Two steps forward, two steps back
washingtonmonthly.com 6/11/2009 — TWO STEPS FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK.... Congressional Republicans realize there are limits to attacking policy proposals without offering credible and substantive alternatives of their own. To that end, the House GOP caucus now has an energy policy. ...

Obama Steps Into Special Election
politicalwire.com 3/25/2009 — Sam Stein reports President Obama "is flexing his electoral muscle" urging supporters to organize and vote for Scott Murphy (D) in next Tuesday's special election in NY-20. An email signed by Obama and sent by the DNC "should reach more than 50,000 ...

3/12: Steele Steps In It (Again)
blogometer.nationaljournal.com 3/13/2009 — RNC chair Michael Steele is making news again, and not in a good way. The blogosphere is in a mini-uproar over Steele's interview with GQ, in which he described abortion as "an individual choice" and said that states should decide...

Panetta Steps Up, Pelosi Steps In It
riehlworldview.com 5/16/2009 — Well, we're having some fun, now! Panetta, President Obama's pick to run the clandestine agency, wrote in a memo to CIA employees Friday that "CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing 'the enhanced ...

What is to be Done? Next Steps for Economic Recovery
firedoglake.com 2/17/2009 — The compromises necessary to pass the recovery bill in the Senate damaged it in several ways. The overall size of the package was reduced, evidently for the cosmetic purpose of keeping the top-line number below $800 billion. And funds urgently ...

ACORN Watch: The FBI steps in
michellemalkin.com 10/16/2008 — Finally. [...] Read the rest »

U.S. Steps Up Help for Homeowners
online.wsj.com 11/11/2008 — Fannie and Freddie will help streamline the modification of loans for potentially hundreds of thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure.

Steps Obama Must Take on the Path to Copenhagen
solveclimate.com 2/2/2009 — Michael Northrop, director of sustainable development grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and SolveClimate founder David Sassoon spell out the steps that Obama must take now to succeed at the global climate talks in Copenhagen and why 2009 is the do-or-die year for federal climate action.

Obama steps to door of White House — and history (AP)
news.yahoo.com 1/20/2009 — AP - Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. "Tomorrow we ...

Obama to announce steps to aid small businesses
news.yahoo.com 3/16/2009 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) U.S. President Barack Obama will announce steps on Monday to make it easier for small business owners to borrow money, using $730 million in stimulus funds to cut lending fees, boost loan guarantees and expand other programs, ...

Senate OKs several Obama nominees, waits on others (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/23/2009
AP - It's nine down, six to go to fill President Barack Obama's Cabinet. Yet, for all of the progress, his picks for attorney general and deputy defense secretary remain mired in questions over interrogation methods and ethics.

Obama media restrictions questioned — msnbc.com: Politics 1/23/2009
News organizations that cover the White House sparred with the Obama administration on Thursday over access issues for photographers and rules for briefings.

Obama acts fast on Mideast, but substance familiar — Reuters: Politics 1/23/2009
CAIRO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has taken the Middle East by surprise with the speed of his diplomacy but his first statement on the conflict between Arabs and Israelis was strikingly similar to old U.S. policies.

Obama to Meet Lawmakers on Capitol Hill Early Next Week — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/23/2009
Henry J. Pulizzi reports on the White House. President Barack Obama will travel to Capitol Hill early next week to discuss the massive stimulus legislation with Republican lawmakers. The meeting will be Obama’s latest attempt to ...

Democrats Ready to Deliver on Promises to Unions — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/23/2009
Brad Haynes reports on Congress. Early next week, Democrats will deliver on the first of a string promises to the unions that helped bring the new administration to town. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which cleared the Senate on ...