CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied that the government plans to impose controls on the Internet, saying Sunday that his administration aims to increase Web access rather than limit it. Earlier this month, Chavez sparked concerns of a possible crackdown on Web sites critical of his government when he called for regulation [...]
NY Post: He tried to save a life, and paid with his own. A hardworking father of two, who was about to get engaged to his girlfriend, was stabbed to death trying to rescue a young family friend from a pack of bloodthirsty teenage thugs on a Bronx street, cops said. “For saving his life, [...]
DeMint’s Website: DeMint to Introduce Bill to Repeal ObamaCare March 21, 2010 – WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) announced that he will introduce legislation this week to repeal President Obama’s government takeover of health care. House Democrats voted this evening to pass the Senate version of the health care bill [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage. “This is what change looks like,” Obama said a [...]
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White House issues statement on executive order The White House has released the text of the executive order prohibiting federal funding of abortion. The order was crafted as part of a deal to win the votes of pro-life House Democrats unhappy with the Senate’s restrictions. White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said: While the legislation as [...]
Agencie France Presse: US Attorney General Eric Holder took office pledging a sharp shift away from the last administration’s policies, but an apparent change of heart in the White House could see the top lawyer leave his job. Holder, 59, is the first African-American to hold the top legal post, and was generally regarded with [...]
Senate Republicans Website: Senate Democrats Refuse Bi-partisan Meeting With Parliamentarian Until After House Votes WASHINGTON DC – Senate Democrats have balked at a bi-partisan meeting with the Senate Parliamentarian to discuss a rule violation that could doom the entire House reconciliation proposal.
The Hill: Democrats have reached a deal on an executive order on abortion that could hand them a victory on healthcare. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) announced a deal at a press conference. He said the deal means Democrats will have the 216 votes they need to win a healthcare reform vote on the floor. “We’re [...]
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope that it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen, if, entertaining as I [...]
Urgent — Rep. Stupak to CNN producer Lesa Jansen: “I’m still a no…There is no deal yet. Its a work in progress.” – 10:24 pdt less than a minute ago via web The Hill: House Democratic leaders are struggling to gain the 216 votes they need to win a healthcare vote on Sunday. House Democratic [...]
