Posted on April 27th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
There are now 40 confirmed cases of the Swine Flu in the U.S. and more than 1600 cases in Mexico. Concern over the outbreak has “cast a shadow over the struggling global economy,” as the spread of Swine Flu “could harm trade and tourism and undermine businesses just as they begin to rally.”
John Nichols notes [...]
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Posted on February 10th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The stimulus package has passed in the Senate by a narrow 61-37 vote, with only three Republican Senators crossing the aisle: Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Now it’s on to the House for final negotiations and with hope that the final legislation will be on President Obama’s desk within a few [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The stimulus package vote today brought Senator Ted Kennedy back to the Hill to cast his vote with fellow Democrats in support of the bill. Watch the brief interview with Kennedy here:
The vote on the stimulus package was 61-36, just one more vote than the 60 votes needed to “move the measure toward Senate passage.”
Republican [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2008 by Walter Brasch
by Walter Brasch
During the final debate last week, Barack Obama called John McCain on the negative ads, saying that 100 percent of his radio and TV ads were negative. Not true, replied McCain. True, according to the Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin. Almost every ad in a one-week period before the debate was [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
According to Congress Daily, 9 of 12 targeted Republicans running in the most competitive U.S. Senate races this fall “are either skipping the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., or have not decided whether to attend.”
Among those who will not attend: Ted Stevens of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Bob Schaffer of Colorado.
Six others [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2007 by Robert Stein
If so, it may be due to a bold but move by the Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Instead of the customary seating of Democrats and Republicans on opposite sides of the table, they will now be alternating, like the boy-girl arrangement at dinner parties.
“We want the American people to see us [...]
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