Although Sen. Obama campaigned against George W. Bush's expansion of executive power in 2008, President Obama has studied Bush for ways to do just that as he battles House Republicans to pass economic legislation, The New York Times' Charlie Savage reports.
The House of Representatives passed a 90-day extension funding existing transportation projects Thursday, after weeks of struggle and conservative Republican rebellion made it look like even a two-month extension couldn't pass.
Republican-backing business groups are nervous the politicians they helped elect might be so enthusiastic about cutting spending that they'll actually hurt business.
Though it took some teeth-pulling, House Republicans made official the deal reached Monday to extend unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut by another 10 months with a 293-132 vote today.
Cartoonist Tom Toles thinks Republican lawmakers are back to their old tricks.
House Republicans will agree to extend the payroll tax cut for another 10 months without making up for the lost revenue with budget cuts, as they'd previously demanded, reports Bloomberg.
House Speaker John Boehner has dismissed President Obama's campaign against a do-nothing Congress by saying "most Americans think we’ve got too many laws already," but Boehner's underlings don't think so.
Cartoonist Lisa Benson foresees a busy year for Republicans.
Newt Gingrich has had his hand in just about every single issue being debated in the 2012 presidential race -- health care and the the housing crisis, most obviously, but also in this week's payroll tax fight.
Cartoonist Tom Toles on Boehner's holiday plans.
House Republicans managed to turn President Obama into a tax cutter in an election year while getting blamed for opposing something they'll probably pass anyway, The Wall Street Journal complains in an editorial.
In an interview with the usually cheery, softball-question-laden Today show, Barney Frank got irritated with Savannah Guthrie's questions, calling it "gotcha journalism."
Everywhere President Obama looks these days -- protesters, polls, liberals, conservatives, Congress, his own supporters -- he seems to see one thing: frustration.
The House has passed another short-term budget measure, averting another shutdown
The House Republicans spent 360 days of the current fiscal year fighting the budget
The bipartisan niceness melted away once specifics were offered
Republicans were more open to the proposals in his big speech than expected
David Camp, Republican member of the debt super committee, says "everything's on the table"
The town hall comments come after new revenue was blocked from the debt deal
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