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11:31:45 PM Immigration Reform Dead in 2010?
(Except ...

As I noted yesterday, the chances of getting an immigration reform bill passed this year dimmed dramatically in the wake of Scott Brown's victory in the ... [more]

11:30:24 PM Anxious Voters Angered by Dithering and Deal-Making, Not Lack of
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Huffington Post (blog) Senators seem not to have learned the "macacca" lesson that former Senator and former likely 2008 Republican Presidential nominee George Allen taught. .... [more]

11:18:45 PM Ben Bernanke Wins Second Term As Federal Reserve Chief
ABC News - United States

Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., agreed. "I think people have to be held accountable for their actions along the way," Boxer said. "Chairman Bernanke has to be held ... [more]

11:08:30 PM President Obama's renewed pledge to end Bush's tax cuts for wealthy
Daily Kos - Berkeley,CA,USA

Over the long run, President Bush's tax cuts on the wealthy were reckless fiscal policy, and letting them expire must be part of any deficit reduction ... [more]

10:33:34 PM Senators try to raise climate bill from ashes
Reuters - NY,USA

"Comprehensive climate change (legislation) means pricing carbon and setting a target for reduction," Senator John Kerry, a Democrat and one of three ... [more]

9:27:14 PM White House Summit on Asian Carp
WDIO-TV - Duluth,MN,USA

Governor Doyle, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will meet with Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on .... [more]

9:25:25 PM Obamas' State of the Union: emphasis on job creation, immigration reform on
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Examiner.com The subject of immigration reform was barely mentioned. One single line was dedicated to it. And we should continue the work of fixing our broken ... [more]

9:13:57 PM Senate Votes in Favor of Bernanke
Wall Street Journal - USA

Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey. "We need the wisdom of patience," he said. "Let us not judge the man or the work prematurely. ... [more]

9:00:19 PM Campbell Is GOP Frontrunner in California Senate Primary, Boxer Polling
Politics Daily - Washington,DC,USA

Politics Daily (blog) Barbara Boxer, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll conducted Jan. 12-19. Campbell polls 27 percent among likely voters compared to 16 ... [more]

8:20:12 PM Pelosi: Freeze Pentagon budget, too
Abortion politics: Biden never refused communion

We all heard of bill being hard to pass but they are lies see when President Bush was in office and they say he was not the smartest but I'm preety sure he ... [more]

8:12:57 PM Crowd building for Obama visit
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando,FL,USA

Charlie Crist, who is running in the Republican primary for the Senate seat vacated by Orlando lawyer Mel Martinez. There was speculation that Crist would ... [more]

8:10:52 PM The Republican Response
Reform

During his speech, the president indicated he'd like to schedule monthly meetings with the Congressional Republican brain trust. At the time, House Minority ... [more]

7:47:30 PM "This Isn't the Person I Campaigned With Back Then," Kerry Says of
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

ABC News (blog) John Kerry, D-Mass., says the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee has reacted with sorrow to the scandalous personal behavior of his former running mate, ... [more]

7:45:43 PM White House to Dole Out $8 Billion in Grants for Fast Trains
FOX News - USA

AP High-speed rail projects in California, Florida and Illinois are among the big winners of $8 billion in grants announced Thursday by the White House ... [more]

7:20:14 PM Date Set to Open Cuba-US Immigration Talks in Havana
FOX News - USA

"Part of the Cuban agenda presented to the government of the United States is a proposal for a new immigration agreement and solidifying cooperation in the ... [more]

6:12:51 PM Leave George Bush Alone!
FOX News - USA

Whether it is arrogance or ignorance, Obama fails to realize that tens of millions of Americans still support President Bush and consider him to be a living ... [more]

5:35:49 PM US Sen. Kerry cites progress on climate bill talks
Reuters UK - UK

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - US Senator John Kerry on Thursday said that talks aimed at crafting a compromise climate control bill were "making headway," ... [more]

5:15:59 PM President Mentions Immigration Reform in State of the Union Address, But
Just ...

Feet in Two Worlds (blog) (Photo: WhiteHouse.gov) Here is what President Barack Obama had to say about immigration reform in his first State of the Union address. ... [more]

4:38:15 PM Poll: Campbell leads GOP field, runs strongest against Boxer
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

Barbara Boxer, trailing her by only 4 points, 45 percent to 41 percent, with 14 percent undecided. Fiorina and DeVore both trail Boxer by 8 points. .... [more]

4:30:15 PM IRAN: U.S. business groups call on White House to drop proposed sanctions
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

The groups warned White House national security advisor James Jones and high-level economic policy advisor Lawrence Summers that expanding sanctions on Iran ... [more]

3:41:18 PM Commentary: Fun with filibusters
McClatchy Washington Bureau - Washington,DC,USA

An enraged GOP Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee threatened to invoke the so-called “nuclear option.” Under this ploy, Vice President Dick ... [more]

3:31:36 PM They just don't get it
Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA

I will admit an electorate that continually elects George Miller and Barbara Boxer is infinitely stupid, but then again the people of Massachusetts until ... [more]

3:29:43 PM Obama headed to Tampa to announce $1.25B in rail funds
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

BY BETH REINHARD TAMPA -- President Barack Obama is slated to host a town hall meeting here Thursday, one day after he put jobs at the top of his 2010 ... [more]

2:57:35 PM NewsCrimeQueens priest, Msgr. Michael Dempsey, is target of feds' kid-porn
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News BY Joe Jackson and Thomas Zambito Dempsey is being eyed by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for viewing online child porn. ... [more]

