Congressional Leaders Announce Plans to ‘Green the Capitol’
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 27th, 2009 5:31 am by HL
Congressional Leaders Announce Plans to ‘Green the Capitol’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid today said they want to convert the U.S. Capitol Power Plant to burn only natural gas, calling it a key step in their effort to “green the Capitol.”
In Stock Deal, U.S. Plans to Enlarge Stake in Citigroup
The federal government plans to take a substantial ownership stake in Citigroup, launching the Obama administration’s new strategy to prevent the failure of any more large banks, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Orszag Is Economic Centrist Who Knows How to Deal
The gangly, bespectacled official who yesterday laid down the fiscal footprint of a new presidency is an unassuming man who proudly refers to himself as the administration’s “super-nerd.”
Republicans Attack Obama Budget, Call It Loaded With Spending
Republicans criticized President Obama’s first budget as a new spending bonanza that fails to address the entitlement crisis and relies overly on tax increases and new business costs to close the deficit gap.
Senate Panel to Examine CIA Detainee Handling
The Senate intelligence committee is planning an unprecedented review of the CIA’s handling of captured terrorist suspects, drawing back the curtain for the first time on the agency’s use of waterboarding and other interrogation tactics inside secret CIA prisons, congressional sources said…