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Wonkbook: Immigration reform isn’t about Marco Rubio. It’s about John Boehner.
Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer.To subscribe by e-mail, click here. Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog. Read … Continue reading
Victims in recovery: John Odom
John Odom was just a month from retirement when he came to Boston to watch his daughter Nicole run the marathon. Now he is among the most critically injured bombing victims, scheduled to undergo his seventh surgery Tuesday, according to … Continue reading
The strange alliance between John Boehner and liberals
Has the news that President Obama will include significant entitlement cuts in his budget thawed relations in Washington? Not so much. “If the president believes these modest entitlement savings are needed to help shore up these programs, there’s no reason … Continue reading
John Kerry asks Iraq to stop arms to Syria
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and said he told Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of his concern about Iranian flights over Iraq carrying arms to Syria.
INSIGHT-How cleantech tarnished Kleiner and VC star John Doerr
SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES, Jan 16 (Reuters) – In the spring of last year, John Doerr received some bad news: Miasole, the solar-panel maker backed by his famed venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was on the verge of … Continue reading
READ: John McCain’s filibuster reform
As the Huffington Post reported earlier today, Sens. John McCain and Carl Levin — backed up by a handful of senior senators from both parties — have been prepping a filibuster proposal meant to undercut more significant reform of the … Continue reading
The sinking of “Plan B”; the U.S. “fiscal cliff” disaster of John Boehner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Had there been a vote on Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” to avert the so-called U.S. fiscal cliff on Thursday night, it would not have been close. He was probably 40 to 50 votes short … Continue reading
Obama nominates John Kerry as next secretary of state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday nominated John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, calling the veteran U.S. senator the “perfect choice” for America’s top diplomat as he began reshaping his national security team for … Continue reading
The sinking of “Plan B”; the U.S. “fiscal cliff” disaster of John Boehner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Had there been a vote on Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” to avert the so-called U.S. fiscal cliff on Thursday night, it would not have been close. He was probably 40 to 50 votes short … Continue reading
Obama to announce John Kerry’s nomination for secretary of state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday will announce his nomination of Senator John Kerry as secretary of state to succeed Hillary Clinton, senior administration officials said.