Kaine: No serious 2012 primary challenge to Obama
Richmond Times-Dispatch Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:04 PM PST
The national Democratic Party chairman says he thinks the chances that President Barack Obama will face a serious primary challenger in 2012 are "virtually nil." |
New Congress: From Reliably Liberal Rockstar to Small Government Champion in NY's 19th District
WNYC New York Public Radio Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:01 PM PST
What a difference an election makes. This week, President Obama loses his Democratic Congress as the GOP takes control. That’s the result of 63 local contests, where voters traded out a Democrat for a Republican. The ideological transition maybe the most pronounced in New York’s 19 th Congressional District, which stretches through the Hudson Valley into parts of Westchester County. There, John ... |
GOP's Issa pledges to find $200 billion in government waste
Chicago Tribune Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:00 PM PST
As the incoming head of a House oversight committee, Republican Darrell Issa of Vista says the Obama administration has 'played fast and loose with the money Congress gave them.' The California Republican who is poised to become chief congressional watchdog over the Obama administration struck a note of restraint Sunday, promising to wring waste out of government even as he steered away from ... |
Enabling more union damages
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:00 PM PST
Just when it looked like employers were getting less fearful about what President Obama might do to worsen the business climate, the National Labor Relations Board (now with its first Democrat majority in a decade, due to Obama's appointees) announced last month that private employers will be required to display pro-unionizing posters in their businesses under a newly proposed federal rule. |
New Congress to take a hard look at many of Obama's programs
The Alliance Review Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:57 PM PST
By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" The Republican agenda for the new Congress that convenes Wednesday may have a greater impact on the 2012 elections than on the lives of Americans in the next two years. |
Obama signs 9/11 health bill
KPAX Missoula Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:56 PM PST
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama signed the 9/11 health bill into law in Hawaii on Sunday, White House spokesman Bill Burton said. |
Life in the Waikiki West Wing
Los Angeles Times Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:51 PM PST
For Obama aides, Christmas in Hawaii was a far calmer affair than in 2009, when the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound jet threw the holiday crew into crisis mode. But it still hasn't been much of a vacation. In 2009, Air Force One had barely touched down in Honolulu before the traveling White House was thrust into crisis mode as President Obama and his staff responded to the attempted bombing of ... |
Ignoring India's concerns, Obama signs 9/11 health care bill
Business Standard India Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:49 PM PST
Ignoring India's concerns and veiled warning that it would drag the US to the World Trade Organisation, President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that would provide free health care to the first responders of the twin-tower terrorist attack in New York in September 2001. |
Barack Obama to sign health bill for 9/11 responders
Press Trust of India Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:26 PM PST
Kaneohe (Hawaii), Jan 2 (AFP) US President Barack Obama was to sign into law today a bill to compensate emergency responders sickened in the rubble of the September 11 attacks, a spokesman said. |
Obama aide: Don't toy with debt ceiling
The Star Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:25 PM PST
WASHINGTON: Some Republican lawmakers said Sunday that they opposed raising the ceiling on America's debt without tackling government spending, and President Barack Obama's top economic adviser warned against political posturing on the issue. |
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