Republicans Upset With Obama’s Regime Change Remarks
CNN reports: “When U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday it would be wrong to seek regime change in Libya by force, Republican lawmakers took issue — saying removing Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi is and should be precisely the goal.”
Obama’s Day Ahead
President Obama will receive the presidential daily briefing at 9:30 a.m. ET. He will depart from the White House at 1 p.m. ET, and depart from Andrews Air Force Base at 1:15 p.m. ET, arriving at 2:05 p.m. ET in New York, NY. He will deliver remarks at 4:45 p.m. ET, at the dedication of the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building. He will deliver remarks at a DNC event at 7 p.m. ET , and at another DNC event at 9:05 p.m. He will depart from New York at 10:10 p.m. ET, arrive at Andrews Air Force Base at 11 p.m. ET, and arrive back at the White House at 11:10 p.m. ET.
Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden will attend President Obama’s daily briefing at 9:30 a.m. ET. He will meet at 10:30 a.m. ET with Budget Director Jacob Lew, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, and senior advisers to discuss the budget. He will meet at 1 p.m. ET with South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. He will meet at 2:15 p.m. ET with Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Part Of The Budget Fight: Picking A Bad Guy
The New York Times reports: ” Already resigned to a final budget for this year that cuts deeply into domestic spending, Democrats in the White House and Congress are struggling to regroup behind a strategy to limit the reductions — or to set up House Republicans for blame if the current standoff shuts down the government…Both parties remain uncertain about which of them would bear the brunt of public anger if Congress cannot agree on financing federal operations for the final half of this fiscal year and government agencies shut down or drastically scale back the services they can provide.”
Dems Adopt Divide And Conquer Strategy On Spending Cuts
The Hill reports: “After being put back on their heels earlier in the budget message battle, Senate Democrats are now trying to drive a wedge between Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Tea Party freshmen. They sense that the crack in House GOP unity, which was on display when 54 Republicans defected from their leaders on the last stopgap appropriations measure, is about to break wide open.”
Supreme Court Skeptical About Arizona’s Campaign Finance Law
The Washington PostMembers Collect Many Unpaid Tickets
Roll Call reports: “Members of Congress have immunity from many routine parking tickets in the District of Columbia, but that doesn’t mean they can’t try to rack up fines. According to a Roll Call survey of vehicles parked on Capitol Hill and at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as of mid-March, lawmakers were carrying at least $15,000 in outstanding tickets — ranging from expired meters to speeding camera violations — and potentially thousands of dollars more.”
