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| Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:00:00 EST Bush upbeat as year ends |
| President Bush and his White House strategists believe the administration is ending the year on an upbeat note and they see signs that 2006 will bring a recovery of the president's political fortunes. Vice President Cheney's breaking a tie in the Senate this morning to win passage for legislation cutting the federal deficit by $39.7 billion is the latest positive sign. White House insiders say this shows that the White House and the Republican majority in Congress can still work their will despite increasingly determined Democratic opposition and doubts about the president's agenda from a handful of GOP moderates. |
| Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:00:00 EST Senators hope to strip oil taxes from Katrina bill |
| Senators worried that new Senate-backed taxes on oil and gas firms will boost prices at the pump and curb exploration believe their effort to strip the provisions from Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 is moving forward.
"There's talk of getting them stripped out in House-Senate conference," says a lobbyist who is working the issue. But, he hedged, "no one really knows for sure." |
| Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:00:00 EST The Christmas skirmish is part of a larger war |
| This Week with George Stephanopoulos is my favorite inside-the-beltway talk show. George Will, Cokie Roberts, and Fareed Zakaria are routinely excellent. But yesterday's snickering assessment of the "War on Christmas" was surely a low. Lots of elite inside chuckling about those crazed and defensive Christians and their battle commander Bill O'Reilly. Rep. John Dingell was shown mocking the defense of Christmas and saying "Silent Night," "First Noel," and "Away in the Manger" are in no danger. Sam Donaldson announced that there is no war on Christmas. Chuckle, chuckle. |
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| Sun, 25 Dec 2005 07:04:52 GMT Benedict Leads 1st Christmas Mass as Pope (AP) |
 AP - Pope Benedict XVI offered a Christmas prayer for peace in the Holy Land on Sunday and made a special mention of children, including the unborn, as he led his first midnight Mass in the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica.
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| Sun, 25 Dec 2005 07:54:15 GMT Thousands Mark Christmas Eve in Bethlehem (AP) |
 AP - Tens of thousands of tourists and pilgrims gathered in Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing a long-missing sense of holiday cheer to Jesus' historic birthplace.
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| Sun, 25 Dec 2005 06:08:12 GMT Rumsfeld Serves Up Grub to Troops in Iraq (AP) |
 AP - In a festively bedecked dining hall, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld served Christmas Eve dinner to dozens of U.S. soldiers, then fed them his view — with a mix of optimism, caution and emotion — of why the war that has cost more than 2,150 U.S. lives must be won.
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