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Defeat of Sen. Ted Stevens, Palin's rise, highlight generational shift in Alaska politics
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November 20, 2008 - 11:39 AM EST
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Alaska's incoming senator is bullish on gun rights, wants to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling and believes less government is better. And he's a Democrat.But "definitely different than a New York Democrat," says Mark Begich. "I'm from Alaska."Begich, the 46-year-old, two-term Anchorage mayor, will take office in January after narrowly defeating 85-year-old Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican...
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Departure of longtime spending leaders unlikely to change Senate much
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November 20, 2008 - 11:17 AM EST
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Two aging symbols of Congress' penchant for pouring billions into lawmakers' pet projects are stepping aside next year. While that will probably do little to change Capitol Hill's culture of spending, the biggest challenge may come from an unlikely source _ Barack Obama.Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., has become increasingly frail and announced he will relinquish the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which controls...
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Detroit automakers multibillion-dollar rescue plan stuck in neutral in Senate
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November 20, 2008 - 9:26 AM EST
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A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., canceled plans Wednesday for a vote on a bill to carve $25 billion in new auto industry loans out of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue fund. The Bush administration...
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Rank and file Democrats to settle battle between Waxman and Dingell for energy committee chair
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November 20, 2008 - 9:25 AM EST
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House Democrats are deciding a bruising intraparty battle on whether to topple veteran Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the committee with oversight of energy and global warming and replace him with liberal Rep. Henry Waxman.A decision is expected when Democrats vote on the matter Thursday. For Dingell, D-Mich., and Waxman, D-Calif., the vote caps a long-standing rivalry that dates to the Reagan administration. Over the years,...
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Detroit automakers multibillion-dollar rescue plan stuck in neutral in Senate
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November 20, 2008 - 8:57 AM EST
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A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., canceled plans Wednesday for a vote on a bill to carve $25 billion in new auto industry loans out of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue fund. The Bush administration...
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Familiar Democrats fill out fledgling candidate, Daschle to be Obama's health secretary
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November 20, 2008 - 8:04 AM EST
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President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a well-known Washington personality, seemed more likely than ever to be his secretary of state. Clinton is deciding whether to take that post as America's top diplomat, her...
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Democratic leaders looking at ways to overturn changes to endangered species rules
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November 20, 2008 - 7:57 AM EST
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With the Bush administration on the verge of relaxing regulations protecting endangered species, Democratic leaders are looking at ways to overturn any last-minute rule changes.The Bush administration has until Friday to publish new rules in order for them to take effect before President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in. Otherwise, Obama can undo them with the stroke of a pen.A rule eliminating the mandatory, independent advice...
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Familiar Democrats fill out fledgling candidate, Daschle to be Obama's health secretary
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November 20, 2008 - 7:52 AM EST
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President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a well-known Washington personality, seemed more likely than ever to be his secretary of state. Clinton is deciding whether to take that post as America's top diplomat, her...
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In 2 uncalled open-seat congressional races, both candidates play House member-elect
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November 20, 2008 - 6:17 AM EST
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In two undecided open-seat House races, both candidates are playing Congress member-elect this week.Both the eventual winners and the eventual losers from too-close-to-call contests in California and Ohio came to Washington for new-lawmaker orientation _ though only one contender from each race will ever get sworn in."I don't know as I'd say stressful, but certainly it's a little bit different circumstance than the other members...
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