Posts Tagged ‘Jennifer Palmieri’
LiveBlog for Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
• CNN’s Senior Political Correspondent Candy Crowley calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about the president’s health care reform speech tonight.
• Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Communications for the Center for American Progress, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and Obama’s speech to kids yesterday.
• Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays with Hal.”
• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and Obama’s speech to school kids yesterday.
• House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said yesterday he could vote for a health care bill that lacks a public option. However, his statement differed from the insistence later yesterday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that a public option was essential to passing a bill in the chamber.
• President Obama steered clear of politics yesterday in a pep talk to students that sparked controversy among high-strung conservatives, who accused him of trying to indoctrinate America’s children.
Tags: Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Candy Crowley, Eliot Engel, Hal Sparks, Jennifer Palmieri, Nancy Pelosi, Roland Burris, Steny Hoyer
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
• Jennifer Palmieri of the Center for American Progress calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform
• Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform, and the national call-in with President Obama today.
• Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific to talk about all things politics and pop culture.
• Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the lead GOP senator in bipartisan health care negotiations, said yesterday that he urged President Obama this month to make clear he would accept a bill without a government-funded public insurance option. A White House spokesman yesterday expressed doubt that Grassley’s plea to Obama had any impact on weekend comments by Kathleen Sebelius that a public option is “not an essential element” of health care reform.
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that information her husband brought back from North Korea has been “extremely helpful” by providing a window into what’s happening in the reclusive country.
• Hurricane Bill, the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season, strengthened into a Category 3 storm yesterday with top winds near 125mph. It looks likely to miss the U.S. East Coast.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Center for American Progress, Chuck Grassley, Eric Massa, Hal Sparks, Hillary Clinton, Hurricane Bill, Jennifer Palmieri, Jim Wallis, Kathleen Sebelius, Sojourners
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LiveBlog for Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
• Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the GOP’s attack against his proposals.
• Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President for Communications at the Center for American Progress, calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the economy, and today’s “Beer Summit” at the White House.
• Two of the three Senate GOPers negotiating a bipartisan deal on health care reform said late yesterday they consider an agreement out of reach before the Senate goes on its August recess. In the House, an agreement between 4 Blue Dog Dems and the House leadership allowed committee debate to resume, but put off a vote by the full House until after the August recess.
• In a new NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll, 42 percent now say the president’s health care plan is a bad idea, a 10 point increase since last month. The poll also finds that Obama’s overall job-approval rating has dropped to 53 percent.
• President Obama will have to set aside health care reform to revisit the racially charged issue that stole the spotlight from his health care push last week – the arrest of his Harvard professor friend. Obama will meet with Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at the White House today, each one chugging his favorite beer, in a public attempt to move past the emotional event.
Tags: Barack Obama, Earl Blumenauer, Frank Pallone, Health Care Reform, Henry Louis Gates Jr, James Crowley, Jennifer Palmieri
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LiveBlog for Monday, June 22, 2009
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
• Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• David Shuster, MSNBC’s dayside anchor and regular substitute for “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about Iran and health care reform.
• Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President for Communications at the Center for American Progress, calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about health care and Iran.
• Lead Franken attorney Marc Elias calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the latest in the Franken / Coleman senate recount.
• Iran’s election authority has rejected claims of voting irregularities by a defeated presidential candidate, while acknowledging that the number of ballots cast in dozens of cities exceeded the number of eligible voters there, state-run TV reported today. Earlier yesterday, thousands of riot police and militia lined Tehran’s streets as the public rift among Iranian leaders appeared to be widening.
• Several senior Dem advisers to the White House are urging President Obama to further step up his personal involvement in the health care debate, as administration allies privately warn the president’s push for a major reform bill is hitting major roadblocks at a critical juncture on Capitol Hill.
• President Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill today that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.
Tags: Al Franken, Barack Obama, David Shuster, Eric Massa, Health Care Reform, Iran, Jennifer Palmieri, Mark Elias, Norm Coleman, Tobacco
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LiveBlog for Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
• Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) calls in at 6:06am Pacific to talk about President Obama’s news conference last night, and about the swine flu epidemic.
• David Shuster, MSNBC’s dayside anchor, calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the swine flu epidemic, and about President Obama’s news conference last night.
• Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Communications for the Center for American Progress, calls in at 8:06am Pacific to talk about Obama’s news conference last night.
• President Obama used a prime-time news conference last night to reassure Americans that the country was on the right track. “We’re off to a good start, but it is just a start,” Obama said. “I am proud of what we have achieved, but I am not content. I am pleased with our progress, but I am not satisfied.”
• President Obama said yesterday that he’s under no illusions that he’ll have a “rubber-stamp Senate” now that Sen. Arlen Specter has switched parties to join the Dems. As if to prove the presidents point, Specter voted against Obama’s budget plan shortly after his news conference with the president.
• The World Health Organization has raised the swine flu pandemic level to 5, its second highest level. Switzerland and Peru confirmed two new cases overnight and in the U.S. a small cluster appears to be emerging in Washington State.
Tags: Arlen Specter, Barack Obama, David Shuster, Frank Pallone, Jennifer Palmieri, Swine Flu, WHO
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
• Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about Earth Day.
• Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Communications for the Center for American Progress, calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about Obama and the Bush torture memos.
• Actor Jason Alexander joins us in studio at 8:30am Pacific to promote his production of “The Fantasticks” at U.C.L.A. and to talk about the politics of the day.
• President Obama left open the possibility of criminal prosecution yesterday for former Bush administration officials who drew up the legal basis for aggressive interrogation techniques many view as torture. Obama said it will be up to Attorney General Eric Holder to decide whether or not to prosecute the former officials.
• President Obama’s national intelligence director Dennis Blair said in a memo to staff last night that Bush-era interrogation methods may have yielded important information about terrorists and may have provided a deeper understanding of Al Qaida, but he said that we do not need these techniques to keep America safe.
• Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner testified before Congress yesterday, defending President Obama’s bank bailout, answering questions about TARP’s transparency and Obama’s plan to encourage private investors to help banks get rid of troubled assets.
Tags: Barack Obama, Dennis Blair, Earl Blumenauer, Eric Holder, Jason Alexander, Jennifer Palmieri, Tim Geithner
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LiveBlog for Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 30th, 2009
• Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Communications for the Center for American Progress, calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about President Obama’s plans for the auto industry, his economic plan for recovery, and his upcoming Europe trip.
• General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner announced his resignation early today, the latest change for the troubled automaker. White House and GM sources told news outlets yesterday that Wagoner would resign as part of the federal government’s bailout strategy for the company.
• President Obama said yesterday that his administration remains prepared to order strikes against “high-value” targets within Pakistan. Obama reiterated a previous assertion that the U.S. military would pursue extremists within Pakistan’s borders after consulting with the Pakistani government.
• A tightened version of President Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget moved through a key Senate committee Thursday night. The Senate and the House are expected to vote on different versions of the budget next week.
• A North Korean rocket slated for launch sometime early next month can be clearly seen in a satellite photograph taken yesterday. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gibbs said yesterday there is little doubt that the planned launch is designed to bolster that country’s military capability.
• Residents in Fargo braced for an early spring snow storm today, even as they held their breath while record flood waters receded.
Tags: Barack Obama, Fargo, GM, Jennifer Palmieri, Pakistan, Rick Wagoner, Robert Gibbs
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