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In Afghanistan, Boehner Assails U.S. Pullout Plan
AFP reports: "US House Speaker John Boehner wrapped up a visit to Afghanistan Wednesday and assailed President Barack Obama's plan to begin pulling US troops out in July a risk to fragile security gains.'Any drawdown of US troops must be based on the conditions on the ground, not on political calculations,' Boehner, the White House's top Republican foe in the US Congress, said in a statement from his office in Washington."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama will deliver remarks to a DNC event in San Francisco at 12:40 p.m. ET. He will depart from San Francisco at 1:35 p.m. ET, arriving at 2:30 p.m. ET in Reno, Nevada. At 2:50 p.m. ET, he will participate in a "Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity" town hall. He will depart from Reno at 4:30 p.m. ET, arriving at 5:45 p.m. ET in Los Angeles, California. He will deliver remarks at a DNC event at 9:55 p.m. ET, and deliver remarks at another DNC event at 10:50 p.m. ET.
Topics: 2012 elections, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Debt Ceiling, Eric Cantor, Immigration, John Boehner, Judicial nominees, K Street, Lobbying, Roundup
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Obama To Name Intel CEO To White House Jobs Panel
Reuters reports: " Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini will be named to a panel of experts advising President Barack Obama on jobs, the White House said on Friday. Otellini will join the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, created in January to focus on lifting hiring and promoting growth. General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt was named last month to lead the new outside board advising the White House on economic policy. Other members of the Council will be named in the coming weeks, the White House said."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama is beginning his day in California. He will depart from San Francisco at 11:30 a.m. ET, arriving at 1:05 p.m. ET in Portland, Oregon. He will tour the Intel Corporation semiconductor manufacturing facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, at 1:45 p.m. ET. At 2:25 p.m. ET he will view student demonstrations by Intel Science Talent Search finalists, and he will deliver remarks on education at 2:35 p.m. ET. He will depart from Portland at 4 p.m. ET, arriving at 8:30 p.m. ET at Andrews Air Force Base, and back at the White House at 8:45 p.m. ET.
Topics: 2012 Presidential Primaries, 2012 elections, Barack Obama, Budget, Continuing Resolution, Education, Jay Carney, K Street, Lobbying, Pres '12, Roundup
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TPMDC Morning Roundup
Change Tugs At US-China Ties Ahead Of Hu Visit
AFP reports: "China's President Hu Jintao visits the United States this week at a time of flux and stress in Sino-US ties, with America weakened by crisis and Beijing flexing a new range of powers. While US President Barack Obama will lay on the pageantry of a state visit after Hu arrives on Tuesday, tensions on human rights, currency rates and North Korea, as well as military mistrust, are wobbling the key relationship."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama will receive the presidential daily briefing at 10:15 a.m. ET, and meet with senior advisers at 10:45 a.m. ET. He will receive the economic daily briefing at 3:20 p.m. ET, and meet at 4:30 p.m. ET with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates. At 6:30 p.m. ET, he will host a private dinner with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Topics: Barack Obama, China, Health Care, Hu Jintao, Joe Biden, K Street, Lobbying, Roundup
Republicans
Top 5 Republican Retro Refrains They'll Sing For Recess
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
For 18 months, Republicans have been torn between their ideological nature, and their need to appear different from the party that ended the Bush era in the crapper. In a sign of just how confident they feel that their electoral fortunes have turned, that tension is seemingly now gone. In the last two weeks, unabashed Republicans have started revealing the details of their governing agenda -- one that will be familiar to those who were alive between 1994 and 2006, and which remains broadly unpopular with voters.
In the words of Mitch McConnell, Republicans feel like they've gotten their groove back. After the jump we run through the top 5 Republican retro-grooves we expect they'll be playing throughout the August recess.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Financial Reform, John Boehner, K Street, Lobbying, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Republicans, Social Security, Tax Cuts, Wall Street
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Republicans, K Street Plot Tax Cuts And Deregulation For 2011 (VIDEO)
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)
As promised, House Minority Leader John Boehner, along with Reps. Aaron Schock (R-IL) and Peter Roskam (R-IL), huddled this morning with representatives of the most powerful conservative business and trade groups in the country to field policy ideas and build a legislative agenda ahead of the November elections, when Republicans could retake the House. If what they discussed in any way resembles the coming GOP platform (and, of course, it does), then get ready for more tax cuts and deregulation.
Dan Danner of the National Federation of Independent Businesses spoke up, outraged about "a whole host of new proposed regulations that are going to add costs to...business."
All the invitees, which also included the Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and several others, were in broad agreement over steps they hope the government takes if Republicans regain power. Many of them once supported President Obama's stimulus plan, but now want to go back to the way things were.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: Aaron Schock, Chamber of Commerce, John Boehner, K Street, Lobbying, Peter Roskam, Republicans, Tax Cuts
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Pelosi Slams Gibbs for 'Politically Inept' House Forecast
CQ reports: "Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during Tuesday night's House Democratic Caucus meeting for saying Sunday that Democrats could lose control of the House in November. Several Democratic sources in the room described a testy scenario that started with Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (N.J.) criticizing Gibbs for saying on NBC's 'Meet the Press' that there is 'no doubt there's enough seats in play' to allow for a House GOP takeover in 2012. Things heated up as Pelosi jumped in and blasted Gibbs for making 'politically inept' comments, according to one source."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama and Vice President received the presidential daily briefing at 9:30 a.m. ET, and the economic daily briefing at 10 a.m. ET. Obama will meet at 10:30 a.m. ET with senior advisers. Obama and Biden will have lunch at 12:30 p.m. ET with Senators. At 2:05 p.m. ET, Obama will briefly attend a meeting to discuss the progress made by the Administration's increased cybersecurity efforts. Obama and Biden will meet at 5 p.m. ET with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and will meet at 5:40 p.m. ET with the House Democratic leadership.
Topics: 2010 elections, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Donald Berwick, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Joe Biden, K Street, Lobbying, Nancy Pelosi, Oil Spill, Robert Gibbs, Roundup, Stimulus
K Street
Zombie K Street Project: The GOP Turns To Lobbyists To Draft Policy Agenda
Zombies walking down K Street, Washington DC.
John Boehner twisted himself into a pretzel this week when he told the Washington Post he had "no idea" whether Republicans would once again attempt to privatize Social Security if they retake the House in November. He couldn't just say "no" -- he followed up with the explanation that he couldn't say because he didn't want to prejudge the outcome of the GOP's voter survey.
"We're not going to prejudge what's going to come out of this listening project," he said.
Turns out that the project also includes soliciting recommendations from representatives of the most powerful business and trade groups in the country -- in other words, it's a "House Republican efforts to produce a new policy agenda with a small group of trade association leaders." Call it the Zombie K Street Project.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Chamber of Commerce, House Republicans, House of Representatives, John Boehner, K Street, Republicans
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