'Back-Door' Base Closures
Biden Talks Loss With Fallen Troops' Families
Neely Out at GSA
More USPS Buyouts
Gimme My Discount! Deals for Feds
Buyout Watch: Who's Offering What
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Congressional insiders back boosting employee retirement contributions
May 26, 2011 Under pressure to cut the deficit, a huge majority of Republican Members of Congress and a fair share of Democrats are prepared to ask federal employees to increase their contributions to their own pensions, according to the latest National Journal Congressional Insiders Poll. When asked the question, "Should federal employees ...
Political insiders view shutdown as likely
April 8, 2011 A majority of political operatives believe there is a high likelihood that a government shutdown will occur this weekend, according to a National Journal Political Insiders Poll conducted Thursday afternoon before President Obama's meeting with congressional leaders in the evening. The Political Insiders were asked: "On a scale of zero ...
Political insiders say public uninformed about policy issues
March 25, 2011 When it comes to policy, the political class doesn't have a lot of faith in the public's IQ. In the latest National Journal Political Insiders Poll, a solid majority of political operatives -- 59 percent -- said the public didn't "know enough about the issues facing Washington to form wise ...
Republicans signal delay on 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
November 15, 2010 Two prominent Senate Republicans indicated Sunday that it is unlikely that the ban on gays serving openly in the military known as "don't ask, don't tell" will be overturned in the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the ranking GOP member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, ...
Obama team reaches new heights in diversity
June 22, 2009 A mere glance around Barack Obama's Cabinet table provides ample evidence of the president's philosophy that diversity is an important element of good government. Fewer than half of the 22 officials designated by Obama as having Cabinet rank are white men -- only nine in fact. Likewise, fewer than half ...
Plotting an Endgame
September 9, 2008 After back-to-back national conventions that captured the attention of much of the electorate, the presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain remains a puzzle. Despite the public's deep dissatisfaction with President Bush, his party's standard-bearer remains very much in contention. When Democratic operatives look at the national ...
Tickets Out of Iowa
November 27, 2007 Among political observers, the conventional wisdom is that "three tickets get punched" in Iowa for White House hopefuls -- the top three finishers in each party's caucuses gain enough momentum and credibility to soldier on. Or, as veteran political reporter David Yepsen of the The Des Moines Register likes to ...
In W. They Trust
October 25, 2005 President Bush and his latest nominee to the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, are taking a beating in the conservative salons of Washington. "The White House approach to this nomination was, first, they chose someone who really infuriated the Republican base," scoffed conservative columnist George Will last Sunday on ABC News' ...
Team Bush
June 29, 2005 Recent revelations about Deep Throat, the stealthy source who kept The Washington Post on top of the early days of the Watergate scandal, recall one of the great morality tales of presidential second terms. According to H.R. (Bob) Haldeman, chief of staff to President Nixon, it was his boss's fervor ...
Commander-in-chief
July 1, 2003 Can the Democrats find happiness with a retired four-star Army general on their 2004 presidential ticket? Some party leaders and operatives are toying with the idea. And the general himself-former NATO military Cmdr. Wesley Clark-seems willing to oblige. Clark's recent round of appearances on television news shows and before Democratic ...
