Archive: December 7, 2008 - December 13, 2008
When It Comes to Holder, Specter Has Reservations
A plan by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) to hold confirmation hearings Jan. 8 for Eric H. Holder Jr., the nominee for attorney general, is coming under fire from committee Republicans. The panel’s ranking Republican, Sen. Arlen...
By Al Kamen | December 11, 2008; 7:40 PM ET | Comments (13)
The Fix Is In
The Senate and then the House, in voice votes last night that left no fingerprints, quietly approved a measure to scale the Secretary of State’s pay back to its 2007 level, down from $191,300 to $186,600 a year. The measure...
By Al Kamen | December 11, 2008; 2:10 PM ET | Comments (0)
Sweet Home Chicago Will Stay That Way for Obama
We learned some new details about President-elect Barack Obama yesterday, including that he will maintain his home in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood as a White House getaway for the first family. Kinda like Crawford, Tex.,added this because my first...
By Eric Pianin | December 11, 2008; 11:19 AM ET | Comments (0)
Live From Iceland, or Possibly Greenland, It's the DipNote Tweet Show!
There’s only six weeks left in the Bush administration, but Loop Fans know that political appointees are not about to collect their paychecks and just kick back in local bars. Au contraire! They’re going hyperspeed to fulfill their duties...
By Eric Pianin | December 10, 2008; 1:23 PM ET | Comments (0)
