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LiveBlog for Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
• Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about Obama’s Afghanistan speech, and about health care reform.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays With Hal.”
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and Obama’s Afghanistan speech.
• Declaring “our security is at stake,” President Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan last night, nearly tripling the force he inherited but promising an impatient public to begin withdrawal in 18 months. The buildup will begin almost immediately and will cost $30 billion for the first year alone
• Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) asserted yesterday during a rancorous floor debate that President Obama’s health care reform will shorten the lives of seniors by cutting Medicare. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) decried such comments as scare tactics designed to kill legislation that he said would improve some benefits for seniors. At times, the debate recalled the raw charges and countercharges of the summer’s town hall meetings.
• Copies of e-mails between the White House party crashers and a Pentagon official undermine their claims that they were invited to President Obama’s first state dinner.
Tags: Afghanistan, Hal Sparks, Health Care Reform, Jan Schakowsky, John Yarmuth, Karl Frisch, Max Baucus, Media Matters for America, Pentagon, Tom Coburn, White House Crashers
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LiveBlog for Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
• MSNBC’s David Shuster calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about the elections, the economy, and health care reform.
• Erica Williams, Deputy Director of Campus Progress, calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about where the youth are in the health care reform debate.
• John Marcotte, originator of the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about his proposed ban on divorce in California.
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and health care reform.
• In a coup for House Dems, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote. House Dem leaders are hoping it will give them a needed bost as they strive to deliver on President Obama’s signature issue.
• President Obama’s top budget official promised this week that the administration will try next year to wrestle the skyrocketing budget deficit under control to avoid higher interest rates and putting the health of the economy in jeopardy.
• The New York Yankees scored a 7-3 victory at the new Yankee’s Stadium in Game 6 of the World Series last night to win the series over the Philadelphia Phillies. It’s the Yankees’ 27th championship.
Tags: 2010 California Marriage Protection Act, AARP, Barack Obama, Campus Progress, David Shuster, Erica Williams, Health Care Reform, John Marcotte, John Yarmuth, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays with Hal.”
• Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said yesterday that while he’s “strongly inclined” to vote to move Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-NV) health care plan with an opt-out public option to the Senate floor for debate, he would ultimately oppose the measure and join a GOP filibuster because it includes that option.
• The White House said yesterday that President Obama has nearly finished gathering information and advice on how to proceed in Afghanistan. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that a planned meeting on Friday with the Joint Chiefs of Staff will be among the last events in the decision-making process.
• The FAA has revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew a passenger jet past their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles last week. They had violated numerous regulations, including failing to comply with air traffic control instructions and clearances and operating carelessly and recklessly.
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Hal Sparks, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, John Yarmuth, Karl Frisch, Media Matters for America, Northwest Airlines, Robert Gibbs
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Delegate Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands) calls in at 6:33am Pacific to talk about health care reform, its progress, and reconciliation of the bills.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays with Hal.”
• A new Associated Press poll says 56% of those surveyed in the past week approve of President Obama’s job performance, up from 50% in September. It’s the first time since he took office in January that his ratings have gone up.
• President Obama yesterday ruled out shrinking the Afghanistan war to a counterterrorism campaign. Yet he did not signal whether he is prepared to send any more troops to the war zone – either the 40,000 his top commander wants or a smaller buildup.
• The Obama administration is considering a series of measures to help the unemployed. Those ideas include extending unemployment and health benefits and offering states temporary “loan packages.”
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bruce Braley, Donna Chrisensen, Hal Sparks, John Yarmuth, Karl Frisch, Media Matters for America, Unemployment
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
• Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the rebuke of Rep. Joe Wilson.
• Christian Weller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about the economy and housing crisis.
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the health care crisis and the rebuke of Rep. Joe Wilson.
• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific to talk about all things politics and pop culture.
• Former President Jimmy Carter said yesterday that Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst to President Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act “based on racism” and rooted in fears of a black president.
• The House formally rebuked Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) yesterday for shouting “You lie!” at President Obama during last week’s nationally televised speech. Lawmakers thought Wilson had violated basic rules of decorum and civility in his outburst.
• ABC News says it was wrong for its employees to Tweet that President Obama had called Kanye West a “jackass” for the rapper’s treatment of country singer Taylor Swift. ABC said some of its employees overheard a conversation between the president and CNBC and didn’t realize the conversation was off the record.
Tags: Barack Obama, Center for American Progress, Christian Weller, Donna Edwards, Hal Sparks, Jimmy Carter, Joe Wilson, John Yarmuth, Kanye West, Taylor Swift
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
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• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis calls in at 7:05am to give us the White House perspective on health care reform.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about the “Birther” phenomenon.
• After more than six hours of negotiations among White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, talks between House Democratic leaders and key Blue Dog Democrats broke up last night without a deal on health care reform. The talks are expected to continue today.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday approved the nomination of federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, setting up a final confirmation vote by the Senate. At least 5 GOP senators have announced their intention to support Sotomayor, making a confirmation by the Dem-controlled Senate a virtual certainty.
