February 12th, 2010 by admin
AP – Senate Democrats scrapped a bipartisan jobs bill in favor of one they say is leaner and focused solely on putting Americans back to work, and they’re all but daring Republicans to vote against it.
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February 12th, 2010 by admin
AP – Toyota said Friday it’s planning a new level of disclosure about car problems beyond what the automaker is legally required to reveal as it seeks to rebuild consumer trust.
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February 12th, 2010 by admin
AP – In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama’s national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated.
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February 12th, 2010 by admin
AP – First he called congressional Democrats’ yearlong march toward health care overhaul an ugly process. Now President Barack Obama wants to talk directly with Republicans, the very people his Capitol Hill allies call obstinate and uncooperative.
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February 12th, 2010 by admin
AP – Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s decision not to seek re-election will leave Washington without a Kennedy in political office for the first time in more than 60 years.
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February 12th, 2010 by admin
AP – Doctors who opened a blocked artery in former President Bill Clinton’s chest say he’ll be able to resume his active lifestyle, starting with his expected departure from the hospital the day after his procedure.
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February 12th, 2010 by admin
AP – A Republican gubernatorial candidate said Thursday she has questions about whether the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — a statement she swiftly backed away from and one that drew immediate criticism from her better-known rivals in the race.
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February 11th, 2010 by admin
Politico – Billy Tauzin, the backslapping former Louisiana congressman who went on to earn $2 million a year as head of the drug industry’s powerful Washington trade group, is stepping down from his post in June.
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February 11th, 2010 by admin
Bloomberg – Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) — Representative Patrick Kennedy, a
Rhode Island Democrat who is the son of former Senator Edward
Kennedy, wonât run for re-election to the U.S. House of
Representatives, according to a source familiar with the
decision.
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February 11th, 2010 by admin
AP – U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy at a glance:
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