In Colorado, health-care debate reverberates in congressional race
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 5th, 2010 4:37 am by HL
In Colorado, health-care debate reverberates in congressional race
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Rep. Betsy Markey, a first-term Democrat in a Republican district, was one of just eight House members who switched their votes from “no” to “yes” when President Obama’s health-care bill finally passed Congress. Her vote left the endangered incumbent in an even more precarious position.
In closely watched races, the money’s about to talk
This is a make-or-break week for many campaigns around the country, as fundraising numbers from the first three months of the year begin to come out.
White House starts $21 million program to aid small businesses
In March 2009, President Obama vowed to address the drought of bank lending to small companies and announced an initiative to use $15 billion from the federal bailout to unfreeze the markets that finance Small Business Administration loans.
Halter challenges Arkansas’ Lincoln from left in Senate race
LITTLE ROCK — Sharp words and millions of dollars in television advertising are turning a Democratic primary challenge to two-term Sen. Blanche Lincoln into an outsize duel over the party’s direction in the heartland.
High Court: Justices increasingly speaking outside the courtroom
One of the first things to remember when discussing rules for Supreme Court justices is that, well, there are very few of them. It is hard to think of a more independent and self-policing group in government than the nine members of the high court.
