House rejects increase of debt limit ahead of Obama meeting
The Post and Courier Tue, 31 May 2011 21:12 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans dealt defeat to their own proposal for a $2.4 trillion increase in the nation's debt limit Tuesday, a political gambit designed to reinforce a demand for spending cuts to accompany any increase in government borrowing. The vote was lopsided, with just 97 ... |
Five alleged 9/11 plotters will face new arraignment
Portland Press Herald Tue, 31 May 2011 21:12 PM PDT
WASHINGTON â€" Military prosecutors have refiled capital charges against Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four co-defendants accused of orchestrating the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, restarting a process that the Obama administration had halted as part of its failed effort to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. |
Rockefeller advocates for rural education
The Register-Herald Tue, 31 May 2011 21:10 PM PDT
As the Obama administration continues to seek an overhaul of No Child Left Behind, a change that would give states and school districts more decision making, Senator Jay Rockefeller is pursuing legislation that would provide more support for education in rural communities. |
Christie tells Iowa donors he's still not running
Boston Globe Tue, 31 May 2011 21:10 PM PDT
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is still not running for president. A group of Iowa campaign contributors traveled to New Jersey to persuade the first-term Republican governor to change his mind and take on President Barack Obama in 2012. |
Will the Tea Party Help Re-Elect Obama?
The Globalist Tue, 31 May 2011 21:06 PM PDT
While the 2008 Democratic presidential primary made the party stronger and contributed to Barack Obama winning the White House, it is probable that the 2012 Republican primary will have the opposite effect on the GOP. As Michael McCarthy, The Globalist’s managing editor, explains, the Tea Party will likely torpedo the GOP’s 2012 prospects. |
Speech on Israel bordered on troubling
MyCentralJersey.com Tue, 31 May 2011 21:04 PM PDT
You recently published a letter from Allyson Gall, New Jersey Director of the American Jewish Committee, stating the position of the American Jewish Committee on President Obama's May 19 speech concerning peace in the Middle East. Far from the implication of the headline you placed over her letter, AJC's position is not that Obama's peace plan hit the mark. |
Netanyahu had the courage to stand up to Obama
Haaretz Daily Tue, 31 May 2011 21:02 PM PDT
It's been a long time since these words were spoken by an Israeli prime minister. "In Judea and Samaria, the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers," Benjamin Netanyahu said in his address to both houses of the U.S. Congress, and the representatives of the American people rose and cheered. |
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