Carrie Budoff Brown
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‘Disastrous’ summer showed EU must step up climate action, says Metsola
BRUSSELS — This summer sparked a “realization” that the European Union needs to strengthen its climate-proofing efforts, including by tailoring its budget to the challenges of a warming world, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said. She also expects the issue to feature heavily in Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech on Wednesday. “There will definitely be… a reflection on climate,” Metsola said in an interview with several media outlets Tuesday.
Biden and Trump spoke by phone last week Original
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Dec. 7, 2024, 12:47 AM UTC President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone over the Thanksgiving holiday last week, according to two people familiar with the call. The previously unreported phone call marks the only known time Biden and Trump have spoken since the president-elect visited the White House for a meeting in the Oval Office on Nov. 13. The two people familiar with the conversation said Trump called Biden to wish him a happy Thanksgiving.
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Obama's 'vacation from hell'
It's the president's worst vacation idea since Christmas 2009. President Barack Obama really wanted to take a vacation. But then the world intervened. The president’s plan to snag two weeks off in Martha’s Vineyard has been an utter failure, marking his worst attempt at relaxation since the Detroit underwear bomber consumed his 2009 Christmas holiday in Hawaii. On the eve of his departure late last week, Obama authorized airstrikes in Iraq to beat back Islamist militants from committing genocide.
Craig reversal angers GOP colleagues
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) stunned Senate colleagues with his decision to reconsider. Just when Republicans thought things could not get much worse for their scandal-stained party, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig leaked word Tuesday night that he is reconsidering his abrupt plan to resign from the Senate in the wake of his arrest in a police sex sting operation.
GOP's celeb-Obama message gains traction
Barack Obama has been mocked as \"The One\" by his Republican critics.
It's not the default, it's the downgrade
The GOP has shown concern about the possibility of ratings agencies scarring U.S. credit. | AP Photos It’s not the default that strikes the most fear in the White House and Congress these days. It’s the downgrade. Even Republican leaders say the country can’t go into default, and they’ll do everything possible to raise the debt limit by Aug. 2.
Recess strategies center on health
A patient is examined in a doctor's office. | REUTERS They call this a recess? The five-week House break — the Senate is meeting another week — could go a long way in determining the direction of health care reform when lawmakers return next month. Aware of the stakes, House Democratic and Republican leaders have armed their members with enough talking points and tips to keep them from taking much of a vacation.
U.S. to open talks on normalization with Cuba
The president rolls the dice on Cuba; Republicans immediately cry foul. President Barack Obama announced the most sweeping shift in U.S. policy toward Cuba in more than half a century Wednesday, calling the move to reestablish diplomatic relations a “new chapter” for the two countries. “We will end an outdated approach that for decades has failed to advance our interests,” Obama said in remarks from the White House.
Schumer goes hunting, bags Nelson
Six weeks after hunting pheasants with Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) negotiated the Nebraska Dem's support for health care. | Photo courtesy of Ben Nelson The perils of political hunting trips range from mockery — as with Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) expensive gear — to mortal danger — as in ending up on the wrong end of Dick Cheney’s 28-gauge. But Sen.
Obama donors help cover transition cost
Google CEO Eric Schmidt contributed $5,000 to Barack Obama's transition fundraising efforts. Barack Obama’s major fundraisers are picking up a big chunk of his transition tab, as at least 38 campaign bundlers contributed $190,000 of the nearly $1.17 million raised through mid-November.
Cheney praises strike, but seeks apology
Former Vice President Dick Cheney praised the Obama administration Sunday for ordering the drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, calling it "a very good strike" and "justified." But Cheney and his daughter, Liz, who appeared together on CNN's "State of the Union" said President Barack Obama owes the Bush administration an apology.
Obama in N.Y.: 'We mean what we say'
Obama delivered a clear message about his resolve - and the country’s - in pursuing bin Laden. President Barack Obama slipped into New York City Thursday to meet privately with first responders and the families of victims of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and mark the death of the attack’s mastermind, Osama bin Laden.
Obama to shield Social Security
The shift away from Social Security will allow Obama to avoid a clash with his base. President Barack Obama will shield Social Security from cuts in his new deficit-reduction plan, the White House said Thursday, pulling back on a key concession from his failed “grand bargain” negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner.
Liberals fear grand bargain betrayal
The left plans to press Obama to protect those who reelected him. Labor unions and liberal interest groups are going all-out for President Barack Obama’s reelection — but they’re just as ready to turn that firepower back on him if he betrays them with a grand bargain. These groups fear a victorious Obama would ink a deal with Republicans during the fiscal cliff negotiations that slashes entitlement benefits.
