blow to his young administration and is threatening to derail both public and congressional support for his ambitious political agenda.]

     

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  • White House Memo - As the Public Si...

    The tornado of populist fury over executive bonuses forced President Obama to improvi... [moreThe tornado of populist fury over executive bonuses forced President Obama to improvise as he worked to catch up with public opinion.]

     

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  • White House Memo - As the Public Si...

    The tornado of populist fury over executive bonuses forced President Obama to improvi... [moreThe tornado of populist fury over executive bonuses forced President Obama to improvise as he worked to catch up with public opinion.]

     

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  • Democrats Take Knife To Obama's Bud...

    The Washington Post Politics section is the top political news site to better underst... [moreThe Washington Post Politics section is the top political news site to better understand the intersection of business and politics and information from the White House and the federal government. Our Politics reports and video include information for government employees,federal agency workers,and discussions and blogs on political and economic issues.washingtonpost.com.]

     

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  • White House Memo - Obama Takes 100t...

    White House aides who once professed disdain for the moment now work to turn it to th... [moreWhite House aides who once professed disdain for the moment now work to turn it to the president’s advantage.]

     

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  • Obama 100 Days Circus Goes Both Way...

    It is, says Joe Klein, a "flimsy journalistic conceit."

     

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  • Slate spoof on Obama facebook page

    News organizations have done an admirable job of recapping the first 100 days of the ... [moreNews organizations have done an admirable job of recapping the first 100 days of the Obama administration. But rarely do we stumble across a primary source like Barack Obama's own Facebook feed. Scroll down for the full story.]

     

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  • The Machinery Behind Health-Care Re...

    When President Obama won approval for his $787 billion stimulus package in February, ... [moreWhen President Obama won approval for his $787 billion stimulus package in February, large sections of the 407-page bill focused on a push for new technology that would not stimulate the economy for years.]

     

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  • Republican National Committee Chair...

    Seeking to reassert himself as a party leader, Republican National Committee Chairman... [moreSeeking to reassert himself as a party leader, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele yesterday implored GOP members to stop "navel gazing" and sharply attack President Obama.]

     

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  • Senate Democrats Reject Obama's Req...

    Under pressure from Republicans and concerned about the politics of relocating terror... [moreUnder pressure from Republicans and concerned about the politics of relocating terrorism suspects to U.S. soil, Senate Democrats rejected President Obama's request for funding to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and vowed to withhold federal dollars until the president decides the fate of the faci...]

     

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  • Conservatives Take Fight Against Po...

    Conservative groups launched a pre-emptive assault today on their three perceived fro... [moreConservative groups launched a pre-emptive assault today on their three perceived front-runners for President Obama's Supreme Court nomination, attacking them as activists who are pushing a liberal agenda for the court.]

     

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  • Obama's Frontrunners

    website opposing potential nominees to the Supreme Court

     

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  • Health-Care Firms Have Supported La...

    As liberal protesters marched outside, Sen. Max Baucus sat down inside a San Francisc... [moreAs liberal protesters marched outside, Sen. Max Baucus sat down inside a San Francisco mansion for a dinner of chicken cordon bleu and a discussion of landmark health-care legislation under consideration by his Senate Finance Committee.]

     

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  • White House Is Seeking to Repair In...

    President Obama's advisers acknowledged Tuesday that they were unprepared for the int... [morePresident Obama's advisers acknowledged Tuesday that they were unprepared for the intraparty rift that occurred over the fate of a proposed public health insurance program, a firestorm that has left the White House searching for a way to reclaim the initiative on the president's top legislative...]

     

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