Democrats on House committee lock out Republicans
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 23rd, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Democrats on House committee lock out Republicans
The House of Representatives, ever the rowdier and more populist of the two chambers of Congress, has been the scene of incessant partisan warfare in 2009, as each party appears to be in a near-constant state of outrage over the behavior of the other.
Government widens control over paychecks
The Federal Reserve joined the Treasury Department on Thursday in imposing new limits on executive pay, extending the government’s control over compensation at taxpayer-owned companies to institutions that are merely government regulated.
EPA move to cut Great Lakes ship emissions stirs the waters
DULUTH, MINN. — A horn blasts, seagulls screech and tourists clap as the longest ship in the Great Lakes, the 308-meter Paul R. Tregurtha, glides through Duluth’s canal and heads into Lake Superior, loaded down with coal bound for Midwestern power plants.
For Kerry, a growing prominence on foreign policy stage
Five years after his painful loss to George W. Bush, ending a presidential campaign in which he was accused of being an Iraq war defeatist who was too willing to talk to America’s adversaries, Sen. John F. Kerry has finally found his place in the foreign policy spotlight.
Senate passes hate crimes bill that would extend protection to gays, lesbians
The Senate cleared a historic hate crimes bill Thursday for President Obama’s signature, approving new federal penalties for attacks on gay men and lesbians.
