Archive for January, 2011
House Republicans Schedule Vote On Repeal Of Health Care Next Week (16)
The Hill: House Republicans plan to fulfill a campaign promise and hold a vote next week on repealing the healthcare reform law. The incoming House majority leader, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), announced Monday that the vote will take place on Jan. 12, one week after Republicans take control of the House. Republicans posted the two-page [...]
Obama To Terminate Congressional Power, Dictate Laws (13)
Washington Examiner: President Obama challenged congressional Republicans to embrace the “shared responsibility” of governance even as the White House appears ready to use unilateral executive powers to battle Capitol Hill. With Republicans taking over the House and increasing their number in the Senate, Obama faces the possibility of having his agenda stalled with limited room [...]
The Shadow Of The Beast Across The Land: Hundreds Of Birds Now Fall Dead From The Sky In Louisiana (19)
The Advocate: LABARRE — Hundreds of dead and dying birds littered a quarter-mile stretch of highway in Pointe Coupee Parish on Monday as motorists drove over and around them. State biologists are trying to determine what led to the deaths of the estimated 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings on La. 1 just down the road [...]
Raw Video: Burglars Drive Into Bowling Alley (0)
The owner of Allen’s Crosley Lanes in Vancouver, Washington released surveillance video that shows burglars driving into the bowling allen, smashing into an ATM, then loading into the back of their minivan. (Jan. 3)
Obama Considering William Daley To Replace Rahm Emanuel (4)
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama is considering naming William Daley, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive and former U.S. Commerce secretary, to a high-level White House post, possibly as his chief of staff, people familiar with the matter said. Such a move, which is still under discussion and which White House officials wouldn’t confirm, would bring [...]
Poll: Nearly Half Of Voters Don’t Believe Obama’s Key Health Care Promise (5)
The Hill: Nearly half of voters with health insurance do not believe President Obama’s promise that they will be able to keep it under the new healthcare reform law, according to a poll released Monday. Forty-five percent of voters with healthcare insurance believe they will be forced to change coverage, including 26 percent who say [...]
Israeli President Rebukes Napolitano To Her Face Over Iran (7)
Fox News: JERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres went off topic to deliver a gentle rebuke on American policy toward Iran during a visit Monday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The meeting between Napolitano and Peres had been planned as a discussion of global aviation security and related issues, but with the press gathered [...]