Md. senator assails D.C. Metro managers over safety
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 11th, 2009 5:35 am by HL
Md. senator assails D.C. Metro managers over safety
Metro board Chairman Jim Graham said Thursday that the transit agency will soon announce a reorganization and substantial management changes, hours after Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) angrily criticized senior managers at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
Maliki, lawmakers trade accusations
BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday chastised Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his government’s failure to prevent the massive bombings that rocked the capital this week, even as Maliki accused parliament of impeding his ability to improve security.
Pelosi supports Medicare buy-in plan in senate health-care deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed a proposal Thursday that would allow people in late middle age to buy insurance through Medicare, helping to sustain an idea that sprang unexpectedly from the Senate this week.
Unemployment plan would change rules on bank bailouts
The Obama administration plans to channel money from the government’s massive financial bailout program to small businesses as part of an effort to limit the political and economic damage of high unemployment.