Populist ire softens ahead of Bernanke confirmation vote
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 25th, 2010 5:36 am by HL
Populist ire softens ahead of Bernanke confirmation vote
The outlook for Ben S. Bernanke’s confirmation to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman brightened over the weekend, as the Obama administration and key senators expressed confidence in his prospects.
Number of federal union workers rose slightly
The percentage of union members in the federal workforce essentially stayed flat in 2009 compared with the previous year, although the number of union members on the federal payroll grew slightly, according to figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Republicans’ allies eye state legislatures as redistricting nears
Seeking to capitalize on the excitement among Republican potential donors after Scott Brown’s stunning capture of a Senate seat in Massachusetts last week, two independent groups focused on helping the party regain state legislative majorities before next year’s nationwide redistricting are…
In Obama’s decision-making, a wide range of influences
During one of his Afghan review meetings last year, President Obama surprised senior advisers by jumping into a discussion between two military officials about a new study of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Debate grows in aftermath of quake: Should U.S. let more Haitians immigrate?
From morning until night, Dieula Celestin’s cellphone rings in Miami’s Little Haiti. It is her younger brother, Roger Paul, calling from Port-au-Prince, where he and their 65-year-old mother live with no food, no job and no money in the street outside the remnants of their house.
