July 2009

Too many clunkers and not enough cash? That does in fact seem to be the problem with the very popular government run program that kicked off less than one week ago--the "cash-for-clunkers" federal run program could soon find itself out of money. The $1 billion program was expected to run until November 1st, but it could exhaust all of its funds by the end of the first week!! The U.S. House of ... read more

President Obama, Harvard professor Henry Gates Jr. and Police Sergeant James Crowley will gather for a few beers this evening outside the Oval Office in the Rose Garden--President Obama has said that he will not ask Gates or Crowley about the night of the arrest and instead this "beer summit" is to be a casual meeting.  Both Crowley and Gates are expected to bring family members with them.  ... read more

This afternoon a group of fiscally moderate House Democrats known as the  "blue dogs" announced they have struck a deal on a health care reform bill. Rep. Mike Ross (AR) , speaking for the "blue dogs" on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said that panel would begin marking up the bill (going through it line by line) later this afternoon and it would likely move to a full vote in the ... read more

Special Report.. is up 42% in overall viewership from July 08 to July 09.. and 66% in the 25-54 Demo -- year to year.   We continue to be the number one political news show on television..  and #1 in our timeslot by far. This is from a Mediabistro posting:

July Ratings: Fox News Beats MSNBC & CNN Combined in Total Day and Prime

James Rosen is on Capitol Hill with the latest on the health care state of play-- James will take a look at the "blue dog Democrats," a fiscally conservative group of Democrats who are reviewing proposals offered up Monday by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman. In the Senate, Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is meeting privately with fellow Democrats on the committee--is ... read more

A conservative group is urging members of Congress to vote against any healthcare  bill that they have not read personally or  that has not been made available to all Americans for at least 3 days prior to the bill going to the floor for a vote. Some members, including the minority, have actually signed the pledge--James Rosen reports. Jennifer Griffin is at the Pentagon with a report on ... read more

President Obama is holding a prime-time press conference this evening to continue his attempts at convincing Congress and the American people to move forward on the Democrats' version of health care reform. Polls are showing people are growing skeptical of the President's (and Congressional Democrats') health care plan--You can tune into FOX News Channel at 7:55pm for a live broadcast of the ... read more

"Blue Dog" Democrats are delaying work on the $1.5 trillion House version of the healthcare reform bill. President Obama invited the conservative Democrats over to the White House in hopes of convincing them to vote in favor of the bill and resolve any differences they may have. The disagreements at this point seem to be centered around cost.. and it could be a major problem in the passage of ... read more

President Obama is pushing for hard for public support health care reform and today the GOP became even more aggressive on attacks against a plan they say is too costly--RNC Chairman Michael Steele called the legislation before Congress "a reckless experiment" and added that "under the Obama plan, the vast majority of Americans will pay more to get less..." The President visited Children's ... read more

The hearings continue for Supreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor.  Sotomayor faced another round of  questions today on her judicial record and her public speeches and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) once again brought up the case of the Ricci firefighters, who are also expected to testify later this afternoon---Shannon Bream is live from Capitol Hill. read more