Biden, McConnell and the making of a deal
But by 4 p.m. Sunday — two days before the country would plunge into default — President Barack Obama drew the line against congressional Republicans who wanted assurances that defense spending would be cut less than many other programs. “We just can’t give there,” Vice President Joe Biden, Obama’s chief emissary to the Hill in the budget negotiations, pointedly told House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
Leahy files same-sex amendments
Leahy's move will spark a contentious fight over gay rights and illegal immigration. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) proposed two amendments to the Gang of Eight immigration legislation to extend legal rights to gay couples, one of whom is foreign born. Leahy’s move Tuesday to file the amendments doesn’t mean they will be offered when his committee begins to mark up immigration reform on Thursday.
Obama's big campaign speech: SOTU
Obama's speech will be the most important political event of the year thus far. The Republican candidates, who have reveled in the spotlight and battered Barack Obama for months, are about to get a sharp lesson in the power of the presidency. The most important 2012 campaign event so far — and almost certainly the most important until the parties’ national conventions this summer — will take place Tuesday night under the guise of a governing ritual.
Obama makes surprise trip to Afghanistan
Obama will meet with Karzai in Kabul and then visit troops at a U.S. military base. KABUL, Afghanistan — President Barack Obama flew into Afghanistan Tuesday for a surprise whirlwind trip that will culminate in a live, televised address to the American people at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Immigration bill ready for debut
The proposal is scheduled to undergo its first major vetting on Friday. Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a bill to make the most substantive changes to immigration laws in nearly three decades. The bipartisan Gang of Eight plans to file its bill Tuesday, according to a leading supporter, Marco Rubio. A small group of interest groups are scheduled to attend a closed-meeting with senators before the bill is introduced.
W.H. plans to make good on beer bet
The Canadian prime minister says Obama has lots bets before, and always paid up. The beer is on its way. President Barack Obama will make good Monday on his Olympics hockey bet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper by sending two “freshly brewed” cases of White House beer to the Canadian Embassy.
Extreme Makeover: Pennsylvania edition
Carville’s exact wording is unclear, and over the years his comment has been distorted to reference Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, rather than Paoli and Penn Hills. PHILADELPHIA — James Carville put what some view as a pox on Pennsylvania. Twenty-two years ago, as a Democratic strategist working on a gubernatorial race, Carville described the state as Paoli (a suburb of Philadelphia) and Penn Hills (a suburb of Pittsburgh) with Alabama in between.
Why Daley had to go
Obama's choice of Lew as Daley's successor was met with relief by Democrats. The Bill Daley era on Monday screeched to a jarring, clattering conclusion. Daley, who departs after a little more than a year as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, was never a great fit inside the West Wing — and Obama and his closest aides realized that mere months into his tumultuous tenure.
Obama reasserts himself; Boehner pushes back
John Boehner, left, rebutted Barack Obama's remarks on the debt ceiling within minutes. President Barack Obama elbowed his way back into the debt ceiling debate Monday night, three days after Republicans shoved him out, but he offered no hint of a solution to the escalating political and financial crisis. If regular citizens — or markets here and overseas — were looking for reassurance in Obama’s 15-minute speech or House Speaker John Boehner’s five-minute rebuttal, they were out of luck.
Obama boxed in on birth control
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan met with the president in November. Obama boxed in on birth control By GLENN THRUSH and CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN 02/10/2012 04:26 AM EST Updated 02/10/2012 06:00 PM EST 2012-02-10T06:00-0500 It was no secret inside the West Wing that Bill Daley, a Catholic with deep connections to the church hierarchy, vehemently opposed the administration’s proposal to require church-run hospitals and universities to give their employees free contraception.
New target for POLITICO: California
Dear Readers, There’s an announcement we have been itching to make for a couple years, one that we are now beyond excited to share with you: POLITICO is heading to California in a new and big way. Story Continued Below As you are probably familiar, we have been having impact on the ground in California for nearly four years now.
Crisis averted: Cliff bill clears
Obama warned that there could be consequences if there was not an agreement on the debt ceiling. Washington just barely avoided plummeting off the fiscal cliff. With a rare late-night vote on New Year’s Day, the House passed a bipartisan compromise to extend the majority of Bush-era tax cuts, delay automatic spending reductions for two months and fix a number of expiring tax and spending provisions. The final vote was 257-157, passing with 172 Democrats and 85 Republicans.
McConnell can't avoid Craig queries
A team of lawyers and crisis experts assembled by Craig pushed ahead with a strategy aimed at repairing the three-term senator’s reputation. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sounded like a wishful thinker, at least in that moment Tuesday, standing before dozens of media who wouldn’t stop asking about disgraced Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho).
