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Obama Donors Pick Up Pace: A $32 Million Month

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:14 (Washington Post - Politics)

The campaign of Democrat Barack Obama raised at least $32 million in January, a dramatic escalation in fundraising that came amid a series of primaries that generated record interest among voters. ...more.

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House Democrats Trim Agenda

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:14 (Washington Post - Politics)

WILLIAMSBURG, Jan. 31 -- A year ago, newly empowered House Democrats gathered here at the Kingsmill Resort for their annual retreat brimming with confidence. Before them was an ambitious legislative agenda and a determination to end or curtail the U.S. troop presence in Iraq. ...more.

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Schwarzenegger Endorses McCain

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:14 (Washington Post - Politics)

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Sen. John McCain's presidential bid Thursday, adding momentum to the front-runner's campaign while further angering the candidate's conservative critics. ...more.

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Obama Confronts Ethnic Tensions In Bid for Votes

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:13 (Washington Post - Politics)

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 -- In a sun-drenched community college courtyard in the heart of East Los Angeles on Thursday, Sen. Barack Obama tried to confront one of his greatest obstacles to doing well on Super Tuesday next week: winning over Latino voters. ...more.

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As Obama Plans 24-State Blitz, GOP Hopefuls Rein In Spending

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:13 (Washington Post - Politics)

Sen. Barack Obama has launched an eight-figure, 24-state barrage of television advertising, heading into the Super Tuesday contests and beyond, that will carry his message to twice as many states as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's ads will reach with her current ad buy. ...more.

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Bush Signals Troop Level May Stay Stable

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:11 (Washington Post - Politics)

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 31 -- President Bush asserted Thursday that he would not be pressured into making further troop cuts in Iraq beyond the five combat brigades already scheduled to come home by the middle of the summer. ...more.

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Surveillance Law Extended For 15 Days

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:11 (Washington Post - Politics)

President Bush signed a 15-day extension for a temporary surveillance law yesterday, signaling a brief reprieve in an ongoing battle with Democrats in Congress over whether to immunize telephone companies from lawsuits alleging invasions of privacy for helping the government conduct warrantless w... ...more.

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With Crucial Loan, McCain Put His Bid Back in the Black

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

By last November, John McCain's presidential campaign was broke. To survive, he offered his fundraising lists as collateral for a $3 million line of credit from a local bank. But obtaining the loan required an unusual extra step: He had to take out a special life insurance policy in case he did not... ...more.

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2009 Budget Seeks Spending Freeze

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

President Bush's $3 trillion budget for fiscal 2009, scheduled for release Monday, will seek a virtual freeze on domestic spending programs while cutting billions of dollars from federal health programs to reach his goal of balancing the budget by 2012, White House and congressional officials said... ...more.

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Senate Delays Action on Its $157 Billion Stimulus Bill

added on 2008-02-01 09:30:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

Senate Democratic leaders yesterday put off an expected showdown over an economic stimulus plan until next week, worrying that the absence of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) could doom efforts to force changes to the package fashioned by House leaders and President... ...more.

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