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...protected it from hurricanes continue to melt into the Gulf. But the Lombardi Gras felt like a new beginning for a who-dat city of underdogs--especially coming just days after its black and white residents came together to install new adult leadership in the form of Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu. Maybe he can combine the bold vision of Saints coach Sean Payton with the brilliant execution of quarterback Drew Brees. It won't mean much if the next storm wipes it all away. What New Orleans still needs most is what carried the Saints to victory: a strong defense...
...Senate Republicans filibustered a stunning 80% of major legislation, even more than during the Clinton years. GOP leader Mitch McConnell led a filibuster of a deficit-reduction commission that he himself had demanded. The Obama White House spent months trying to lure the Finance Committee's ranking Republican, Chuck Grassley, into supporting a deal on health care reform and gave his staff a major role in crafting the bill. But GOP officials back home began threatening to run a primary challenger against the Iowa Senator. By late summer, Grassley wasn't just inching away from reform; he was implying that...
These proposals’ prospects vary widely. Both of Lessig’s are subject to supermajority requirements in the Senate–67 votes for an amendment, and 60 to break a filibuster on public financing–where minority leader Mitch McConnell has been a staunch opponent of all campaign finance reform efforts, and so chances are dim. Same for Ackerman and Wu’s bill, the cost of which should alienate swing Republicans. Van Hollen and Schumer’s and Ackerman and Ayres’ more modest suggestions could attract more support, though it?...
...going to be easy. A Democratic plan to force a series of politically challenging votes for Republicans, rather than concentrate on passing legislation, will not warm things up. And a recent White House meeting about job growth featured tense exchanges between Obama and both Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and Republican House minority leader John Boehner. There has already been much ugly speculation about the upcoming White House-hosted health care summit: whether it is an actual attempt at bipartisanship or some sort of trap spiked with the telegenic eloquence of the still likable President meant to embarrass Republicans...
...work with Obama. On the other hand, Republicans do not want to grant Democrats any major legislative victories before the November elections. "We had a good meeting with the President, and, what I'd like to emphasize is there are some areas of potential agreement," Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said in an e-mailed statement, after meeting with President Tuesday. Outside the White House, however, McConnell offered a different message in person. "What we need to do is start over," he said about health care reform. "Why would they want to keep pushing something that the public is overwhelmingly...