Judd Gregg

by Mark Silva Tom Daschle, the former Senate majority leader whom President Barack Obama had nominated for secretary of Health and Human Services, withdrew today amid growing criticism over his payment of more than $120,000 in taxes owed for a......

by Frank James In another demonstration of his desire to set aside the partisanship that has for years defined Washington, President Barack Obama formally announced that Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire was his choice for Commerce Secretary....

by Mark Silva and updated Nancy Killefer, whom President Barack Obama had tapped to serve as the federal government's first Chief Performance Officer, has withdrawn her nomination as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. She had failed,....

by Mark Silva Time to call in the networks: Two weeks in office, President Barack Obama confronts an immediate challenge: Holding public support for an economic stimulus plan that he considers essential in the face of strengthening Republican resistance....

Good morning. The Senate debates its bigger version ($889 billion) of the economic stimulus plan ($819 billion) that has cleared the House. The president delivers a media blitz, interviewing with every major television network in the Oval Office this...

Reacting to disclosures last week that Wall Street paid out $18 billion in bonuses while receiving taxpayer assistance last year, Obama is proposing a $500,000 pay cap on executives whose companies get rescue funds. Daschle's withdrawal on Tuesday could.....

by Peter Wallsten President Obama has tried to shape the nation's view of what would happen if Congress failed to pass his economic stimulus plan, arguing that crisis could turn into catastrophe. Now, as Obama looks not only to the......

by Frank James and Mark Silva and updated at 5:30 pm Sen. Judd Gregg, the New Hampshire Republican whom President Barack Obama chose for Commerce secretary, has announced he is withdrawing his nomination in a stunning move, giving the new......

Republican NH Sen. Judd Gregg has withdrawn as Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary. In a statement (text after the jump) he cites differences over the stimulus package and the census. The census, which shapes the distribution of both resources......

by Christi Parsons EAST PEORIA, Ill.-- President Barack Obama preached a message of hope about the economy here today, praising employees gathered in a Caterpillar plant for soldiering through tough times, and promising that help is on the way. But......

Everyone died in a horrible plane crash in Buffalo. Obama continues to celebrate Lincoln in a way that, somewhat grandly, turns it into a celebration of Obama, suggesting that one of the former president's great accomplishment was making Obama......

by Mark Silva Sen. Judd Gregg, the New Hampshire Republican whom President Barack Obama nominated for Commerce secretary only to withdraw for a certain political incompatibility, said today that, if you intend to play on a team, "you got to......