Nancy Pelosi reaches a major milestone tomorrow: 25 years of service in the U.S. House of Representatives, where the California Democrat was the first female Speaker. Pelosi, 72, won the seat for her San Francisco-based district on June 2, 1987,...
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds her weekly press conference in the Capitol.
Nancy Pelosi’s Milestone: The Silver
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Counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags in Hong Kong, China.
China Sets Romney Apart, Aide Says
Republican Mitt Romney has talked about taking on China — making the nation “play by the rules” in international trade — in his premier general-election TV ads. His policy director, Lanhee Chen, today tells Bloomberg News’s Al Hunt that the...
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, right, and Cato Institute Tax Policy Studies Director Chris Edwards prepare to testify before the House Budget Committee on June 1, 2012 in Washington.
Read Jeb Bush’s Lips: Taxes OK
Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, brother of one former president and son of another, has made it clear he has no interest in serving as Mitt Romney’s running mate this year. He made it even clearer today. Appearing before the...
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Mitt Romney with supporters in San Diego.
Romney Promising a New ‘Feeling’
All those “Day-One” promises from Mitt Romney? A Romney presidency would simply feel good, a new campaign TV ad asserts. “There’s something more than legislation or new policy,” a male narrator says. “It’s the feeling we’ll have that our country’s...
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Bill Clinton
Clinton: Romney’s `Sterling’ Career
The ranks of Democrats defending Republican Mitt Romney’s career as a buyout executive have grown with a high-profile addition: former President Bill Clinton. In an interview last night on CNN, the Obama campaign surrogate refused to fall in line with...
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President Barack Obam boards Air Force One at the Des Moines International Airport.
Sweet Home Chicago: The 11th Night
The president will put his feet up in rather unusual surroundings tonight: his own home. After attending six re-election campaign fundraisers today (three in Minneapolis and three in home-town Chicago) and raising millions of dollars for his re-election bid, Obama...
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A denim factory in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Magic Number of the Day: 69,000
That’s how many jobs U.S. employers added in May, the fewest in a year, according to Labor Department figures released today. Republicans quickly brandished the figures as evidence that President Barack Obama’s policies have failed. The jobs report is “devastating...
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The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles.
Romney: People `Want to Get Rich’
Nancy Reagan’s endorsement was in the air, and Jon Voight was there in person. This was Beverly Hills, where Mitt Romney was talking about that “shining city on the hill.” Fans of Romney sipped wine and dined on sliders served...
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A job seeker completes an application at Los Angeles Mission's 11th annual Skid Row Career Fair on May 31, 2012.
Jobs Report: Bad News for Obama
Updated at 10:10 am and 10:40 EDT 69,000 new jobs. A fraction of what was forecast. And unemployment inched up again: from 8.1 to 8.2 percent. The monthly report of the Department of Labor this morning — which not only...
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Job seekers in New York City.
Washington Daybook: Pick Me! Pick Me!
There are six job growth reports that could alter the presidential political debate between now and the November election. After 8:30 a.m. there will be five. An April report showing growth over 200,000 jobs is a economic win for Obama, while a number...
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Al Hunt
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Mark Silva
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Emma Fidel
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Don Frederick
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Gregory Giroux
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Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years. -
Jonathan Salant
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Richard Rubin
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis
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Lisa Lerer
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John McCormick
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Julianna Goldman
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Hans Nichols
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Margaret Talev
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Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
