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News From Sunday, January 31, 2010
9:29:52 PM White House Insists Health Care Reform Is Not A Government Takeover
Gov Monitor

In an appearance on a morning news show today, House Minority Leader John Boehner repeatedly charged that the health insurance reform bills being considered ... [more]

9:11:41 PM A 'Scott Brown Republican' is pro-choice, anti-tax
Motors ...

The Massachusetts Right to Life endorsed Brown over Democrat Martha Coakley in the special election, even though the Republican said he supported Roe v. ... [more]

9:06:32 PM Haiti: 10 Americans held for rape of immigration laws
News Trends

American citizens are detained in Port-au-Prince for “alleged violation of Haitian laws on immigration, on Sunday confirmed the Embassy of the United States ... [more]

7:43:18 PM White House's Summers backs Geithner bank strategy
Reuters - NY,USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's top economic adviser Lawrence Summers gave some backing to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Sunday, .... [more]

6:51:42 PM Kellar about Dep. March: 'He felt a responsibility'
The Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA

It was at a Minutemen rally against illegal immigration earlier this month that Kellar made comments that have thrust him into the national spotlight. .... [more]

6:17:59 PM Afghan President Calls for Reconciliation with Taliban
Voice of America

Photo: AP Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, 31 Jan. ... [more]

6:00:01 PM White House Presses Senate on Jobs Bill
Wall Street Journal - USA

By COREY BOLES WASHINGTON -- The White House on Sunday urged the Senate to pass legislation quickly to stimulate growth in the moribund jobs market, ... [more]

5:43:55 PM CNN taps Candy Crowley to lead reconfigured Sunday show
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

.... Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan, among others. Since 1976, she has covered all but one of the national political conventions. [more]

4:19:13 PM Libya court clears Swiss man of immigration violation
Reuters - NY,USA

Hamdani and Goeldi previously had been convicted of violating Libya's immigration rules and sentenced to 16 months in prison. ... [more]

4:10:00 PM White House Snub or the Washington Way?
FOX News - USA

VAN SUSTEREN: I want to focus first on your efforts to communicate with the White House, with the executive branch, because I know that you have concerns ... [more]

2:40:59 PM A Man for Troubled Times: Ban Ki Moon Rises Above the Fray
Big Think

That is a considerable improvement on the near constant attrition that existed between President Bush and Ban's predecessor, Kofi Annan. ... [more]

2:40:13 PM Meet the Congressman Who Confronted President Obama
FOX News - USA

Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz asking the president about transparency. REP. JASON CHAFFETZ, R - UTAH: There's some things that have happened that I ... [more]

1:57:50 PM Beverly Brown Chemas
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe,OH,USA

.... Amanda (Tom) DeLay and Amanda Chemas; and granddaughter, Madison DeLay. A private family scattering service will take place at a later date. [more]

1:36:44 PM Bush 10th grade, Obama 8th
Daily Mail - Charleston

Of the last 13 presidents, Obama ranked 12th, ahead of President Bush 41. Topping the list was Jack Kennedy, then Ike Eisenhower followed by Richard Nixon. ... [more]

1:27:44 PM Tax-funded politics costly — and wrong
Jacksonville Daily News - Jacksonville,NC,USA

Predictably, those who would like more regulation of political speech are pushing for more tax-paid financing of political campaigns as a means to offset ... [more]

1:00:54 PM Nancy Hicks: Solution for unborn babies
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,Nebraska,USA

Instead, the latest issue involving little ones in utero has been labeled an immigration issue. And illegal immigration is the new third rail of modern ... [more]

11:56:45 AM White House looks to ramp up retirement savings programs
InvestmentNews - New York,NY,USA

Providing economic security for such families “will be a big part of what we do in 2010 and all the way through the rest of the presidency,” White House ... [more]

11:29:46 AM Tracing ancient roots of Penn Museum's gold
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA

George Allen of Hesperia Art, a few blocks from Rittenhouse Square, approached the museum with a rare opportunity: the chance to purchase 24 gold pieces ... [more]

11:29:46 AM Business, Labor & Political Leaders Weigh In On Supreme Court Ruling
Hartford Business

First, our laws should encourage political speech, not restrict or inhibit it. As Justice Kennedy said in his majority opinion, “The right of citizens to ... [more]

10:53:54 AM Immigration reform dies in 36 words
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

It is almost incomprehensible - and frankly a little absurd - that after Obama's address to Congress and the nation that some pro-immigration-reform groups ... [more]

