Week in Review Week in Review
Yet another very busy week on the Hill. Greg Kaufmann has the goods: The House delayed its vote on the DC Voting Rights Bill due to the Senate's draconian gun amendment. Advocat...
Mar 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Is the Obama Mortgage Plan Doomed To Fail? Is the Obama Mortgage Plan Doomed To Fail?
In the short-term, I think the answer is no. As I argued in my column last week, the plan does fairly elegantly snatch some low-hanging fruit. But the problem is that there's just...
Mar 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Rich Lowry Is Making Sense Rich Lowry Is Making Sense
Over at the Corner he writes. While some conservative bloggers plunge into depths of despair that Rush Limbaugh gave a speech at CPAC not up to their standards and the White Hous...
Mar 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Green Power Struggle Green Power Struggle
An act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired generator in DC shows the movement to halt global warming is now in its second act.
Mar 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Encouraging Signs on Defense Contracting Cuts Encouraging Signs on Defense Contracting Cuts
Spencer Ackerman takes a look at the White House's new procurement guidelines and is pleasantly surprised: Obama went further in remarks at the White House, calling it a "false c...
Mar 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Week In Review The Week In Review
This was a very busy week on Capitol Hill. Greg Kaufmann provides the highlights: Obama's Big Week: Monday was the President's "fiscal responsibility summit." Tuesday was his big...
Feb 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes
We Lost Trillions We Lost Trillions
In this week's column on the Obama foreclosure plan I write: This is all significant progress over the callous inaction of the Bush administration. But though the Obama foreclosu...
Feb 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Math Is Hard Math Is Hard
Since I've been giving Gary Gensler such a hard time for refusing to admit a mistake, I thought it would be appropriate to pointed out just how colossally I screwed up the math in...
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Coming Soon: Universal Savings? Coming Soon: Universal Savings?
Just got off a briefing with OMB Director Pete Orszag. I asked him what part of the budget he was surprised hadn't gotten more attention. His answer: universal savings. One of th...
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Just Say: “I Screwed Up” Just Say: “I Screwed Up”
In my column, Never Say You're Sorry, I wrote about Gary Gensler, the Obama administration's nominee to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Yesterday the Senate Agricul...
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes