Hoyer on House tax cut vote decision: “If we thought we could get it through the Senate absolutely we would act. And we may well act anyhow.”
On the surface it seems like a terrible missed opportunity. On the other hand, a quick vote now might catch the GOP off guard now, having softened them up with a lulling few weeks of indecision and self-doubt.
The former President was taken off a plane in Cleveland and brought to a local hospital for an as yet undisclosed condition. He was arriving in Cleveland for a book signing.
Carter became airsick, a spokesperson at the Carter Center in Atlanta tells CBS News.
A good local TV news report after the jump: Read More
Check out the highlights from President Obama’s Rolling Stone interview.
Just a few moments ago on Capitol Hill Majority Leader Steny Hoyer got hit with a barrage of questions on a tax cut vote, mainly on whether he (who said it’s almost definitely not happening) or Rep. Van Hollen (who said it may well still happen) were right in what they said on the Sunday shows.
Hoyer told the scrum they were both right — it could happen, no final decision, but he stands by what he said on Fox (that he doesn’t think it will).
Top Senate conservative Jim DeMint announces plan to shut down all senate business with a standing filibuster against all legislation until after the election and possibly through January.
Pat Boone and his seniors astroturf group 60 Plus launch “Beverly Hills Tea Party.”
Social conservative group unmasks (Obama-backed) plot to subvert the minds of America’s youth with new squad of Muslim comic book superheroes.
The weird Jon Stewart-Bill O’Reilly home-and-home series wrapped up last night with O’Reilly venturing back onto The Daily Show. Watch.
The Democratic Governors Association just sent out a fundraising email featuring former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, and it’s just about the strongest language I’ve seen any Democrat short of Alan Grayson using this year: Read More