Congress misses deadline for payments to black farmers
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 1st, 2010 4:37 am by HL
Congress misses deadline for payments to black farmers
The federal government promised last month to pay more than $1 billion by the end of March to tens of thousands of black farmers who had filed decades-old discrimination complaints against the U.S. Agriculture Department.
After overhaul passage, Republicans turn their ire toward Pelosi
In the wake of the passage of the health-care overhaul, Republicans have turned their ire toward House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) almost as much as President Obama, looking to rally their supporters against a political figure less popular than the president.
A message for Washington on schools: Don’t mess with Texas
MADISONVILLE, TEX. — As vendors sold yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flags nearby, Texas State Board of Education member Don McLeroy assured a gathering of Tea Party activists one recent evening that President Obama was going to keep his hands off the schools in the Lone Star State.
