Monday, September 16, 2013

Obama and Boehner both enter upcoming domestic debates with a weakened hand

The aborted Capitol Hill debate on military action against Syria put President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner in a rare place — on the same side. But each found himself sharply at odds with lawmakers of his own party.
As Washington turns its attention to critical domestic issues this week, the turbulent political environment facing the nation’s leaders was put in sharp relief Sunday when opposition by Democratic lawmakers cost Obama his preferred candidate for chairman of the Federal Reserve, former economic adviser Lawrence H. Summers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-and-boehner-both-enter-upcoming-domestic-debates-with-a-weakened-hand/2013/09/15/c308e8e0-1d4a-11e3-82ef-a059e54c49d0_story.html 

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