All Monitor Breakfast
What did John Boehner actually say about GOP and minority voters?One media report suggested that House Speaker John Boehner told reporters Monday that he hoped minorities would not vote this fall. The video suggests differently.聽
Are Republican convention and platform too long? John Boehner thinks so.House Speaker John Boehner suggests that both party conventions (three days) and platforms (60 pages) need to be downsized to make them more accessible to average Americans.
AFL-CIO chief's message to Obama: 'jobs, jobs, and more jobs'The head of the largest trade union federation says President Obama will have to hammer home a message of 'jobs, jobs, and more jobs' to keep the support of white working-class men this election. 聽- AFL-CIO chief Trumka: Race is less of an issue in 2012 electionRichard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, says race matters less 鈥� 'The sky didn't fall' 鈥� in the 2012 election, which is overwhelmingly about jobs and the economy.
Rep. Steny Hoyer: Americans are now anxious, not angryHouse minority whip Steny Hoyer says if 2010 was the year of the angry American voter, 2012 is the year of the anxious voter. The Maryland Democrat also says current Congress is 'least productive and most confrontational' he's ever served in.聽聽聽
GOP leader offers advice for addressing Mitt Romney's likability problemHouse majority whip Kevin McCarthy acknowledges that Mitt Romney trails President Obama when voters are asked whom they like more. He says Romney should visit lots of Staples stores to boost his appeal.
Steny Hoyer: Neither party is spoiling for a fight over a government shutdownThe end of the fiscal year is typically a flash point for partisan battles, but not with a 'fiscal cliff' looming after November elections. Even GOP conservatives are accepting higher spending levels, rather than risk a government shutdown.
Haley Barbour: Republicans are 'totally united' behind RomneyHaley Barbour, the former Mississippi governor and longtime Republican power player, dispels the notion that the Republican Party is too orthodox, pointing to its support for Mitt Romney.
Sen. Marco Rubio: Immigration 'not easily solved' on campaign trailSen. Marco Rubio (R) of Florida, speaking June 21 at a Monitor breakfast, defended Mitt Romney's support for a robust legal immigration system, while acknowledging he 'doesn't have a ... bill.'- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio calls on Attorney General Holder to resignA rising Republican star and the lone GOP Hispanic in the US Senate, Marco Rubio says Congress has reached a 'point of no return' with the embattled attorney general.
The ExplainerWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker finds lessons in recall fightWisconsin Republican Scott Walker reflects on surviving a historic recall election and warns that Mitt Romney shouldn't assume that he'll automatically get Republican voters' support in the Badger State. 聽 聽
Haley Barbour chides Mitt Romney on immigration stanceWhile arguing that Romney was not as hard on immigrants as is claimed, former Mississippi Governor Barbour said at a Monitor breakfast that 'I would have a different policy' on immigration.- Recall survivor Gov. Scott Walker extends half an olive branch to unionsWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, recall election behind him, says fight over collective bargaining was about money, not unions, and that 'right-to-work' legislation is something he is 'not going to do.'
Gov. Scott Walker to Mitt Romney: Channel your inner Ronald ReaganWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, at a Monitor breakfast Thursday, also reflected on a lesson from his own bruising recall battle: Talk about the problem first, then fix it. 聽聽
CBO director: more eurozone turmoil would be 'bad news for US economy'Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf, at a Monitor breakfast Wednesday, said the challenges Europe faces now are 'larger than ever' and weighing on the US stock market.
Democrats' campaign chief: US House is 'in range' for takeoverRep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, says Dems have moved within striking distance for winning control of the US House in Election 2012.
US business leaders defend tea party, anonymous political adsThe top officials at the US Chamber of Commerce scold Congress over stalled transportation bill. But they defend tea partyers as 'people who believe in conservative economic policies.'
US Chamber to Congress on transportation bill: You're doing it wrongThe US Chamber of Commerce expressed its exasperation with lawmakers for the way Congress is attempting to fund a transportation bill crucial to highway projects and repairs.聽
Chamber of Commerce president: don't overreact to JPMorgan lossesUS Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donohue, at a Monitor breakfast Monday, advised a wait-and-see approach after JPMorgan's $2 billion in trading losses.
GOP campaign chiefs: Republicans will gain House seats in NovemberRepublican campaign chiefs predict that the GOP will pick up House seats in the November election despite hefty opposition, and that Mitt Romney will help the party to do so.