Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
(AP) 12.03.2010, 04:09:15 AP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week. |
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Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident
(AP) 12.03.2010, 04:23:21 AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said. |
Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill
(AP) 11.03.2010, 23:50:37 AP - With one eye on the calendar and the other on elusive bipartisanship, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd plans to offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support. |
Democrats focus on Vitter
(Politico) 12.03.2010, 01:46:18 Politico - Rep. Charlie Melancon hopes memories of scandal prove key to defeating incumbent Sen. David Vitter. |
CBC: W.H. meet 'frank but cordial'
(Politico) 12.03.2010, 01:15:59 Politico - Congressional Black Caucus presses Obama to do more for African-Americans. |
US criticizes China's domestic, economic policies
(AP) 12.03.2010, 01:06:40 AP - The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even antagonize the Asian power. |
Obama pushes trade initiative as jobs helper
(AP) 12.03.2010, 01:52:05 AP - President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs his trade agenda will create — and how he will get it done. |
Pa. GOP picks Burns as nominee for Murtha's seat
(AP) 12.03.2010, 04:24:34 AP - Republicans in Pennsylvania have nominated a political newcomer to fill the congressional seat of the late Rep. John Murtha. |