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White House spokesman @Schultz44 says natural gas bill permitting passed by the House is "unnecessary," but stopped short of veto threat.
Schultz: WH 529 plan will still be in written budget when it's released. Budget was published prior to WH decision to drop proposal.
2 retweetsIn every courtroom I've been in, lawyers aren't sworn in because they're officers of the court. Why doesn't Congress give same courtesy?
1 favoriteI'll settle for a free iPhone 6, thanks. RT @USATODAY Apple has enough dough to pay everyone in the U.S. $556. Each. http://usat.ly/1CLdxiM
Presidents have always made veto threats, usually via trusted senators. Reagan was the first to formalize them: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/27/obama-veto-threats-january-pace/22357299/ …
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Obama's veto threats at record pace to begin new Congress http://usat.ly/1JZrKcd via @gregorykorte
"A state-run news agency? What in the name of Vladimir Putin is the Pence administration thinking?" http://indy.st/1z7Zr8G
34 retweets 33 favoritesThere are a finite number of senior administration officials aboard Air Force One at the moment. Why the need for anonymity?
Here's the list of 9 bills the Obama White House has threatened to veto, including one that hasn't been introduced. http://usat.ly/1JZrDxb
6 retweets 2 favoritesThe Obama White House has issued 9 veto threats to begin the new Congress. The previous record was Reagan with 5. http://usat.ly/1JZrKcd
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yep MT @tonymess: People on both ends of the political spectrum on my feed are tweeting about how dumb Pence's state-run news service is.
Can you say "propaganda"? @tomlobianco: Gov. Pence's state-run media outlet will compete with independent press http://ow.ly/HZ66m
Federal law allows the president to spend up to $100,000 a year in walking around money, no questions asked: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/103 …
3 retweets 2 favorites$468 billion: Federal budget deficit falls to lowest level of Obama's presidency http://usat.ly/1C8aGS0 via @davisusan
Pro: Congress is still a place where phone calls are answered by humans. Con: The humans are interns who don't know how to work the phones.
2 retweets 2 favoritesNew from @tvandenbrook: One Army recruiter made $4 million by referring 2,070 recruits. The next highest referred 44. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/25/army-recruiting-scandal/22228665/ …
No Taj Mahal: Obama to shorten India trip to visit Saudi Arabia following death of its king http://usat.ly/1BVVszz via @usatoday
Stymied by Congress, Obama turns to nation's mayors to advance agenda of "middle-class economics" http://usat.ly/1BT2iWu via @usatoday
Obama kicks press out of meeting with 200 mayors. "We're going to ask the fourth estate to step out a second so we can let our hair down."
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Earnest says he's in no danger of losing his job to Tom Brady. http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-01-23/josh-earnest-s-deflategate-touchdown … via @bpolitics
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