The Hill: The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill. “We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,†Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.†The remark stirred a murmur at [...]
By John Boehner, from his website: Just like the original 2,032-page, government-run health care plan from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill would levy a new “abortion premium†fee on Americans in the government-run plan. Beginning on line 7, p. 118, section 1303 under “Voluntary Choice of Coverage [...]
Los Angeles Times: About 30 students stormed UCLA’s Campbell Hall and barricaded the doors with chains and bike locks early this morning to protest a student fee increase that is expected to be endorsed by the University of California’s Board of Regents today. [Updated at 8:39 a.m.: The UC Regents have started to meet, and [...]
Washington Examiner: On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Even as he bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia last April and to the emperor of Japan last week, the world refuses to bow back. [...]
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Washington Post: SEOUL — President Barack Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the Thanksgiving holiday, senior aides said on Thursday. The news came as the president greeted 1,500 troops at Osan Air Base in South Korea, just before boarding Air Force One and heading back to Washington after [...]
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Fox News: WASHINGTON — After months of maneuvering, the Senate stands at the brink of a historic battle over health care with President Barack Obama and his allies on one side and Republicans, outnumbered but unflinching, on the other. “Now it’s America’s turn, and this will not be a short debate,” Sen. Mitch McConnell of [...]
Times Online: President Hamid Karzai today signalled the beginning of the end of foreign military intervention in his country, when he pledged that Afghan security forces would take the lead in combating the Taleban over the next three to five years. In a much-anticipated inauguration speech, the Afghan leader told dozens of visiting foreign dignitaries [...]
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Wall Street Journal: At least funny bones are being stimulated by the Obama Administration’s $787 billion economic stimulus bill. To wit, how many Americans does it take to make nine pairs of work boots? According to the White House’s recovery.gov site, an $890 shoe order for the Army Corps of Engineers, courtesy of the stimulus [...]
The Hill: Recently launched California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina (R) is on a quest to prove her conservative bona fides to California voters. But on Wednesday, the Fiorina’s first target was a group of D.C. reporters. Fiorina, who faces a grassroots conservative primary challenger before she can get to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), cast doubt [...]
