Political News
Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
(AP)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
AP - House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to appease the most ardent abortion opponents in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming next week.
Obama details plans to boost exports, create jobs
(AP)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
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.
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AP - Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.
Joint Strike Fighter soars to $95M
(Politico)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Politico - Senators already agitated by a trickle of bad news about the program make their discomfort plain.
House votes to keep open Massa probe
(Politico)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Politico - They offer a resolution to continue investigation.
Democrats block investigation of possible Massa cover-up
(AP)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
AP - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa.
Senate seeks to boost regional airline safety
(AP)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
AP - The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines, a problem exposed by an air crash last year that killed 50 people.
GOP gets big help race for Patrick Kennedy seat
(AP)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
AP - The Republican candidate running to replace Rep. Patrick Kennedy in Congress says he's getting help in his bid from several former GOP presidential candidates.
Author assumes guise of 10-year-old to punk famous
(AP)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
AP - Over the years, "Little Billy" learned much from the country's top minds.
Wis. high court sides with dealer in Volvo dispute
(AP)
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010
AP - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has sided with a truck dealership in a dispute with a major manufacturer of semitrailers.
