In debt debate, why compromise is a dirty word St. Petersburg Times Blogs Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:53 PM PDT President Barack Obama was right: In Washington, compromise is a dirty word. The stalemate over the debt conjures up a lot more dirty words about Congress, but it is also the norm, the latest fault line in a decades-long trend that has virtually wiped out the political center. Democrats are more liberal and Republicans are more conservative, each side clinging to ideological lines in the marble ... | Democrats say Obama should invoke 14th Amendment Boston Globe Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:49 PM PDT House Democrats said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should invoke a little-known constitutional provision to prevent the nation from going into default if Congress fails to come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling. | Country Is on Wrong Path The Missourian Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:47 PM PDT Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 6:32 pm | Updated: 1:02 pm, Wed Jul 27, 2011. This man, President Barack Obama, is taking our country down a path, which most Americans think, is the wrong path, a path many would have never thought possible. | Supreme Court gets challenge to health care overhaul The Daily Record Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON â" A conservative law firm asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to strike down the health care overhaul, challenging the first federal appeals court ruling that upheld President Barack Obamaâs signature domestic initiative. The appeal filed by the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., said Congress overstepped its authority in requiring Americans to purchase [...] | The White House Is Making Ed Henry Pay a Fox News Penalty The Atlantic Wire Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:36 PM PDT When Ed Henry made the move from CNN reporter to Fox News chief White House correspondent in late June, the liberal watchdog group Media Matters instantly painted him a right-wing blowhard . Now the White House is striking a similar chord. During today's briefing, Henry got into a verbal back-and-forth with White House press secretary Jay Carney over whether President Obama should file a debt ... | D.C. offices seeing an upswing in calls about debt ceiling Provo Daily Herald Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:36 PM PDT As the clock ticks closer to the Aug. 2 deadline for Congress and President Barack Obama to raise the nation's debt ceiling, some in Utah's federal delegation are seeing an increase in communications | | |
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