No Obama pivot after midterms
Despite losing the Senate, Obama doesn’t think too much should be read into results. Voters demanded change from Washington on Tuesday, and Republicans say it’s now up to President Barack Obama to deliver it. But don’t count on that happening. Story Continued Below The White House that emerges after the midterm elections won’t look, act or sound drastically different than the one battered for months by Republicans and abandoned by Democrats desperate to hang onto power.
Trip may help Obama back home
Obama's jaunt to meet distant relatives in Moneygall, Ireland could pay big dividends. Trip may help Obama back home By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN 05/22/2011 07:28 PM EDT Updated 05/24/2011 06:12 AM EDT 2011-05-24T06:12-0400 DUBLIN, Ireland — When President Barack Obama slipped into an Irish pub Monday to hoist a Guinness, he was thousands of miles away from his real audience: the white ethnic voters back in America who abandoned Democrats in November.
Stars help W.H. celebrate ACA
Celebreties mark the end of the first ACA open enrollment period at the White House. Stars help W.H. celebrate ACA By JENNIFER EPSTEIN and CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN 05/02/2014 10:24 AM EDT Updated 05/03/2014 07:39 AM EDT 2014-05-03T07:39-0400 President Barack Obama celebrated the completion of the first open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act with a star-studded reception at the White House on Thursday.
Editor’s note: A POLITICO partnership in China
Andy Wong/AP Photo POLITICO readers will see on our pages today something new and important: the first stories reflecting the publication’s commitment to illuminating the U.S. relationship with China. POLITICO, which began in 2007 as preeminently a Washington publication, in recent years has had a global focus. In Europe, we have the largest news operation covering the increasingly complex and consequential workings of the European Union.
Editor’s Note: Behind POLITICO’s new look
POLITICO got its start in 2007 with a singular mission in mind: Washington journalism needed to be faster, edgier and a lot more fun to read. The internet and the rise of social networks were fundamentally changing the way readers consumed news, but political coverage had not kept up. We stood up a home page that year that reflected the quick metabolism of our newsroom, with tons of blogs, brash headlines and scoopy stories.
How Obama got here
Nine months ago, the new Homeland Security secretary, Jeh Johnson, received a request from the White House. President Obama wanted him to personally take on perhaps the administration’s toughest political assignment: looking for creative ways to fix America’s immigration system without congressional action—or executive overreach. Just four months into the job, Johnson had been prepared to take on tough security issues: Bombs on planes. Deadly diseases. Radical Islamists carrying U.S. passports.
Boehner offer puts Obama on spot
By adopting Boehner's plan, Obama would avoid a potentially major blow to the economy. | AP Photos Boehner offer puts Obama on spot By JONATHAN ALLEN and CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN 10/10/2013 03:34 PM EDT Updated 10/11/2013 12:36 PM EDT 2013-10-11T12:36-0400 President Barack Obama may get the clean debt limit extension he’s been demanding, but it wouldn’t be a clean victory.
G-7 countries to skip Russian summit
Obama said sanctions so far will work to inflict harm on Russia’s economy. THE HAGUE, Netherlands — President Barack Obama and leaders of the biggest Western economies on Monday suspended Russia from the Group of Eight, in a yet another bid to punish President Vladimir Putin for annexing part of Ukraine. The G-7 countries will now meet in Brussels rather than attend the planned G-8 summit in Sochi.
White House builds pressure on immigration
The White House ramped up efforts to convince the House to act on immigration reform with the release of a report Wednesday touting the economic benefits of the Senate bill. The report was released ahead of a critical House Republican meeting Wednesday on immigration strategy, and it represented an opening move in the administration’s delicate bid to raise political pressure on the House without alienating persuadable Republican lawmakers.
Quiet fade-out for Obama’s faith council
Obama gave the council an expanded mission at the 2009 National Prayer Breakfast. Obama faith council's quiet fade-out By Carrie Budoff Brown 02/28/2012 04:36 AM EST Updated 02/28/2012 10:32 AM EST 2012-02-28T10:32-0500 His faith under attack, his contraception decision savaged on all sides, President Barack Obama could use backup in the religious community right now.
Report: ACA helps slow rising costs
The ACA has incentives for doctors to improve the quality of their care, the report finds. The slowing growth in health care costs isn’t just a fluke or a remnant of the recession, the White House asserted in a report released Wednesday, but rather a result of reforms in Obamacare. The White House report is an attempt to shape the debate over how much credit should be given to the Affordable Care Act for the growth in health care spending dropping to its lowest levels since the 1960s.
