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It has taken nearly 10 months for Democrats to face reality, but it's finally dawning on some of President Obama's allies in Congress that his economic policies aren't working.

Top aides to President Barack Obama met early and often with lobbyists, Democratic political strategists and other interests with a stake in the administration's national health care overhaul, White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press show.

Close NOVEMBER 24, 2009 Weighing Jobs and Deficit By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON WASHINGTON -- The White House is lukewarm about proposals by congressional Democrats to introduce broad legislation to create jobs, instead favoring targeted measures that would be less likely to inflate the deficit, administration officials said.

You know Ron Paul, do you him? Rep. Alan Grayson, liberal Forida Democrat and Paul's partner in stopping crime.

Severe economic uncertainly is boosting the conservative brand in what may seem to be the unlikeliest of places.

Posted by John Perazzo on Nov 20th, 2009 and filed under FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry By now, millions of Americans are familiar with Anita Dunn , who recently resigned her post as Barack Obama's White House Communications Director after it was ...

Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don't get insurance through their employers.

Illinois' beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Monday that when he was deciding who would take President Obama's Senate seat he considered appointing talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, a suggestion that Winfrey says left her "amused." Blagojevich made the revelation to Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" on the day his impeachment trial is set to ...

Democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal on Wednesday for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit.

Some of the world's largest financial firms on Monday urged a top U.S. lawmaker not to pursue big bank break-up legislation, an idea attracting interest in Congress and causing alarm on Wall Street.

The United States Attorney's Office announced Dr. Adolph Yaniz, and Munir Chaudhry, d/b/a Medway Diagnostic Laboratories, were charged by an indictment unsealed today with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Republican Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out of New York's 23rd district special election amid Conservative Doug Hoffman's surge--and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens--is out of the state Assembly's GOP conference.

Martin says that Mark Kirk is a a oeVirginia Democrat,a not an Illinois Republican.

Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.

Iowa 5th District Congressman Steve King is an extremely rare politician. He tells you exactly what he thinks and how he feels, consequences be damned.

Democratic Senate leaders are trying to consolidate support within their own caucus.

The Obama administration, under pressure to show it is serious about tackling the budget deficit, is seizing on an unusual target to showcase fiscal responsibility: the $700 billion financial rescue .

"It's not important to be perfect here, it's important to act, to move, to start the ball rolling," Clinton told reporters after speaking to Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill yesterday.

The White House, concerned the congressional timetable for passing a health-care overhaul could slip into next year, is stepping up pressure on the Senate for quick action, with President Obama appearing Sunday in the Rose Garden to call on senators to "take up the baton and bring this effort to the finish line." Obama's remarks came less than a ...

In the push for health care legislation, a new yet familiar face emerged on Capitol Hill today in an attempt to rally Democrats -- former President Bill Clinton .