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10:13:51 PM “Casino Jack and the United States of Money" - A Look at Corporate Money
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA

Democracy Now UNIDENTIFIED: We had no idea that it would lead to the resignation of Tom DeLay, to the conviction of Bob Ney, to Tony Rudy, to Neil Volz. ... [more]

10:11:02 PM Supporters turn out for Santa Clarita councilman who called himself 'proud
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times Supporters of a Santa Clarita councilman who called himself a “proud racist” at a recent anti-immigration rally packed the city's council chambers to praise ... [more]

10:09:21 PM White House to Outsource Space Flight
FOX News - USA

A White House-appointed panel, led by former Lockheed Martin chief Norm Augustine, urged these changes on the administration in December. ... [more]

9:53:39 PM Nigeria's Cabinet Says President is Fit to Rule
Voice of America

Nigeria's Cabinet has ruled that ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua is fit to remain in office in spite of his two-month absence from the country. ... [more]

8:39:51 PM California Poised To Get High-Speed Rail Funds - Sen. Boxer
NASDAQ - New York,New York,USA

Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) said, adding that the administration hasn't given her details. The pending announcement raises expectations that the Golden State ... [more]

8:35:36 PM Kerry to Climate Bill Backers -- 'Get Angry'
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

John Kerry (D-Mass.) urged climate bill supporters today to strike a populist note in lobbying for a sweeping new environmental law that will reduce ... [more]

8:19:26 PM All Republicans at the table
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA

George Allen, former Congressman Tom Davis and his wife Jeanmarie Devolites, who has joined the McDonnell administration as director of the Virginia Liaison ... [more]

8:09:56 PM Guardian: Bush Family's Link To Nazi Germany
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

E-mail us at world@huffingtonpost.com Where were the critics of Obama's Flight 253 handling when it took President Bush six whole days to comment about ... [more]

7:26:43 PM Somewhere, John Kerry Is Updating His Resume
The Washington Independent

But either way, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is set to call dibs like he was waiting for his friend to finish playing Call Of Duty 2. [more]

6:54:18 PM Obama Seeks to Jumpstart His Agenda in Congress
CBS News - USA

Not only will he renew that call, but White House officials say he will add immigration reform and repealing the military's "Don't ask Don't Tell" policy ... [more]

6:53:59 PM Gibbs Previews President's State of the Union
FOXNews

In a live appearance on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said two-thirds of President Obama's State of the Union ... [more]

6:28:17 PM US Senate Democrats Considering Series Of Small Jobs Bills -Sen Boxer
Wall Street Journal - USA

Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) said Wednesday. Breaking up a broad jobs bill into individually passed components could make it easier for Democrats to sell the ... [more]

6:09:16 PM Democrats pitch jobs bill, still blame George W. Bush
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

"So I expect that the President will speak about that because he knows what he was handed when he took the keys to the Oval Office from President Bush. .... [more]

5:26:48 PM The White House has you covered online
StarNewsOnline.com (blog)

by Shannan Bowen Last night I downloaded the White House app on my iPod touch. It was featured in the “new” category and was free. ... [more]

5:16:01 PM Lawmakers Voice Opinions And Search For Ways Forward On Health Overhaul
Kaiser Health News - Washington,DC,USA

Boston Globe: "[Massachusetts Democrat] Senator John Kerry said [Tuesday] his preferred route to completing health care reform is for the House to pass the ... [more]

5:05:28 PM 13 Percent Of California Prisoners Subject To Immigration 'Hold'
The Crime Report

31, California prisons had 22173 inmates with an immigration hold or potential immigration hold. That represented 13 percent of the state's 168830 inmates. ... [more]

4:59:07 PM Defending the Obama Spending Freeze from the Left and the Right
US News - USA

But the George W. Bush-Denny Hastert-Tom Delay crowd inherited good times and a budget surplus and plunged us deep into debt by cutting taxes on the wealthy ... [more]

4:42:58 PM Boxer: Dems can agree on spending freeze
Lobbying World

Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) asserted Wednesday. Boxer said that congressional Democrats could come together on a freeze, despite emerging signs that lawmakers ... [more]

4:30:16 PM George Allen's "macaca" moment: Does he deserve our censure or our
Psychology Today (blog)

Psychology Today (blog) There have been a couple of reviews/accounts about The Hidden Brain that mention my thoughts about George Allen's infamous “macaca” moment — Allen ... [more]

3:44:44 PM Argentina Redrado:President Must Revoke Decree To Ouster Him
Wall Street Journal - USA

