If Neera Tanden withdraws from consideration to be President Joe Biden’s budget director, the American Prospect reports that Gene Sperling — who served as head of the National Economic Council for both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — could take her place.
Save to Favorites“There’s a lot of people that could use those checks. I don’t know about needing them, but we could all use them. The debt is so far out of hand…
“The Republican National Committee complained on Thursday that President Joe Biden has not kept his promise to reopen most schools in the first 100 days of his presidency. He has…
“Sen. Ted Cruz’s colleagues had a little fun at the Texas Republican’s expense when he returned to Washington this week following his infamous trip to Cancun,” NBC News reports. “When…
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is privately saying he can pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus package but wants to avoid any last-minute changes jeopardizing its trajectory,” Axios reports. “While…
“Donald Trump will begin to reassert control over the Republican Party this weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida — his first major public address since he…
“A faction of local, county and state Republican officials is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories that echo those that helped inspire the violent U.S. Capitol siege, online messaging that…
“The Democratic Party’s liberal wing is mounting a pressure campaign to overrule a decision from the Senate parliamentarian after their hopes to include a $15-an-hour minimum-wage increase in the coronavirus…
“In a swift reversal from 90 days ago, Democrats are now the ones with overpowering social media muscle and the ability to drive news,” Axios reports. “Former President Donald Trump’s…
“A pickup truck parked at the United States Capitol and bearing a Three Percenter militia sticker on the day of the Jan. 6 riot belongs to the husband of freshman…
“President Donald Trump told political advisers Thursday that he’s chosen longtime ally Corey Lewandowski to run a yet-to-be-formed super PAC as part of his expanding post-presidential political apparatus,” Politico reports….
“John Boehner has been going off script while recording the audio version of his new memoir, using expletives and asides not in the book — such as the former Republican…
Associated Press: “Angered by a blitz of Republican-backed legislation that would roll back voting access, Georgia Democrats are taking hostages — withholding their support on pieces of legislation that need…
Ed Gilgore: “Republican senators haven’t represented a majority of the U.S. population since 1996 and haven’t together won a majority of Senate votes since 1998. Yet the GOP controlled the…
“The US military struck a site in Syria on Thursday used by two Iranian-backed militia groups following rocket attacks on American forces in the region in the past two weeks,”…
“President Biden’s proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage increase cannot remain in his coronavirus relief bill in the Senate as written,” the Washington Post reports. “The guidance from the parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough,…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told Fox News that if Donald Trump is the Republican presidential nominee in 2024 then he will support him. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare…
Michelle Cottle: “For a host of reasons — including the growing polarization and ideological extremism of members of Congress — the policies that a bipartisan majority of Americans favor often…
Town & Country: “At a time when redemption is in the air, former Trump administration officials and adjacent untouchables are getting ready for their close-ups with the last shreds of…
Punchbowl News: “The buzz around the House chamber late Thursday afternoon was that the vote on the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package — aka the ‘American Rescue Plan’ — could…
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) writes in the Washington Post: “Biden faces an early choice. He can act on the hopeful bipartisan rhetoric of his inaugural address — and his presidential…
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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