by Shirley Li | Jan 24, 2012 | Politics
For the second year, some senators and House members ignored political labels and sat with colleagues from a different party at the State of the Union. Medill News Service asked senators taking the subway who their “dates” would be. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.,...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 24, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Will Barack Obama get his swag back? The president used his State of the Union address Tuesday to showcase his policies, but icons from the hip hop community tried to answer the swag question. At “#BarackTalk,” titled after a Twitter...
by Edwin Rios | Jan 24, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – For those outside the main political parties, the State of the Union looks much different than it did in President Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday night. As Obama outlined his economic blueprint in his address, and the GOP challenged that approach,...
by Mattias Gugel | Jan 24, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – What is “the blueprint for an economy that’s built to last” anyway? Democrats and Republicans didn’t even wait for the State of the Union address to end Tuesday night before they began sparring over President Obama’s key talking point. Both the White...
by Ed Demaria | Jan 24, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — After the State of the Union address Tuesday, congressmen crowded into Statuary Hall to be interviewed by various news outlets. Sen. Chuck Schumer, gave two interviews before leaving the hall.
by Mattias Gugel | Jan 24, 2012 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Former White House speechwriters reminisced Tuesday about their experiences in crafting State of the Union addresses and offered unsolicited advice to President Barack Obama as he speaks to a joint session of Congress in the last such address of his first...
by Rachel Morello | Jan 23, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Mandy Smith got off the Smithsonian Metro stop escalator and immediately grabbed a sign from March for Life volunteers. “Defend life,” it read. “I’m here because my mom was pregnant with me in high school,” said Smith, clutching her sign to her chest....
by Patrick Svitek | Jan 23, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Open government advocates are re-energizing their push for President Barack Obama to issue an executive order that would require federal contractors to reveal political contributions. The issue is gaining traction at the White House after a false start...
by Rebecca Nelson | Jan 23, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The economy is the top issue in this year’s presidential election for many Americans. And for a vocal minority of them, that includes the abortion issue. Thousands of pro-life activists descended on the National Mall Monday for the 39th annual March for...
by Jaclyn Skurie | Jan 18, 2012 | Environment, Politics
House Republicans expressed their disapproval of President Barack Obama’s decision to reject the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. (Mattias Gugel/Medill)Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, “The president is selling out American jobs for...