He has called on the president to revoke the decree before the commission can provide her with its suggestion. Nevertheless, late Tuesday, Prat-Gay told ... [more]

3:11:15 PM Senator Kerry Introduces HIT Financing Legislation
DOTmed.com (press release) - New York,New York,USA

by Astrid Fiano, DOTmed News Writer Senator John Kerry (D-MA), a senior member of the Finance Committee, has introduced legislation to assist family ... [more]

2:28:14 PM Dan Morain: Expect a wave of secret campaign donors
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer's seat, they should factor in Sandy Greiner, a 64-year-old grandmother six times over from Keota, Iowa. Greiner, her husband and their three ... [more]

2:09:40 PM President faces major challenge in key speech
Arizona Daily Star

And he does not intend to fling aside an ambitious agenda on health care, energy, education, immigration and other issues in favor of trimmed-down goals. ... [more]

1:41:54 PM President Obama's Promises: A Look Back at the 2009 Address to Congress
ABC News - United States

By HUMA KHAN Middle-class Americans need immediate tax relief, President Obama will say tonight in his first, official State of the Union address to a ... [more]

1:32:05 PM White House must change direction, Murtha says [The Pittsburgh
Insurance News Net - Harrisburg,PA,USA

Insurance News Net (press release) Jan. 27--WASHINGTON -- Voters sent Democrats a message by handing Republicans victories in elections from Massachusetts to Virginia, and President Obama ... [more]

1:08:07 PM The Investor's Guide to the State of the Union
Smartmoney.com - USA

He used the word “economy” 22 times in his February address to Congress, while President Bush used it just six times a year earlier in his State of the ... [more]

12:58:39 PM Got Ideas About a Climate Bill? Kerry, Graham and Lieberman Want to Hear
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

New York Times John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) all said over the past week that they have been making it perfectly clear to ... [more]

12:35:53 PM The neocons of Fox
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA

Ask Tom Delay. Has there ever been an expert in disagreement with the Fox (lying) News with the radical right-wing neocons? No, now they have a new “expert. ... [more]

12:12:18 PM Poll: Fla. voters want immigration laws enforced
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

Florida voters don't want immigration laws waived to make it easier for Haitians to stay in the United States or immigrate into the country, ... [more]

11:23:07 AM President Obama will try to make points with the public in critical State
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News Much as he might like to skip it, he will make another plug for passing health care reform, the signature issue of the year, stalled by Republican Scott ... [more]

10:42:04 AM Voice of the Day Has change since President Obama's election been good?
News-Leader.com

As an independent who voted for President Bush five years ago, I believe now, as I did then, that judgment of a president's term after only one year is ... [more]

9:19:13 AM Obama's message tonight: 'Yes we can' | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/27/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

He will renew his call for immigration legislation and is expected to address another unfulfilled campaign promise - to lift the ban on gays serving openly ... [more]

9:16:02 AM Tea Parties shake up political races across the US
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

Besides helping Rubio, the PAC is working to remove Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and is backing Republican Pat Toomey's challenge to .... [more]

9:02:18 AM Lakers get a lift from White House visit
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

He found time, however, to make it to Washington, where he offered words of wisdom to some of the Lakers during their White House visit. ... [more]

8:59:39 AM Advocates of Climate Bill Scale Down Their Goals
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Senators Lindsey Graham and John Kerry are collaborating on an energy measure. Their preferred approach, a cap-and-trade system to curb emissions of ... [more]

7:46:44 AM Obama's first State of the Union speech tonight
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer, both voted for the commission. Feinstein was a sponsor. Boxer said she sees no conflict between deficit reduction and employment, .... [more]

7:26:27 AM Obama to recast agenda to focus on jobs, deficit
Reuters - NY,USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After his worst political setback since he took office a year ago, President Barack Obama will vow to revive US job growth and tame ... [more]

7:08:33 AM Hoyer: GOP 'Drove Our Economy Into a Ditch'
Politics Daily - Washington,DC,USA

Hoyer began his remarks by describing a political culture under President Bush's administration "that thrived for too long on easy choices, ... [more]

6:57:53 AM Immigration issues tests Haiti-Dominican relations
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

Observers point out that the measure is an attempt to resolve the problem of Haitian immigration. Last week, the Archbishop of Santo Domingo, ... [more]

6:53:02 AM Governors See Jobs on the Path to Clean Energy, Efficiency
SolveClimate - Brooklyn,NY,USA