2:51:09 PM White House Day Ahead
FOXNews

12:00p President Obama and Vice President Biden tour a maintenance hangar and greet crewmembers working on a KC-135 Stratotanker. The aircraft refuels other ... [more]

2:11:50 PM Teresa Heinz on Battling Breast Cancer
ABC News - United States

John Kerry ,D-Mass., she has been through countless political campaigns in which she was publicly rebuked for her occasional candor, and in 1991 her first ... [more]

1:49:43 PM Texas Republicans give speech bad reviews
Fort Worth Star Telegram

.... yet he continues to direct blame for his disastrous and unpopular policies onto President Bush, which is the epitome of politics as usual in Washington. ... [more]

1:22:47 PM Sundance Reviews: '8: The Mormon Proposition' & 'Casino Jack and the
HitFix - Los Angeles,CA,USA

HitFix (blog) Between people like Tom DeLay and Bob Ney, there's nary an ounce of shame or regret expressed. And why should there be? We seem to be getting further from ... [more]

12:49:31 PM Congressional Leaders React to President Obama's Address
Voice of America

Kyl said the president was still blaming former President George Bush for the country's problems, even though he did not mention him by name. ... [more]

11:52:15 AM White House: US and Russia close to arms-control deal
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

Washington (CNN) -- A new arms-control treaty between the United States and Russia is nearly complete, the White House said. Progress on a pact was detailed ... [more]

10:51:15 AM Obama Urged to Set Up Commission to Probe National Security-Climate Link
CNSNews.com - Alexandria,VA,USA

Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., delivers a speech during a side event at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. ... [more]

10:16:55 AM Obama's Sorry State of the Union Speech
FOX News - USA

He did this not to give President Bush and his team credit for the low unemployment we enjoyed during his eight years in office, or the national security ... [more]

10:03:50 AM Unapologetic President Obama speaks with swagger in sharp State of the
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News Sure, there was defensiveness - he spent lots of time recapping his first year's achievements and blaming George W. Bush for deficits run up through tax ... [more]

9:49:13 AM Did Obama Kill Immigration Reform in the State of the Union?
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

And we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system - to secure our borders, enforce our laws, and ensure that everyone who plays by the ... [more]

8:30:29 AM Ben Bernanke's Confirmation Dogged By Uncertainty
Personal Liberty Digest - Hueytown,Alabama,USA

and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) confirmed they would not cast their vote for Bernanke, who was nominated for the second term by President Obama last summer. ... [more]

7:57:38 AM President Petroleum Acquisition Of Production & Reserves In Louisiana
Wall Street Journal - USA

The location of East White Lake in the Louisiana swamps and the geology of the field are very familiar to President Petroleum and the acquisition offers a ... [more]

7:34:29 AM 4 NABBED IN ESPIONAGE AT OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEMBER
Times

Tom Delay's seat from the Democrats was financed by rogue billionaire Dan Duncan, noted for his helicoper/machinegun trophy hunting trips to Russia. ... [more]

7:33:41 AM President pitches immigration reform
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA

“We should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system,” Obama said, “to secure our borders, enforce our laws and ensure that everyone who ... [more]

7:12:53 AM White House to Dole out $8 Billion in Rail Grants
ABC News - United States

The White House, which supplied a list of the grants to reporters late Wednesday, billed the program as "high-speed rail," but only the California project ... [more]

6:22:56 AM Republican response: Gov. Bob McDonnell invokes Jefferson
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Bob McDonnell tonight invoked Thomas Jefferson while making the Republican response to the president's address. McDonnell used Jefferson to sound the .... [more]

6:22:46 AM Cut Prison Spending, Spare Schools, Worried Californians Say
California Progress Report - Oakland,California,USA

Five months before the primary, former Congressman Tom Campbell has emerged as the early leader in the Republican campaign to oust US Senator Barbara Boxer. ... [more]

5:50:29 AM Obama Vows to Press Ahead With Agenda After 'Difficult' First Year
FOX News - USA

He also pushed anew for immigration reform, something that has been on the backburner as Congress hunkered down for the better half of the last year to deal ... [more]

4:49:18 AM US Economy
Wall Street Journal - USA

President Bush and President Obama have been the worst managers of the world's largest economy by adding $12 trillion dollars to the deficit. ... [more]

4:01:41 AM News from Washington, minute by minute
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Other domestic issues likely to get some presidential attention include immigration reform, safely on the back burner in the first Obama year, but expected ... [more]

3:51:43 AM Obama's State of the Union address: A jab at Bush's policies
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

President Obama also took a jab at the policies of the Bush administration, even as he called for the two political parties to work together. ... [more]

3:09:13 AM Elizabeth Edwards leaves philandering John
The Inquisitr - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

Elizabeth went on to have two more children following Wade's death, but was diagnosed with breast cancer on the day John Kerry conceded defeat in the 2004 ... [more]

2:38:27 AM The State of the Union and Obama's Gargantuan Makeover Task
US News - USA

To that I would add, however, that former President Bush's simultaneous war spending binge coupled with his tax cuts are what turned the federal budget from ... [more]

2:35:05 AM The Problem with Democrats
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

When the GOP feared losing Texas, it rushed into action and former House Leader Tom DeLay redrew the lines to give Republicans more votes in order to win. ... [more]

2:09:03 AM White House Rejects Pelosi's Push to Freeze Defense Spending
FOX News - USA

The disagreement, surfacing mere hours before Obama's first State of the Union address, threatens to cast a pall over one of the items the White House hoped ... [more]

1:48:46 AM Nelson Planned to Insist on Tighter Abortion Restrictions
New York Times (blog)

.... who opposes abortion, negotiated with the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, and Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California and a strong ... [more]



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