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Watch President Obama get a little testy over his immigration record

Wed., Dec. 10, 2014 View in your Web browser Is President Obama's 'glass houses' scripture reference in the Bible? Not exactly. President Obama referred to the Bible during a speech on immigration Tuesday in Nashville. But there was a problem: Strictly speaking, one of the lines he cited appears nowhere in scripture. "The good book says, don't throw stones in glass houses," the president said. "Or," he added, "make sure we're looking at the log in our … [continued] How Michelle Obama lost in the budget bill House Republicans 1. Michelle Obama 0. That's the only way to score how the first lady's signature school lunch efforts fared in what had been a food fight -- a food fight with not only House Republicans, but also school cafeteria officials across the country. In the new new $1.1 trillion budget deal, which will likely … [continued] Campaign contribution limits are about to go way up. Here's what that looks like, in one massive graph. The Post's Matea Gold has been sussing out the implications of a change to campaign finance law, dropped into the very end of a very long spending bill set to be approved this week on Capitol Hill. Gold explains: The measure would increase the amount individuals could donate to national parties tenfold by allowing wealthy … [continued] Hillary Clinton is the ultimate Washington insider. That's not necessarily a bad thing. If there's one thing we learned in the last few elections, it's that people hate Washington. And being associated with Washington is a huge political liability. Right? Well, maybe not. Witness this data from Bloomberg's latest poll. The poll asked people about several aspects of Hillary Clinton's resume, and whether they thought each was a plus … [continued] Test your political trivia knowledge! On the second Monday of every month, the nerd set in Washington gathers on Capitol Hill to engage in a trivia battle to the death.  Ok, not exactly to the death, but close. (It's like Thunderdome, for politics.) It's called "Politics and Pints". And the last one of 2014 was on Monday night. Not all … [continued] Are you Ready for Warren … G. Harding? In the past week, Ready for Warren, the designated organization for those ready for President (and current Massachusetts Sen.) Elizabeth Warren, is showing signs of readiness. They are ready to gather signatures. They are ready to hire former Obama campaign workers. They are ready to make the hashtag #ReadyforWarren a thing. Other organizations, like MoveOn.org, have also … [continued] The strange bromance of Darrell Issa and Elijah Cummings Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the outgoing chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, once described himself as the "bane of John Boehner's existence." He could just as easily been talking about Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking Democrat on the committee with whom Issa fought epically during his four years with the gavel. Their feud featured dueling … [continued] Democrats' Senate arm will end year $20 million in debt. That's not why it lost. News that the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee is more than $20 million in debt after getting clobbered in the midterm elections makes it natural to wonder whether the two are linked. The committee, which is responsible for getting Democrats elected to the Senate, owes $20.4 million after losing the majority in the body. (Part of … [continued] Watch President Obama get a little testy over his immigration record President Obama went to Nashville and sat down with prominent Latino journalists to do a public relations push for his executive action on immigration reform. One thing he didn't bet on: A reminder that he had been nicknamed "deporter in chief." Fusion's Jorge Ramos reminded him of those bad old days when he was slammed for deporting … [continued] Jack Kingston skips down the halls of Congress with Stephen Colbert and the 'Just a Bill' bill On Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert said goodbye to the "Better Know a District" segment by returning to the first representative he interviewed back in October 2005, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). Kingston — after losing the Georgia GOP Senate nomination to David Perdue — is retiring from politics, just like Colbert. In all, Colbert interviewed 81 representatives. … [continued] Sign up for more newsletters Help & contact info Privacy policy ©2014 The Washington Post 1150 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20071