Some foes of health-care bill hope courts will stop legislation
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 3rd, 2010 5:35 am by HL
Some foes of health-care bill hope courts will stop legislation
Opponents of the health-care reform bill are not giving up the fight, and some think their last, best hope to halt the legislation lies not in the U.S. Capitol but in the court across the street.
Detroit residents express little faith in Washington to fix city, auto industry
Few local economies have received as much federal attention and assistance in recent years as that of Detroit. But residents of this economically hard-hit region express little faith in Washington’s ability to solve problems and are divided over the effectiveness of government efforts to reshape the…
Pentagon computer-network defense command delayed by congressional concerns
The Pentagon’s plan to set up a command to defend its global network of computer systems has been slowed by congressional questions about its mission and possible privacy concerns, according to officials familiar with the plan.
Afghan lawmakers reject most of Karzai’s cabinet picks
KABUL — Afghanistan’s parliament dealt a stinging rebuke to President Hamid Karzai on Saturday by rejecting 70 percent of his nominees for a new cabinet, including a regionally powerful warlord and the country’s only female minister.
