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GOP Looks Set To Block Dem Fix For Medicare Doctors - TPMDC
House GOP leaders are set to shoot down a silver-bullet proposal to fix Medicare physician payment rates, sources close to leadership tell TPM, even though the idea has strong support among Democrats and some key Republican lawmakers.
Does Pizza Deserve To Be A Vegetable? - TPMDC
While tomato paste itself is not unhealthy, it's better for kids to get nutrition from actual vegetables, the source said, which is why the USDA proposed the rule in the first place. “Our big concern is that kids are going to eat the slice of pizza and ...
How The US Came To Fight The Lord's Resistance Army - TPMDC
A diplomatic source who spoke to TPM on the condition of anonymity said the sending of "combat-equipped" advisers might also reflect a recent rise in estimation of the Ugandan army's capabilities. The Ugandans have been a key pillar of the African ...
Waivergate: Will This Nothingburger Conspiracy Theory Finally Go Away? - TPMDC
In a conference call last week, administration officials said they would no longer accept applications after September -- companies who have received waivers will be able to keep them until 2014 when the law is fully implemented. ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup - TPMDC
However, it was clear that the person in the photo is bin Laden, according to the member, who requested anonymity." President Obama will receive his daily briefing at 9:30 am ET. He will meet at 10:10 am ET with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh ...
TX Teacher Suspended After Telling Muslim Student 'I Bet You're Grieving' - TPMDC
The teacher allegedly showed no remorse after Muslim girl reacted to his comments, according to the parent (who requested anonymity from the ABC station because "she doesn't want any retaliation against her daughter or the girl who experienced the ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup - TPMDC
The measures, which could freeze the officials' assets and ban them from doing business in the United States, would likely come in an executive order signed by US President Barack Obama, the US official said on condition of anonymity. ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup - TPMDC
Because of that, most did not want to be named publicly, and even when speaking on background tempered their criticism of King, expressing sadness rather than outrage over the tone and focus of the hearing."
TPMDC Morning Roundup - TPMDC
Reuters reports: "President Barack Obama on Wednesday will propose saving billions of taxpayer dollars through creation of an independent board to recommend the sale of federal property, an administration official said. Obama, who previewed the plan in ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup - TPMDC
'That's one scenario,' said a senior Obama administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. 'There are a number of scenarios, but (it is) wrong ...
TPMDC Saturday Roundup - TPMDC
Reuters reports: "President Barack Obama's budget proposal for fiscal 2012 will be released on February 14, an administration official said on Friday, ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup - TPMDC
... fiscal 2012 budget in mid-February, about a week later than the timetable set out under the Budget Act of 1974, administration officials said Tuesday. ...
White House Signals Intent To Work With GOP On Their Immigration Ideas - TPMDC
In an e-mail to TPM today, an administration official said: "We're open to any ideas for solving this problem; our standard will be - as it has always been ...
Pelosi Power Play Doomed Towns On Oversight Committee - TPMDC
On Tuesday, according to two sources close to Towns, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Towns and told him, essentially, that she could not support his ...
Oversight Committee - TPMDC
According to Democratic aides who agreed to speak off the record to discuss the contest candidly, there's no easy answer here.
Inside The High Stakes Fight To Take On Darrell Issa - TPMDC
According to Democratic aides who agreed to speak off the record to discuss the contest candidly, there's no easy answer here. In most cases, as the current ...
Would The GOP Try To Drag Out MN-GOV Recount To Keep Pawlenty In Office? - TPMDC
... any downside to keeping this recount going on as long as possible," said a high-level Republican operative who spoke on the condition of anonymity. ...
Obama To Stump For Liberal Star Perriello In VA-05 - TPMDC
A Democratic source speaking on background called the Obama visit "big" and said the VA-05 race is "still close." The TPM Poll Average shows Hurt leading ...
National GOP Says Rubio's Locked It Up In FL-SEN - TPMDC
They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss strategy. Sidoti reports NRSC money from Florida will move to the more ...
Team O'Donnell Tells TPM: 'We're Still Trying To Figure Out What To Do' On ... - TPMDC
One high-level official, who spoke on background before referring me to the communications staff, was quick to mention past instances where, the official ...
Senate Dems Vow Tax Cut Vote Before Election -- Even If It Fails, 'We Win' - TPMDC
"We're having this fight before November," the aide told TPM, speaking on a condition of anonymity to be able to lay out the political agenda. ...