US Political News and Commentary | Government Coverage
March 11th, 2010
Justice | 
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In a video ad circulated over the Internet, the group called Keep America Safe questioned the values of a number of lawyers now working for the Justice Department who did legal work in the past on behalf of terror detainees. Keep America Safe was co-founded by Liz Cheney, daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, [...]
March 11th, 2010
Political Power | Be the First to Comment
Senate negotiators are considering giving the Fed the authority to supervise nonbank financial institutions that are so large and intertwined that their failure could pose a risk to the entire economy, according to people familiar with the evolving legislation.
The Fed also would retain its power to oversee nearly two dozen bank holding companies that hold [...]
March 11th, 2010
House of Representatives | Be the First to Comment
But now, Republicans - looking for any opening to regain control of the House - are portraying newly resigned first-termer Eric Massa and veteran Charles Rangel as dual symbols of Democratic ethical misconduct.
Theres no connection between Rangels violation of House gift rules - as reported by the House ethics committee - and the ethics panels [...]
March 11th, 2010
Democrat | Be the First to Comment
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey of Wisconsin said yesterday the chambers Democrats will no longer fund private companies projects, which he said amounted last year to about 1,000 earmarks. His Senate counterpart signaled he wont go along with the ban.
“It [...]
March 11th, 2010
Democrat | Be the First to Comment
The one problem is unemployment in Markeys fourth congressional district was 6.1 percent in December compared with the 10 percent U.S. rate at the time.
While Republicans hammer away on joblessness this election year, unemployment is lower than the U.S. average in [...]
March 11th, 2010
Defense | Be the First to Comment
Gates met with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdelaziz al-Saud after arriving in Riyadh yesterday from Afghanistan, as the Obama administration shifts from engagement to pressure intended to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
The U.S. is trying to persuade [...]
March 11th, 2010
State | Be the First to Comment
Netanyahu also said the start of construction may take years. The U.S. has called for an end to Israeli settlement building and Biden is in the Middle East to try and get indirect peace negotiations off the ground. Biden is scheduled to give a speech in Tel Aviv today before travelling to Jordan. [...]
March 11th, 2010
Labor | Be the First to Comment
Did they realize, Trumka asked, that Wall Street bankers gave their employees $16.2 billion in bonuses? “If you and your fellow workers had a chance to talk to some of those Wall Street people, what would they say?” Trumka asked.
“How can [...]
March 11th, 2010
Democrat | Be the First to Comment
“The health-care system has billions of dollars that should go to patient care and theyre lost each and every year to fraud, to abuse, to massive subsidies that line the pockets of the insurance industry,” he said yesterday at a high school in the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, Missouri. [...]
March 10th, 2010
Congress | Be the First to Comment
The latest Associated Press-GfK poll found that fewer people approve of Congress than at any point in Obamas presidency. Support has dropped significantly since January to a dismal 22 percent as the health care debate has roiled Capitol Hill. Neither Republicans nor Democrats are safe; half of all people say they want to fire their [...]