US Congress
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Barack Obama has upped the pressure on Republicans to agree to some tax increases as part of US deficit reduction by threatening to veto any attempt to undo automatic cuts to the military.
Crikey
/ Bernard Keane
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Friday, 18 November 2011
US Congress, at the behest of the copyright industry, is set to impose the most draconian anti-filesharing régime yet.
Politico
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
Remember Joe the Plumber from the 2008 US presidential campaign trail? Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher (not actually a plumber) announced yesterday that he would contest a Congress seat as a Republican.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Friday, 9 September 2011
There’s a rare and genuine sense of hope in Washington tonight since nobody shouted “You Lie!” or walked out of the Barack Obama’s much anticipated jobs speech to a joint session of Congress.
Crikey
/ Guy Rundle
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Monday, 1 August 2011
The US debt ceiling deal is an ideal compromise – not only does it please no-one, it does not address the issues it was meant to solve in any terms, neither the Right’s concern about US public debt, nor the Left’s demand that taxes on the rich be raised.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Monday, 1 August 2011
Less than 48 hours before the US government runs out of money, a tentative deal to avoid default has split both parties down the middle and a vote still has not been scheduled.
Crikey
/ Guy Rundle
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Barack Obama has played the critical debt negotiations much better than others suggest. To include any tax raises at all has been to go up against a Republican party that fully intends to politically satisfy its base at any cost.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Thursday, 21 July 2011
The White House is confident a grand deal will be reached in days to raise the US debt ceiling — giving Republicans the largest share of the spoils. It’s been said before, but this time they’re adamant.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
US financial markets lifted today, possibly as it digested the new plan by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell to prevent the US from defaulting by handing over Congress’s debt ceiling power to the White House. It’s a plan B at best.
Crikey
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
The Washington gridlock means whichever way the vast majority of the American public look at it, they’re getting screwed.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
Barack Obama needs to pull a rabbit out of his hat quickly before the game of debt brinkmanship in Washington damages more than just his own legacy. His stance today didn’t help, Harley Dennett reports from DC.
LA Times
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Friday, 18 March 2011
US Congress voted today to ban funding to American public radio station NPR, just a week after an NPR executive got busted criticising the Tea Party movement. Although it’s unlikely to get passed the Senate, expect the attacks on NPR to continue.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Thursday, 10 March 2011
Julia Gillard’s packed tour of Washington establishment this week included several speeches that won’t make a lot of sense to Australians. The prime minister’s address to the US Congress was an affair of high importance to the Americans, with a ceremonial escort consisting of no less than all four leaders of the chambers and nearly […]
Crikey
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Friday, 25 February 2011
There’s plenty of money to be made representing despots in Washington.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011
A showdown in the US House of Representatives over extending the controversial Patriot Act fell narrowly to civil libertarians today, foreshadowing a larger fight over a permanent extension. Perhaps for the first time since September 11, Americans are questioning the need for heightened security, says Harley Dennett.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Thursday, 23 December 2010
President Barack Obama sighed as he put a stroke through one of America’s most talked-about civil rights debates of the past decade: “We are done.” Now Greg can call his boyfriend from training camp, writes Harley Dennett in Washington DC.
Crikey
/ Harley Dennett
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Many Americans would love to have the free flowing and, for the most part, respectful engagement Australia enjoys on immigration, writes Harley Dennett from Washington DC. Amid bitter recriminations, Barack Obama now wants another stab at reform.
Crikey
/ Richard Farmer
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Friday, 22 October 2010
Get ready for a spectacular couple of years of inactivity from next year.
Crikey
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Monday, 4 October 2010
House minority leader John Boehner, the man who would become speaker if the GOP wins control of Congress, is the only lawmaker who has an official exemption from smoking bans on Capitol Hill. He could be the next speaker, writes Tom McIlroy in Washington DC.
Crikey
/ Stilgherrian
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010
“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it,” claims Gilmore’s Law. Could the US really censor copyright infringers off the internet? On the surface, yes. In reality, says Stilgherrian, no.
Crikey
/ Bernard Keane
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
A Parliamentary Budget Office is a good idea, but it should be done properly and don’t expect it to settle any arguments.
Crikey
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Monday, 2 August 2010
The US Senate has taken Americans on an energy and climate roller coaster over the past year as Senators John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, and others attempted to craft legislation that would increase investment in clean energy while cutting global warming pollution.
Jalopnik
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Tuesday, 1 June 2010
In the mid-seventies, the Carter administration commissioned a car. Boasting anti-lock brakes, crash-sensing radar and dual-stage airbags, it would have revolutionised car safety. Why did government secretly crush them?
Politico
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Friday, 21 May 2010
The hottest accessory on Capitol Hill is the iPad, and it could revolutionise the way the US government does business, ending the piles of paper bills and giving politicians instant access to constituent and policy data.
Salon
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Monday, 22 March 2010
So you want to get all outraged about the US healthcare bill and whether it passes or not, but are perhaps slightly unsure of exactly what it means? Salon provides the ten facts you need to know.
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