Posts Tagged ‘Hard’

Why it Might Be Hard for Obama to Get Beyond Scandals

Washington Post: “The most corrosive political scandals are the ones that feed a pre­existing story line — which is why the White House could have difficulty putting the current ones behind it any time soon. In the view of President Obama’s adversaries, recent revelations add evidence to arguments that they have been making about the [...]

Why It’s So Hard to Trust the Chain of Command in Military Sexual-Assault Cases

It’s been a bad 24 hours for the military. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Now the hard part: Implementing Obamacare

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Rubio Hit Hard After Inviting Comments on Immigration Bill

Byron York notes Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) invited people to help improve the bipartisan immigration bill he introduced by making comments on his website. Tweet This Post

Why Law Enforcement Worked So Hard to Take Boston Bombings Suspect No. 2 Alive

The mysteries of the Boston Marathon bombings should be a lot easier to unravel since authorities involved in a massive manhunt managed to take Dzhokhar Tsarnaev into custody Friday night without killing him. Tsarnaev, 19, a suspect in the explosions Monday that killed three and injured and maimed some 170 others, was taken to the [...]

Senators start hard work of selling immigration bill

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday began trying to sell a freshly written, 844-page immigration bill knowing that changes will be made but vowing to protect the pillars of what they hope will become a landmark law. The ambitious plan already has won some powerful backing. Senate Majority [...]

Senators start hard work of selling immigration bill

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday began trying to sell a freshly written, 844-page immigration bill knowing that changes will be made but vowing to protect the pillars of what they hope will become a landmark law. The ambitious plan already has won some powerful backing. Senate Majority [...]

As US talks up diplomacy, NKorea takes hard line

TOKYO (AP) — The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored past agreements, even as it rejected South Korea's latest offer of dialogue as a "crafty trick." Tweet This Post

Gun Bill Dodges GOP Filibuster, ‘Hard Work’ Next

The stage has been set. A full gun debate will begin next week in the Senate. On a vote of 68-31, Democrats and a smaller coalition of Republicans joined forces to defeat a Republican filibuster threat of gun control legislation on the floor of the… Tweet This Post