• The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is expected to ask the Obama administration for additional troops and equipment, according to a senior U.S. military official familiar with Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s thinking.
• Hawaiian officials this week said they have once again checked and confirmed that President Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born citizen.
Tags: Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Health Care Reform, Hilda Solis, John Yarmuth, Karl Frisch, Media Matters for America, Rahm Emanuel, Sonia Sotomayor, Stanley McChrystal
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LiveBlog for Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
• MSNBC’s David Shuster calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the Sotomayor hearings, and other topics of the day.
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Comedian Margaret Cho calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about her new fall tour, her appearance on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” tonight, and her new Lifetime series, “Drop Dead Diva.”
• The battle to overhaul health care intensified yesterday, with President Obama accusing GOP critics of putting politics ahead of policy and a top GOPer saying Dems’ plans would undermine the country’s economic future.
• Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) said yesterday that a closed-door meeting between Dems and GOPers resulted in a tentative agreement on several substantive issues as part of what is considered the first possible bipartisan health care bill, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she was willing to limit a proposed tax increase after Dems threatened a revolt on the issue.
• The Obama administration’s annual midsummer budget update is sure to show higher deficits and unemployment and slower growth than projected in February, and that could complicate his efforts to get his signature health care and global-warming proposals through Congress. The release of the update has been put off until the middle of next month, giving rise to speculation they’re trying to delay the bad news until Congress leaves town on summer recess.
Tags: Barack Obama, David Shuster, John Yarmuth, Margaret Cho, Max Baucus, Nancy Pelosi
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care, Obama in Russia and at the G-8, and the possibility of a second stimulus package.
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, Obama in Russia and at the G-8, and the possibility of another stimulus package.
• Carol Leifer joins us in studio at 8:06am Pacific to promote her upcoming gigs, and to talk about her book, “When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win.”
• President Obama is embarking on three days of multinational talks at the G-8 summit in Rome on climate change, the global economy, and world hunger in the second and most policy-laden stop of his three-nation, weeklong trip.
• Al Franken became a senator yesterday, being sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden and drawing thunderous applause in the Senate chamber. Former Vice President Walter Mondale, a Minnesota native, accompanied Franken. Franken was introduced by fellow Minnesotan and Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
• It was not spectacular, extravagant, or bizarre. There were songs and tears but little dancing. Instead, Michael Jackson’s memorial was a somber, spiritual ceremony that reached back for the essence of the man. If there was a shocking moment, it came from Jackson’s daughter, Paris-Michael, who made the first public statement of her 11 years, dissolving into tears, and saying she loved her daddy very much.
Tags: Al Franken, Allyson Schwartz, Amy Klobuchar, Barack Obama, Carol Leifer, Joe Biden, John Yarmuth, Michael Jackson, Paris-Michael Jackson, Walter Mondale
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LiveBlog for Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
• Kerry Eleveld of “The Advocate” calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about her being in the room when President Obama granted some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees yesterday.
• Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about a single-payer approach to health care.
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the continuing protests in Iran.
• Supporters of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi planned to turn Tehran into a sea of black today with thousands expected to march in dark clothes to mourn people killed in protests for a new presidential election.
• President Obama signed an executive order granting some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees yesterday, calling it “a historic step” but promising more action to come.
• The Senate passed by unanimous consent yesterday a bill that would prevent the release of controversial photos of alleged U.S. abuse of prisoners and detainees. After having been stripped from the war funding bill, Senators passed it as a stand-alone proposition.
• Sen. John Ensign (D-NV) has resigned his position in the Senate GOP leadership, a day after admitting to an extramarital affair.
Tags: Barack Obama, John Ensign, John Yarmuth, Kerry Eleveld, Lawrence Korb, Mir Hossein Moussavi, Raul Grijalva, The Advocate
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LiveBlog for Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and North Korea.
• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about how the Right Wing Media is already attacking Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
• President Obama marked another 100-day anniversary yesterday – this time the anniversary of the enactment of his $787 billion economic stimulus package. Obama told a crowd in Nevada that “we are already seeing results” from the federal government’s economic boost.
• Opponents of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages launched a new court challenge yesterday, led by lawyers who were on opposite sides of the case that settled the 2000 presidential race. Attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies have asked a federal judge to block California from enforcing the ban, known as Prop. 8.
• Newt Gingrich has called Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist, and he’s demanding that Obama’s pick withdraw her nomination. On Twitter, Gingrich said that “new racism is no better than old racism.”
• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) announced last night that he intends to challenge Sen. Arlen Specter in a Pennsylvania Democratic primary pending a discussion with his wife and young daughter.
Tags: Arlen Specter, Barack Obama, David Boies, Eric Boehlert, Joe Sestak, John Yarmuth, Media Matters for America, Newt Gingrich, Prop. 8, Sonia Sotomayor, Ted Olson
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