Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The Morning Blat

++The House GOP will bring a clean debt ceiling bill up today because they couldn't get agreement on the ransom demand.

++Janet Yallin makes her first public appearance as FED chair and will say that the jobs recovery hasn't been enough.

++The Obama Administration has altered its stand on leaving Afghanistan. They now want to wait until Karzai is out of office. Afghan troops are now restless for a security agreement, which Karzai has refused to sign.

++President Obama has set a dubious record--deporting 2 million people, which is greater than all the Presidents from the late 19th century through l999 combined.

++Chuck Schumer this weekend proposed that the House GOP pass an immigration reform bill and make it applicable when President Obama leaves office since they claim they do not trust President Obama to enforce the law. I guess 2 million people doesn't convince them. Carnival Crux said today that he wants to discuss immigration in 2015.

++Dana Millbank today reports in the Washington Post that the Heritage Foundation's latest conference on new policy ideas had none.

++The South Dakota GOP stopped Medicaid expansion in that state.

++Efforts by conservatives to prevent Arizona from expanding Medicaid failed.

++Chris Christie continues to be beleaguered by the subpoenas over Bridgegate.

++His money tour for GOP candidates isn't panning out as Texas and Illinois Republicans are avoiding him.

++Iran has agreed to share information on their experiments with triggers with the international atomic energy commission. Iran successfully tested a long-range missile and has two ships to get near US waters. 

++After a stall, more Syrian chemical weapons left the country.


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