10:35:23 AM Did Sen. Barbara Boxer even pay attention?
My Desert - Palm Springs,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer is an embarrassment to the people of California. She is a conceited liberal who is condescending to all Americans. She insults us every day, ... [more]

10:25:37 AM Obama delivers 'pompous' speech, signaling nothing
Monroe News Star - Monroe,LA,USA

I then thought, "How long before he blames President Bush for something that happened 12 months ago or longer?" I got my answer three minutes into the ... [more]

10:24:59 AM He lost a senator but gained a cousin | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/31/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

By Glen Johnson AP BOSTON - First President Obama lost his filibuster-proof margin in the Senate to a Republican. Now it turns out he also lost it to a ... [more]

9:25:50 AM Blue California may turn red
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer trailed Republican challenger Tom Campbell, 46 percent to 43 percent among white voters but leads him by 10 points overall because of Boxer's ... [more]

8:51:23 AM Immigration reform again coming into national focus
Daily Review Online - CA,USA

It was the year the Immigration Reform and Control Act, approved by Congress in 1986 and signed by President Ronald Reagan, went into effect. .... [more]

8:24:47 AM HINGHAM COMMENTARY: Voters fired shot heard across America
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

John Kerry was in a tight race for the Presidency, and had he been successful, then Republican Gov. Mitt Romney could have “appointed” someone to fill ... [more]

7:39:09 AM Nation briefs: Bush lawyers won't face sanctions over torture memos
Fort Worth Star Telegram

WASHINGTON, DC — Bush administration lawyers who drafted legal theories that led to waterboarding and other harsh treatment of terrorism suspects showed ... [more]

7:32:45 AM March primary winner will face well-funded lieutenant governor
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

... Speaker Gib Lewis and former Attorney General Jim Mattox — both Democrats — as well as against former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and US Sen. ... [more]

7:04:18 AM NJ Catholic leaders confront same-sex marriage, health care, illegal
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Catholic bishops in New Jersey and elsewhere have been especially vocal on matters such as same-sex marriage, national health care and illegal immigration. ... [more]

6:14:10 AM The Eeternal Cop Out
The Conventional Wisdom Takes A Beating

In any case, those hoping for Mr. Blair to admit he was sorry for doing a go-along with President Bush were not happy with his responses to the UK .... [more]

5:34:51 AM Sen. Blanche Lincoln: Endangered in the political kingdom
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The two-term Arkansas moderate is getting only 38% or 39% against any of her little-known Republican opponents, according to a recent Rasmussen poll. ... [more]

4:03:56 AM Voters Seem to Like Campbell's Switch
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

.... also does better than Ms. Fiorina, a breast cancer survivor, among women in hypothetical match-ups with the Democratic incumbent, Senator Barbara Boxer. ... [more]

3:58:01 AM Money row stalls Haiti evacuations
ABC Online - Australia

.... economically and Mr Crist is locked in a tough primary battle for the Senate seat that had been held by Republican Mel Martinez, The Times noted. .... [more]

3:44:02 AM Cost of teaching English learning students in SB County $34M
San Bernardino Sun

Fueled by skyrocketing immigration over the past 15 years, the growth is forcing school districts to make dramatic changes in the classroom. ... [more]

3:13:01 AM Family link is found between Obama and Scott Brown
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

By Mark Silva Reporting from Washington - President Obama has found another long-lost cousin: Scott Brown, the Republican state senator from Massachusetts ... [more]

3:09:08 AM Authors of Bush torture memos to be cleared of misconduct
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA

By Raw Story The men who advised former President Bush to waterboard detainees and deprive them of sleep will be cleared of charges of professional ... [more]

2:51:45 AM Obama proposes cuts with $3.8 billion 2011 budget: report
Reuters - NY,USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose trimming or chopping 120 government programs to help rein in the US deficit, the White House said ... [more]

1:09:43 AM President to Propose $20 Billion in Spending Cuts in Monday's Budget
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

As detailed by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Washington Times, this rate exceeds the 40 percent rate the Bush White House achieved ... [more]

12:33:06 AM White House lists proposed cuts in 2011 budget
Reuters - NY,USA

.... items that can be eliminated or changed in the fiscal 2011 budget to help save $20 billion this year, the White House said in a statement on Saturday. ... [more]

12:28:23 AM Kellar's Endorsement Of Whitman Ends Over Immigration Comments
KHTS Radio - Santa Clarita,CA,USA

This comes after Councilman Kellar has been dragged through the media over comments he made at an anti illegal immigration rally in Santa Clarita on January ... [more]



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