Archive for the ‘MSN Politics’ Category

  • Obama congratulates brother-in-law for big win

    His inauguration is less than two weeks away and waiting is an economy in turmoil and violence in the Middle East. President-elect Barack Obama still found time to chat with a basketball coach.

  • Clinton confirmation hearing set for Tuesday

    President-elect Barack Obama will see his secretary of state-designee get her day before the Senate one week before his inauguration.Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s confirmation hearing to become secretary of state will be Tuesday.

  • Obama’s ‘Hope’ portrait goes to gallery

    This mixed media collage by Shepard Fairey titled "Barack Obama," will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery by Inauguration Day, the Smithsonian Institution announced on Wednesday.Even before he takes office, President-elect Barack Obama’s image will become part of the permanent collection at the U.S. National Portrait Gallery, the museum announced Wednesday.

  • House to vote on Obama-favored health plan

    House Democrats plan to give President-elect Barack Obama an early victory on health care with a vote next week on legislation to expand a children’s health insurance program.

  • Burris expects to join Senate ‘very shortly’

    Roland Burris meets with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., seated on the right, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Burris, who was appointed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to replace President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, returned to the Hill to discuss his appointment to the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Roland Burris will not likely take Barack Obama’s Senate seat until a court in Illinois rules on a dispute surrounding his appointment.

  • Congressional Black Caucus OKs Burris

    The Congressional Black Caucus is calling for Illinois Democrat Roland Burris to be allowed to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat.

  • Obama hails ‘extraordinary gathering’

    President George W. Bush hosts President-elect Obama as well as former Presidents Clinton, Bush Sr. and Carter at the White House for lunch.  (MSNBC)President-elect Barack Obama has returned to the White House for a private sit-down with President George W. Bush, less than two weeks before their official transfer of power.

  • Presidential libraries to disclose future donors

    Future donations to presidential libraries would have to be publicly disclosed, the House decided Wednesday.

  • Bush headed to Midland, Texas on Jan. 20

    The White House settled one post-presidential mystery on Wednesday, answering the question of where will George W. Bush go when his term as president ends on the afternoon of Jan. 20?

  • Mercurio: Gunning for a new RNC

    Republican presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, right, holds his shotgun while talking with his national campaign manager Chip Saltsman before pheasant hunting, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, near Osceola, Iowa. Salzman is now a contender to chair the RNC.Who will the next Republican National Committee chairman be? The answer, apparently, depends on which one has the most guns. Seriously.