HOT BUTTON BLOG

An examination of events surrounding daily news topics.

• Department of Labor may roll back union disclosure rules

  By Amanda Carpenter — Published March 17, 2009 Comments

  Unions may not have to comply with regulations enacted by the Bush administration.

• Anti-spending tide grows in New Hampshire

  By Amanda Carpenter — Published March 16, 2009 Comments

  Voters in the increasingly Democratic state of New Hampshire worry about Obama's massive government spending.

• GOP congressman introduces birth certificate bill

  By Amanda Carpenter — Published March 16, 2009 Comments

  Rep. Bill Posey drops a bill to require all presidential candidates to prove citizenship.

• HuffPo lauches media monitoring project

  By Amanda Carpenter — Published March 13, 2009 Comments

  Arianna Huffington's liberally-leaning Huffington Post has launched a new media monitoring project to track chatter on television, radio and newspapers.

• HuffPo lauches media monitoring project

  By Amanda Carpenter — Published March 13, 2009 Comments

  Arianna Huffington's site

• Madoff spent nearly $1 million lobbying and on Democratic causes

  By Amanda Carpenter — Published March 13, 2009 Comments

  According to the Center for Responsive Politics, 88 percent of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff's campaign donations went to Democratic causes and candidates.

• AFL-CIO expected a return on P.G. County campaign cash

  By Amanda Carpenter — Published March 12, 2009 Comments

  A Washington chapter of AFL-CIO threatened to withhold funding from Prince George's County Democrats who don't support a progressive agenda.

• The GOP's 'party of no' pushback

  By Amanda Carpenter — Published March 11, 2009 Comments

  House and Senate Republicans are joining forces to label the Democrats as the party of "too much."