Obama presses bank chiefs to lend more
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 14th, 2009 5:36 am by HL
Obama presses bank chiefs to lend more
President Obama, who lashed out Sunday at “fat cat bankers” who “still don’t get it,” plans to gather the heads of major banks at the White House on Monday to urge them to make more loans and to accept the necessity of greater regulation.
Democrats clear spending bill in Senate
The Senate cleared for President Obama’s signature on Sunday a $447 billion omnibus spending bill that contains thousands of earmarks and double-digit increases for several Cabinet agencies, the latest target for Republicans seeking to make growing federal deficits a focal point of the 2010…
Evan Bayh appears to be dropping national aspirations
Sen. Evan Bayh’s vote last week in favor of an amendment to the health-care bill that would have strengthened restrictions on how federal funds could be spent for abortions is the latest sign that the onetime national rising star has reached a crossroads in a political career that many expected t…
One vote by California legislator illustrates fractured state Republican Party
CLAREMONT, CALIF. — A few facts reveal just how far the Republican Party has fallen in California.
