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Peter Orszag, OMB chief and sex symbol
March 13, 2010For a year now, the capital has been trying to solve a singular mystery: Why is Peter Orszag so sexy?
Senate Republicans seem to have one answer for Democrats: No
March 13, 2010 In his State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama asked lawmakers to "work through our differences, to overcome the numbing weight of our politics."
Lawmakers put the 'dead' in health-care reform deadline
March 13, 2010Members of Congress do not like to be rushed.
Massa flirts with the right, but Beck isn't tickled
March 13, 2010Just seven minutes into Glenn Beck's hour-long interview of Eric Massa on Tuesday evening, things had already gone very wrong.
From Greece, an economic cautionary tale for the U.S.
March 13, 2010Look into the face of George Papandreou, America, and see your future.
Rangel is alone in punishment but not wrongdoing
March 13, 2010 It must have been a strange feeling for Charlie Rangel as he walked into Statuary Hall on Wednesday for fellow congressman Jack Murtha's memorial service. Murtha, who died three weeks ago, was being eulogized, but Rangel was the one getting buried.
Justices arm themselves with activism in Chicago gun ban case
March 13, 2010It's about to get easier to shoot people in Chicago.
Wild pitches from Sen. Bunning
March 13, 2010In his 17 years pitching in the big leagues, Jim Bunning was known for his graceful curveball, his rising slider and his sidearm fastball. Now 78 years old and about to retire from the Senate, the Republican of Kentucky is apparently down to only one pitch: the screwball.
Professor Obama schools lawmakers on health-care reform
March 13, 2010Republicans had been hesitant to accept President Obama's invitation to participate in Thursday's White House health-care summit. Their hesitance turned out to be justified.
Toyota USA's president can't seem to recall much
March 13, 2010 Oh, what a feeling it must have been to be Jim Lentz on Tuesday afternoon.
