Where will Barack Obama’s chairs from the Illinois Senate go? Not his presidential center.

The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago plans to proudly include artifacts from throughout the former president’s life and ...
Talking Points Memo

Senate Democrats Have The Votes To Block Obama’s Trade Bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders said Tuesday that Democrats have enough votes to block action on President Barack Obama’s trade initiatives unless the parties can work out disagreements on how to ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Senate Mostly Blamed For Agency And Court Vacancies, But Obama Isn't Helping

Hear Brian Nayor, Julie Rovner, Yuki Noguchi and Carrie Johnson talk with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep about the many federal entities operating without permanent leadership by clicking the audio ...
SFGate

Obama jobs bill defeated in Senate

WASHINGTON - United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Obama Promises Government Help for Nonprofit Groups

Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential contender, won headlines on Wednesday for vowing in a speech in Iowa to expand existing national-service programs like the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps and ...
Law

Obama Administration's Disregard of the Hatch Act and What it Means

While running for president, then-Senator Obama promised to clean up Washington with "the most sweeping ethics reform in history." While running for president, then-Senator Obama promised to clean up ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Politics of Giving: Employees of Big Nonprofit Groups Give Mostly to Democrats

Janet Marcotte, executive director of YWCA Tucson has contributed $4,600, the maximum amount allowed by law, to help Sen. Barack Obama become president. She also attended the Democratic National ...