Senate Democrats race to regain bipartisan coalition on jobs bill
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 13th, 2010 5:35 am by HL
Senate Democrats race to regain bipartisan coalition on jobs bill
Senate Democrats scrambled Friday to reassemble a bipartisan coalition for a jobs bill after Republicans defected over Majority Leader Harry M. Reid’s decision to scale back the legislation to appease rank-and-file liberals.
Under plan, intelligence agencies would be consulted before reading of rights
The Justice Department and the FBI will consult with the intelligence community on information about terrorism suspects arrested in the United States before deciding whether to read them their Miranda rights under a plan now under review in the White House, according to senior administration…
White House formally invites Republicans to health-care summit
The White House formally invited Republicans on Friday to attend a health-care summit Feb. 25, calling it “the next step” in the process of reforming the country’s broken health insurance system and pledging to post the text of a reform proposal online before the gathering.