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In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. Complete Story...
Palin attacks Obama and Biden for their 'lack of experience' -- and can't tell us why she can do the job betterThe 15 Biggest Congressional Recipients Of Wall Street Campaign CashSarah Palin's: "Going Rogue" is going big..300,000 sold 1st dayStop the Government Healthcare Takeover | Christian Coalition of AmericaNewt Gingrich warns of 'destructive' GOP primariesRick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison Are Locked In A Pitched Battle Over The Soul Of The GOP. They Are Also Running For Governor.Senator Dodd Unveils Bank-Reform Bill
skip33666: Chris Matthews Sneezes, and Proves He Is Not a Kook (always): Do the Government and MSNBC Know Matthews Is Spreading Swine Flu and Undermining Their Propaganda?
headinthegame: Is Class Warfare An Appropriate Response To Wall St. Bailouts?
mike lonkouski: Obama- HealthCare, Then Afghanistan. mohammed suerte bennani: Type Your Headline Here ...
FreeThinkin: What I commented on Newsweek blog about Health Care Reform
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession — Iowa.
The nation's health insurance companies have ramped up their lobbying as the battle over reshaping the health care system has escalated.
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.
A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators.
A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's chairman said Friday.
The Army says there will be an outside review of how body armor for its soldiers is tested.
In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.
Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.
The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.
A wavering centrist Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications other moderates would fall in line.
President Barack Obama has nominated a former press secretary to President George W. Bush and a past chairman of CNN to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The independent agency oversees nonmilitary international broadcasts sponsored by the federal government, including Voice of America.
Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.
The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim.
Lets make waitressing a real job, with wages and benefits. Waitresses work very hard. It is a regular Job, but not often thought of that way.... The people who hire waitresses should pay them a decent wage....period. It is harder work than so many other jobs...and it is morally criminal to expect the patrons to pay employees wages.
Sarah Palin, the cynical mean girl It's the cynical play of the gender card that gets you celebrity treatment and giant advances from publishers. Being a mommy sells policy. Being a mean girl sells books.
Obama focuses on Asia, jobs in weekly addressIn his weekly Saturday address, President Obama says his trip through Asia could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.
Dems Snare 60 Votes to Move Ahead on Health CareDemocratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative.
Palin, fans irked by cover shot in shortsBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Of all the adjectives one might use to describe Newsweek's current Sarah Palin cover, "unflattering" probably isn't one of them.
Palin is Booed at Indiana Book-Signing"Went to the book signing in Noblesville, IN. Waited three hours in the cold to get a wristband to reserve my spot at the book signing tonight. We were told she would sign book for the first 1000 people. Not so.
TX Senator Cornyn's Serial Lies on Senate Health Care Reform BillThis morning I received the following electronic newsletter from Senator John Cornyn on the Senate HCR Bill.
New H-1B hiring bill takes aim at tech firms Lawmakers may be setting the stage for the fight over broader immigration reformComputerworld - The two lawmakers who successfully added H-1B hiring restrictions to the financial bailout bill earlier this year have introduced legislation that would bar any firm that lays off 50 or more workers from hiring guest workers.
The Fundamental Transformation of AmericaWhen Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank, (Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn't matter. When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong Socialists, people said it didn't matter.
Obama and the Senate health care bill: What do you think? - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidencyVote to see what the people want then we'll see if the gov't listened. I doubt it since they think they know whats good for us. Welcome to nannyville.
15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart At The SeamsSome where Karl Marx is smiling a big "Told you so"
Japan Prime Minister Hatoyama Vs.Obama -- The Scandal That Nobody Will ReportReporters at the weekly Shukan Bunshun news magazine here in Tokyo, Japan have written a rather caustic report about President Obama's 23 hours in Tokyo last week, from a frank Japanese perspective, exclusively in the Japanese language, and released to the newstands just now.
"Read the Stimulus" advocate Dick Armey slammed for not bothering to read the stimulus bill Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform committee held a hearing on the implementation of the Recovery Act, also known as the stimulus.
Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War CostHigher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Palin Booed By Her Own Followers After She "Pulled A Palin" And Skipped Out On Fans Who'd Been Promised An AutographUnhappy fans of Sarah Palin went rogue on the Alaska Republican during her book tour stop in Noblesville, Indiana on Thursday.
5 Energy, Mining, Rail, and Manufacturing Lobbyists for each member of CongressFor a long time, the climate change debate in Washington took place along predictable lines: industry on one side, environmentalists on the other.
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