Obama keeps pressure on Congress for extension of payroll tax cut
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 1st, 2011 5:34 am by HL
Obama keeps pressure on Congress for extension of payroll tax cut
SCRANTON, Pa. — Pushing the latest provision of his jobs bill in this hardscrabble, blue-collar town, President Obama stepped up his campaign Wednesday to politically damage his Republican rivals by suggesting that their core values do not square with those of ordinary Americans.
Obama called on a crowd of 1,000 cheering supporters to pressure Congress to support an extension of a payroll tax cut that is set to expire at year’s end, costing working families $1,000 next year. The Senate, which has supported only one of Obama’s jobs bill measures this fall, could vote on that proposal as early as Friday.
Justices weigh whether Privacy Act violations allow for distress damages
Stanmore Cooper and the federal government each did something wrong. Cooper pleaded guilty for his actions and paid a $1,000 fine. Now he wants the government to pay.
An attorney for Cooper, a pilot who is HIV-positive, conceded to the Supreme Court on Wednesday that Cooper lied on official forms from 1994 until 2005 about his medical condition and the medication he was taking.
McCain apologizes for saying ‘regrettably’ Long Island is part of US, calls it a joke
WASHINGTON — Don’t diss Long Island — you’ll hear about it in a New York minute.
Republican Sen. John McCain was trying to make a point during debate on a defense bill Wednesday when he said Long Island “sometimes regrettably” was part of the United States. That drew a swift rebuke from Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who took to Twitter to demand an apology.
