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Prank 911 calls take off
Conservative radio talk show host Erick Erickson is speaking out about the prank 911 call that had deputies surrounding his house. "I couldn't believe I'd written about people doing this three days before, and it happened to me," Erickson told Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant on Friday. Erickson, a ...
Santorum Looks for Bayou Win
After losing ground to Mitt Romney this week in Puerto Rico and Illinois, Rick Santorum has the chance to win back some delegates and momentum, as voters in Louisiana go to the polls on Saturday. While Santorum leads in all of the recent polls, which show him gaining momentum, only ...
Congress Limps to Christmas
After many years of watching the Congress operate between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I've come to the conclusion that it would be better for lawmakers to arrive back on Capitol Hill about eight days before Christmas, and then try to cram all of their work into that short time frame. That's ...
Wary Eye on Gingrich
While three new polls from Iowa released on Tuesday showed Newt Gingrich as the new frontrunner in that important state, Republicans in the Congress continued to send mixed signals about the idea of the former U.S. House Speaker being their party's standard bearer next November. "That's the way Newt has ...
Flood of fake microchips threaten Georgia troops
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing next week after a lengthy investigation into counterfeit electronics polluting the military supply chain. An investigation by Channel 2's Jim Strickland revealed fake chips have been discovered at a Georgia military base and at a Roswell military supplier. Technicians repairing an ...
Jobs Bill Strategy
A day after President Obama's jobs bill ran aground because of a Republican-led filibuster in the Senate, there was lots of talk in the hallways of the Capitol about finding a bipartisan way forward, but not much overt evidence that it would happen any time soon. "We'll introduce individual pieces ...
Obama Speech to Congress
As President Obama goes before a Joint Session of Congress Thursday night to present his plans for job creation and economic growth, the White House hinted that a detailed legislative proposal would be sent to lawmakers, not just a broad set of ideas. "Tonite the President will unveil "The American ...
Waiting On A Debt Deal
While Republicans and Democrats say there is agreement on an outline for a debt limit deal, the fine print is still being worked out, making it a waiting game on this Sunday for lamwakers in both the House and Senate. "It feels like they're going to finish the deal today; ...
Senators Spending More On Travel Despite Budget Cuts
A Channel 2 Action News investigation found U.S. senators spending more tax dollars traveling the globe than ever before. Despite fierce budget cuts, congressional records show elected officials are racking up record expenses on flights, food, fuel and sometimes alcohol.Just after the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, Georgia ...
Chambliss Feels Heat For Deficit Plan
Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss responded Monday to critics who claim he's pushing for one of the largest tax increases in American history.Chambliss is part of the “Gang of Six,” a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders who unveiled their own plan to deal with the country’s debt crisis.Conservative critics are calling ...
Debt Limit Delay
It is only July 21, but the way Congress operates, it may as well be the day before the deadline to raise the debt limit, as more and more signs are indicating that lamwakers may have to approve a short term increase in the debt limit - because there's just ...
Debt Limit Struggle
A day after a great deal of optimism was created with the release of a budget plan by the Gang of Six, lawmakers in the Congress were clearly struggling today with how to move forward on a debt limit agreement. Even those involved in the Gang of Six told reporters ...
Tale of Two Houses
To many Americans, the U.S. Capitol is one big building where everyone does the same thing. But on Tuesday, the Capitol could have easily been split into two distinct slabs, as the House and Senate were almost on different planets when it came to plans to deal with the budget ...
The Gang of Fifty Plus
Senators in both parties today tried to seize the initiative and end the budget and debt limit impasse in the Congress, as a small group unveiled plans for $3.7 trillion in budget savings over the next 10 years. The plan was spearheaded by the so-called Gang of Six, which has ...
Big DC Golf Weekend
The 111th U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club is not the only golf item on the schedule in the Washington, D.C. region this weekend, as President Obama will tee it up with Vice President Biden, Speaker John Boehner and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio on Saturday. Politicians playing golf together ...
Judicial Filibusters II
As expected, Republicans were able to block the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the first time a Senate filibuster has derailed a judicial nominee of President Obama. "The partisan filibuster of Goodwin Liu’s nomination is another example of Republicans’ shifting standards on judicial nominations," ...
Newt In 2012
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will make it official today that he is running for President. Actually winning the Republican nomination in 2012 would certainly surprise many political observers in Washington, D.C. Gingrich's official entry adds a little steam to a GOP race that so far has been very ...
Bin Laden Details
There's been a lot of hand wringing this week about how the White House handled the details in the wake of the U.S. military raid in Pakistan that killed Osama Bin Laden. Let's take a look at some of the fine print. Let's start with the issue of did Osama ...
No Bin Laden Photos
President Obama on Wednesday officially decided not to release any photographs showing the dead body of Osama Bin Laden, three days after the secret operation that killed the leader of Al Qaeda. At a White House briefing for reporters, Press Secretary Jay Carney read the transcript of an interview that ...
Pakistan & Bin Laden
In the halls of Congress, there was a lot of buzz about how Osama Bin Laden could be hiding out in Pakistan without someone important in that country knowing about it. "I find it very difficult to believe that they would not know," said Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK). "They need ...
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