White House back to Obamacare sales mode
President Obama needs to rebuild confidence in the law. | REUTERS W.H. back to Obamacare sales mode By JONATHAN ALLEN and CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN 12/02/2013 10:30 PM EST Updated 12/03/2013 07:48 PM EST 2013-12-03T07:48-0500 President Barack Obama will launch a coordinated campaign Tuesday by the White House, congressional Democrats and their outside allies to return attention to why the Affordable Care Act passed in the first place.
Behind the Obamacare surprise
The story of how the administration turned around a historic failure surprised many. | AP Photo/Getty There was a word White House officials had for Monday, the final day of Obamacare enrollment: “S—t-tastic.” “S—t,” because they couldn’t believe that the website had crashed again, and they couldn’t get it back for hours. “-Tastic” because this time, the problems were actually because of traffic so high that it caught even the most optimistic people in the White House by surprise.
Source: ACA site enrollment surge
About 100,000 people selected a health plan in November, the official said. Source: ACA site enrollment surge By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN 12/04/2013 11:16 AM EST Updated 12/05/2013 07:30 AM EST 2013-12-05T07:30-0500 About 29,000 people signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov on Sunday and Monday — a figure that surpasses the total for the whole month of October, an official familiar with the program told POLITICO.
Making Irish eyes smile
The president and the first lady raise their glasses in Moneygall, Ireland, Monday. | REUTERS Making Irish eyes smile By Carrie Budoff Brown 05/23/2011 08:15 PM EDT Updated 05/24/2011 02:26 PM EDT 2011-05-24T02:26-0400 DUBLIN, Ireland — President Barack Obama squeezed every ounce of advantage that he could out of his distant Irish roots Monday, rolling through the country as the main attraction of a daylong pep rally.
WH to Dems: Punch back twice as hard
Senior White House adviser David Axelrod (left) and deputy chief of staff Jim Messina told senators to focus on the insured and how they would benefit from “consumer protections Top White House aides gave Senate Democrats a recess battle plan on Thursday, arming the lawmakers with tips for avoiding disastrous town hall meetings while showing them polling on popular aspects of the reform effort.
Obama plays his Trump card
People can't be providing 'sideshows and carnival barkers,' President Obama says. Obama plays his Trump card By Julie Mason and Carrie Budoff Brown 04/27/2011 09:54 AM EDT Updated 04/27/2011 10:09 PM EDT 2011-04-27T10:09-0400 In an extraordinary move, President Barack Obama on Wednesday sought to put an end to questions about his citizenship, releasing a longer version of his birth certificate and calling on the media and conspiracy theorists to move on.
Obama considered trip to Ferguson
The White House debated sending President Barack Obama directly into riot-torn Ferguson, Missouri, to address the racially charged aftermath of the decision not to prosecute a police officer who killed an unarmed black man. But, according to three White House officials, the idea was dropped for now after a series of meetings, including one in the Oval Office last Tuesday with Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.
Pelosi steeled W.H. for health push
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Obama braved a political backlash to pursue comprehensive reform. Pelosi steeled W.H. for health push By GLENN THRUSH and CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN 03/20/2010 08:55 PM EDT In the jittery days following Scott Brown’s Senate victory, Nancy Pelosi was eager to resurrect comprehensive health reform. But first, she had to get past longtime ally Rahm Emanuel, who was counseling President Barack Obama to consider a smaller, piecemeal approach.
‘I felt I had to speak out and say something’
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) surprised her conservative home state last fall when she turned against Donald Trump after the “Access Hollywood” video surfaced showing him engaged in lewd conversation about women. Then, only days later, she softened her stance, saying she would still vote for the Republican ticket. The reversal drew scorn from critics — and the whole episode put Fischer at risk of being on the outs with a president who prizes loyalty.
McCain: The original political celebrity
McCain was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona in 1982, the launch of his political career. If Barack Obama gave new meaning to the term “political celebrity,” then John McCain helped define it. He emerged as the most popular Republican in Hollywood following his 2000 presidential primary defeat, winning more screen time than the rest of Congress combined.
Fiscal cliff deal reached
Vice President Joe Biden emerges from a Senate Democratic caucus meeting about the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill. | M.Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO The White House and Senate leaders reached a bipartisan compromise on the fiscal cliff that would allow tax rates to rise on income over $450,000 and delay steep automatic federal spending cuts for two months.
Hispanic donors eye immigration
Actress Eva Longoria is among those leading the effort. President Barack Obama won reelection with overwhelming support from Hispanics — and now Latino megadonors aligned with the White House are trying to mobilize that community behind his second-term agenda.
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