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To avoid Obamacare surprises, reenrollment deadline fast approachingIf you want to have health insurance coverage in place for Jan. 1, the Obamacare deadline to reenroll is Dec. 15. The final deadline is Feb. 15.
What the Keystone XL pipeline means for Obama's legacyPresident Obama is now playing for the history books, and climate change will be a key chapter. The Senate votes Tuesday on the Keystone XL pipeline, setting the stage for Obama's next move.
Monitor BreakfastEPA chief Gina McCarthy to GOP Congress: bring it onEPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Monday that Americans want President Obama to take action on climate change. But a GOP challenge to the administration鈥檚 carbon-cutting policies is expected.
Did the Republicans violate election laws in 2014 midterms? Twitter offers cluesAre coded messages on Twitter a violation of federal laws prohibiting campaign finance coordination? The Federal Electoral Commission hasn't explicitly ruled on it 鈥� yet.聽
GOP says Obama immigration plan is 'amnesty.' Is that accurate?President Obama is poised to take executive action on immigration, a move many Republicans equate to granting amnesty. But nothing Mr. Obama can do will be permanent.
Ferguson braces for prospect of no indictment in Michael Brown shooting caseOne way to address the threat of a hostile reaction to a likely聽decision not to indict the white police officer that shot an unarmed black teen devolving into another round of violent protests would be to open up the process as soon as possible.聽
Obamacare 2.0: So far, so good?Sign-ups for the Affordable Care Act, which began Saturday for 2015, are going much better than last year鈥檚 healthcare.gov website meltdown. Still, the administration has a lot to do to convince Americans that Obamacare is a good thing.
Nothing to lose on immigration, Obama pushes ahead on his ownPresident Obama plans to reduce the threat of deportation for as many as 5 million illegal immigrants. If Republicans聽come up with an immigration reform proposal, he says, 鈥淚'll crumple up whatever executive actions that we take and we'll toss them in the wastebasket.鈥�
Why Democrats lost the election: Income inequality did not affect the midtermsDemocrats failed to convince their own partisans that the economy was, in fact, performing well. Democrats鈥� attempts to localize their races and distance themselves from the president also put distance between them and a solid national economy.
Memo to GOP on Obama's executive order on immigration: Resist the baitAny move to defund Obama's executive order will fail in the Senate or produce a government shutdown that will be taken as a sign that Republicans can't govern. So, file a lawsuit, be smart, and win in 2016.
Health care and the Obama presidency: a giant squander?If one were to isolate one primary reason for why Obama's governing majorities dissipated so quickly, it is probably the president's decision to pursue health-care reform, despite strong Republican opposition and lukewarm public support.聽
If Obama takes executive action on immigration, GOP has limited optionsRepublicans could follow Ted Cruz's advice and respond to any presidential exercise of executive action by blocking spending bills, likely precipitating a government shutdown, if the White House does not back down.聽
Keystone XL pipeline: Obama says he 'won't budge'A Keystone bill swept to easy approval in the House Friday, with 31 Democrats joining the Republican majority, and a parallel bill is scheduled for Senate action next week.
Election 2016: why today's confident predictions could look silly in two yearsPolitical history favors Republicans. Demographic change favors Democrats. But the economy and election-shaping surprises 鈥� such as the Iranian hostage crisis or Hurricane Katrina 鈥� could have more to do with the outcome in 2016.
Could Obama be impeached over immigration order?Many Republicans are furious about reports the president is considering executive action that would remove the threat of deportation for upward of 5 million immigrants in the US illegally.
'Politics ain't beanbag'The phrase dates back to 1895, when writer Finley Peter Dunne used it as a quote from his fictional character Mr. Dooley, an Irishman who pontificated on the day鈥檚 issues from a Chicago pub. Pundits and politicians keep it alive because it still fits the times.
Immigration: Against GOP warnings, Obama appears set to go bigObama administration sources are reportedly saying the president's promised executive action could provide legal status for as many as 5 million immigrants who currently lack it.
Has Gruber-gate resurrected Obamacare as a front-rank issue?That looks possible today amid the lava storm of GOP umbrage over Gruber鈥檚 taped comments that the ACA passed in part due to the 'stupidity of the American voter.'
Navy SEAL on Fox: I met Osama bin Laden 'for a second'Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill says that he fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden. As to why there are other accounts of who shot Bin Laden, he says: 'War is foggy.'
Keystone pipeline: Does Louisiana Senate race finally give it a chance to pass?Facing a December run-off to keep her seat, Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu has won the go-ahead to bring the controversial pipeline project to a vote, perhaps as soon as Friday.
