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Obama wields pen at historic pace

Stephen Dinan

Looking to move quickly on his campaign promises, President Obama has turned to the one tool that he has to ignore Congress and take unilateral ...

Producers want more ethanol in gas
5 AM Tom LoBianco and Edward Felker, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Despite being pinched by the economic downturn, ethanol producers are expanding so rapidly that they are pressing the government to overturn its 25-year-old rule that limits to 10 percent the amount of the corn-based additive ... Continue reading »
McCain challenges Obama on stimulus
5 AM Stephen Dinan
Just two weeks after being feted by President Obama, Sen. John McCain has gone head-to-head with him, mobilizing his own campaign supporters to oppose the president's giant economic recovery spending bill. Continue reading »
White House dismisses GOP on stimulus bill
5 AM Christina Bellantoni and S.A. Miller
The White House on Monday embraced the economic stimulus drafted by congressional Democrats and belittled Republican objections to excessive spending in the bill, saying it added up to just $699 million - chump change in ... Continue reading »
Hill vote for D.C. faces court fight, foes warn
5 AM Timothy Warren
A new president and more Democrats in Congress gives the D.C. House Voting Rights Act bill a better chance of passage this year, but it still will not survive the scrutiny of the courts, opponents ... Continue reading »
Reflecting on the path set by King
11 PM Timothy Warren
Forced to sit at the back of the bus to and from elementary school in Orlando, Fla., Mamie Graye never envisioned that a black man would be elected president during her lifetime. Continue reading »