John Kerry, who has been leading the Senate drive for climate legislation, urged the president to underscore that climate and energy reform remain ... [more]

6:37:59 AM McDonnell finds time limit daunting
The Free Lance-Star

Jim Webb, who'd just defeated incumbent Republican George Allen, gave a response that won wide praise. University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato ... [more]

6:24:51 AM White House won't fund NASA moon program
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

When the White House releases its budget proposal Monday, there will be no money for the Constellation program that was to return humans to the moon by 2020 ... [more]

6:23:09 AM House Ethics Committee Could Resume Mollohan Investigation
Wheeling News Register - Wheeling,WV,USA

.... in 2006 when questions regarding the conduct of former House Majority Leader Tom Delay, R-Texas, and other Republican members came to the forefront. ... [more]

6:06:44 AM Kerry, Graham Seek Scaled-Back Climate Plan in Bid for Support
BusinessWeek - USA

“We're looking at everything,” Senator John Kerry told reporters on Capitol Hill yesterday. The Massachusetts Democrat is working with Graham and Senator ... [more]

5:50:18 AM Democrat Reid says "no rush" on health bill
Reuters - NY,USA

Democrats held a series of closed-door meetings to discuss a short list of imperfect healthcare options before President Barack Obama's State of the Union ... [more]

5:23:05 AM The Supreme Court's Partisanship
Consortium News - USA

The case was moving dangerously close to then-President Bush. At that point, Walsh received a call from MacKinnon with some troubling news. ... [more]

5:15:03 AM Breaking News--New Media "Visionary" Arrested for Trying to Bug US Senator
Center for Media and Democracy - Madison,WI,USA

.... the top aide to then-Republican Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist, after Manny was forced to resign as the Senate investigated his own Watergate-style ... [more]

5:00:26 AM Ron Artest feels bad about missing White House visit
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

That's about how long the Lakers' White House experience lasted, including travel time. Artest seemed healthy Tuesday against the Washington Wizards, .... [more]

4:23:20 AM Butler County sheriff facing charges in immigration case
Middletown Journal - Middletown,OH,USA

... rounded up at a construction site on Port Union Road by Butler County deputies and a former immigration specialist hired by Jones, according to reports. ... [more]

3:30:26 AM Obama Seeks Partial Three-Year Spending Freeze
FOX News - USA

Republicans note the catch-all spending bill Obama signed in March that included leftover budgets from President Bush boosted spending by 8 percent, ... [more]

3:27:33 AM LETTER: Scott Brown's win a statement, but not a political one
Sanford Herald - Sanford,NC,USA

Brown's win was a statement made by the independent voters of Massachusetts who outnumber the Democratic and Republican voters combined. ... [more]

3:11:09 AM Senate Candidates Claim Mantle Of Deficit Fighters In '10 Races
Investor's Business Daily - USA

1 issue," said George Allen, ex-Virginia senator and governor and former head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He suggests it's strongly ... [more]

2:31:35 AM The Lack of Political Compromise
Docket - Arlington,VA,USA

Whether Republican Scott Brown's US Senate election in Massachusetts was a referendum on President Obama's policies is subject to dispute, ... [more]

2:21:35 AM Bernanke Gains Backers as Reid Sets Procedural Vote
Bloomberg

Bernanke, 56, is a Republican former Princeton University economist appointed by President George W. Bush for a term that began in February 2006. ... [more]

1:31:00 AM JACK COWAN: Candidate rides pickup politics to victory in Massachusetts
San Angelo Standard Times - san angelo,tx,USA

More than that, it was stunning — a Republican taking Ted Kennedy's seat was as unlikely as a Democrat replacing, say, Strom Thurmond. ... [more]

1:25:35 AM Immigration Activists Rally For Reform
Southern Maryland Online - MD,USA

26, 2010) - Immigration reform activists blocked traffic on 12th Street Tuesday to protest deportation of immigrants whose family members are US citizens ... [more]

1:20:53 AM Sundance plays matchmaker for filmmakers and social activists
Park Record - Park City,UT,USA

Among the dignitaries were the Nobel Peace Prize economist Muhammad Yunus and US Senator Barbara Boxer. Both encouraged filmmakers to use their medium to ... [more]

1:04:36 AM George W. Bush Gets Applause Despite Katrina ... Oh, Wait -- !
NewsBusters - USA

No, he was probably cheered because it wasn't the former President Bush that had dealt with Hurricane Katrina. The "former President Bush" in attendance was ... [more]



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