Top Obama aide to leave White House for 2012 re-election campaign
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 27th, 2011 4:35 am by HL
Top Obama aide to leave White House for 2012 re-election campaign
Another trusted aide to President Obama is moving from the White House to his re-election campaign.
Stephanie Cutter, who is the deputy senior adviser to the president, will leave her position at the end of the year and head to the campaign headquarters in Chicago, a campaign official confirmed Monday.
Senate leaders announce bipartisan agreement to avert government shutdown
Senate leaders agreed to a deal Monday evening that is almost certain to avert a federal government shutdown, a prospect that had unexpectedly arisen when congressional leaders deadlocked over disaster relief funding.
After days of brinkmanship reminiscent of the budget battles that have consumed Washington this year, key senators clinched a compromise that would provide less money for disaster relief than Democrats sought but would also strip away spending cuts that Republicans demanded. The pact, which the Senate approved 79 to 12 and the House is expected to ratify next week, is expected to keep federal agencies open until Nov. 18.
McCain takes Defense spending fight to new level
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is carrying his fight over Defense Department spending to a new level — the structure of Congress itself.
Last week, I wrote that his initial target was the culture of Pentagon officials who have “been inclined to lose sight of affordability as a goal and just reached for more money as a solution to most problems.”
