New mileage standards aim for less fuel, pollution
Jefferson City News Tribune Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:09 AM PDT
President Barack Obama and automakers ushered in what could be the largest cut in fuel consumption since the 1970s on Friday with a deal that would save drivers money at the pump and dramatically cut heat-trapping gases coming from tailpipes. |
OBAMA: Inept robbing hood
Coeur d'Alene Press Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:08 AM PDT
In his typical community organizing campaign rhetoric, Obama intensified class warfare in our communities without creating even one paying job. Barry appealed for the masses to bombard the Halls of Congress with emails and letters demanding shared sacrifice so he would have more to spend upon his lowly Progressive Party members. |
Lawmakers take late stab at reaching debt deal
The Vacaville Reporter Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:06 AM PDT
WASHINGTON -- After weeks of intense partisanship, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders made a last-minute stab at compromise Saturday night to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. |
Debt deal mess shows awful side of Washington
The Vacaville Reporter Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:06 AM PDT
WASHINGTON -- There is no changing how Washington works. It doesn't.Even if a bitterly divided Congress and President Barack Obama avoid a U. |
Neither Libya, Syria offer U.S. an easy answer
The Vacaville Reporter Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:06 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five months after President Barack Obama told him to leave Libya, Moammar Gadhafi is pressing on against NATO-backed rebel forces, flaunting his remaining power in the face of Western nations fearful of combating him with greater |
Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Can Obama raise the debt limit by himself?
UPI Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:05 AM PDT
By MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- The dance of raising the U.S. debt limit has gone on for weeks, with President Obama and Republicans circling each other like Sharks and Jets, but can the president use the Constitution to raise the debt limit by himself to avoid economic disaster? |
Revved up what's hot and what's not in autos
Detroit Free Press Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT
Revved: Detroit automakers and UAW start talks. Handshakes are over; the hard work begins. Revved: Automakers and Obama administration agree on higher fuel economy standards. They get along better than the GOP and Democrats in Washington. |
The American Debate: Looking to the middle ground
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:58 AM PDT
Liberals are angry with President Obama - hey, what else is new? - and there is even sporadic talk about challenging him from the left in the 2012 Democratic primaries. It's hard to envision that actually happening, given that no human challenger appears to exist, but such talk seems symptomatic of Obama's political vulnerabilities on the eve of his last presidential campaign. |
Back Channels: How ATF delivered assault weapons to drug cartels
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:56 AM PDT
Back in February 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the new administration's intent on an assault-weapons ban: "As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons." |
Contraceptive education added to juvenile programs in S.D.
The Argus Leader Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:50 AM PDT
A change in direction for federally funded sex education will bring instruction about contraceptives to South Dakota juvenile delinquents and children in foster care. Health care reform legislation signed in March 2010 by President Obama moved the country away from an abstinence-only message, which congressional research showed had largely failed to reduce teenage pregnancies and sexually ... |
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