Obama joins congressional leaders in talks to work out health-care kinks
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 14th, 2010 5:35 am by HL
Obama joins congressional leaders in talks to work out health-care kinks
President Obama spent several hours with congressional leaders Wednesday in a marathon negotiating session aimed at resolving outstanding differences between the House and Senate Democrats over health-care legislation and pushing his top domestic priority through to final passage.
Senate race in Massachusetts getting uglier with attack ads in final stretch
BOSTON — Massachusetts Democrats and their allies have rolled out a series of negative TV ads over a 48-hour period, a striking departure from what has been a polite Senate campaign as polls show the contest tightening.
In Capitol Hill hearing, bankers remain torn on their role in crisis
A year after the financial system nearly went over the brink, the congressional commission investigating the roots of the crisis confronted four of the world’s most powerful bankers on Wednesday and challenged them to take more responsibility for their role in upending the global economy.
New FDA deputy to lead food-safety mandate
A year ago, Michael Taylor was sitting in his office at George Washington University, considering a basic mission of the federal government: making sure food is safe. He’d devoted his career to food safety, working in and out of government, and he was finally in academia where he could think deeply…
U.S. faces long odds in improved relations with Asia
HONOLULU — In her first year as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton went to East Asia three times — more than any other part of the world. It was her first destination, and until the earthquake in Haiti, she was set to return to the region this week on the lead-off trip of her sophomore …
