The Hill: President Obama is nominating Alan Krueger, an economics professor at Princeton University, to head his White House economics team. The president announced Monday that he plans to tap the labor economist as chairman of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). In a statement, he touted Krueger’s qualifications, calling him “a key [...]
Chicago Sun-Times: Stocks moved higher Friday for the second day in a row. What happened, Wall Street? Finally tired of the market’s roller-coaster ride? Stocks haven’t moved in the same direction for two straight days in more than a week. And the last time the Dow had two positive days in a row was more [...]
The Times Of London: Europe’s disappointment with Barack Obama’s presidency is laid bare today as the EU’s most senior figure calls for a dramatic effort to revive transatlantic relations. The President of the European Commission told The Times that the new era at the White House was in danger of becoming a “missed opportunity†for [...]
Politico: The so-called “Slaughter solution†for enacting health care reform without a conventional House vote on an identically worded Senate bill would be vulnerable to credible constitutional challenge, experts say. No lawyer interviewed by POLITICO thought the constitutionality of the “deem and pass†approach being considered by House Democrats was an open-and-shut case either way. [...]
Bloomberg: Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Even if Democrats lose the special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said. That procedure requires 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to prevent Republicans from blocking votes on President Barack Obama’s [...]
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By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent Israeli intelligence was involved in editing and creating the sanitized version of information about Iran’s recently revealed secret uranium enrichment facility near Qom. The revelation comes in an interview given by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta to TIME magazine. Panetta said that the CIA had known [...]
AmericanThinker: J.C. Arenas With their decision to broadcast a primetime special that will highlight the Democrats’ relentless pursuit towards government-ran health care and exclude the views of those whom oppose their effort, ABC has signaled they no longer believe in the concept of press independence and the public’s right to choose. Once upon a time [...]
