7:08 PM: I’m at least glad, compared to the Stimulus Bill, that they’ve at least got the branding down a bit better now. This bill is apparently labeled like the the American Jobs Act for Jobs So that Everyone Can Have Jobs. Jobs.
7:19 PM: Sheesh, can’t the Democrats clap even?
7:19 PM: Camera just panned on John McCain. Barely realized he was even still in Congress.
7:20 PM: Check out live updates from our reporters up on the Hill at TPMLivewire.
7:22 PM: If I’m not mistaken President Obama just got a stand up clap from Sen. Scott Brown.
7:30 PM: Waiting for the President to scowl at House Republicans and yell “You Lie!”
I’m waiting for Speaker Boehner to call up the President and say sorry, something came up. Can we reschedule?
Live streaming video of President Obama’s address to Congress on the jobs crisis. Watch.
The clash between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney over Social Security continued to unfold today. Not only an important issue in its own right, but this is the first real substantive pivot point in the primary race thus far, so it’s fascinating politically as well.
Sen. Franken confronts notorious vote fraud bamboozler Hans von Spakovsky at senate hearing on voter suppression.