In response to President Barack Obama’s recess appointments, made while the Senate was in a pro forma session, House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson of Connecticut told The Daily Caller that he would “prefer everything happen in regular order.” The president, though, was justified in his actions, he said, since Republicans have been blocking his appointees. (more)
After nearly four weeks languishing in lonely obscurity, President Barack Obama’s jobs bill has attracted two co-sponsors, The Daily Caller has learned. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer have both signed on. (more)
Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Illinois, who has offered to be the first co-sponsor of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, told The Daily Caller that congressional gridlock is causing the federal government to become “less relevant” in Americans’ lives. He calls this “a tragedy.” (more)
The “Occupy Wall Street” protests are garnering more institutional support, this time in the halls of Congress. Liberal congressmen have been coming out this week to voice their support for the demonstrations, whose actual demands remain unclear. (more)
The “Occupy Wall Street” protests and former White House “green jobs czar” Van Jones are the beginning of an “American Fall,” according to Rep. John Larson, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. (more)
The Daily Caller has learned that Connecticut Democratic Rep. John Larson has introduced President Barack Obama’s jobs plan in the House of Representatives “at the request of the president” and that the bill has no co-sponsors. (more)
On a day when the press is savaging President Obama for offering paltry budget cuts while debt — “a new red menace,” as Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels put it — threatens to cripple Americans’ standard of living, there exists a parallel universe where Obama is out-cutting House Speaker John Boehner. (more)
A standalone bill to repeal the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy appears to have the votes to make its way through Congress, a top House Democrat suggested Tuesday. (more)
The big question on the Sunday shows this morning: Does Speaker Pelosi have the 216 votes to pass health-care reform this afternoon? So far, there’s not a clear consensus on the whip count among the top Democrats who hit the TV circuit today. (more)
House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson claims that Democrats have clinched the vote, Mike Allen reports. (more)
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor’s press operation began e-mailing reporters around 4:30, indicating they might want to go watch the House floor. (more)
Democrats’ inability to release a bill to the public for review on Wednesday raised serious questions about whether they will be able to move the bill to the House floor in time for a vote before President Obama leaves Sunday for a week-long international trip. (more)
President Obama’s health care bill will not be scored by the Congressional Budget Office and released to House Democrats and the public until Thursday at some point, and maybe as late as the afternoon, three House Democratic leaders said late Wednesday. (more)
Democrats appeared to be closing in Monday on achieving support from enough lawmakers in the House to pass a historic and sweeping health-care reform bill, though the outcome was still far from certain. (more)
