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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:02:10 GMT

US Federal Reserve in Washington, DC. Dodd's decision to house the consumer protection agency at the Federal Reserve has been met with barely concealed fury by some of his Democratic colleagues who accuse him rewarding a watchdog that failed miserably to prevent the worst financial crisis in decades.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AP - A Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy and would force the industry to pay for its failures.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:51:58 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, May 21, 2009.   REUTERS/Larry Downing/FilesAP - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Barack Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching a final vote in Congress, pledging it would make preventive care cost-free and close a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:01:22 GMT

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Michael D. Furlong. Furlong, a Defense Department official, is under investigation for allegedly hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a U.S. official said Monday, March 15, 2010. (AP Photo/US Air Force)AP - A Defense Department official is under investigation for allegedly hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a U.S. official said Monday.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:21:17 GMT
Politico - Theodore Olbermann played something of an unlikely role in the super-heated health care debate.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:41:30 GMT
Politico - Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk's first Senate ad highlights his fiscal conservatism and naval service, but what is striking is that he also uses another label for himself at the outset of the ad -- "Republican."
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:54:41 GMT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2010 file photo, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska in a dogsled driven by Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,  to formally launch the nation's 2010 count. More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday, March 15, 2010, in mailboxes around the country, in the government's once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - Let the count begin.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:02:33 GMT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego freeway and acknowledged it may not be able to solve the mystery of what happened to the hybrid.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:03:10 GMT
AP - Usually out of the national spotlight, state legislative races are taking on new prominence this year. The reason? It's a year ending in a zero, when U.S. census results are the cue for state lawmakers to draw new boundaries for congressional districts across the country.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:39:46 GMT
AP - Some common problems when filling out U.S. census forms, which arrive by mail beginning Monday:
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:22 GMT

David Axelrod, Senior White House Adviser, appears on AP - The White House on Sunday defended President Barack Obama's scathing criticism of a Supreme Court decision that allows unions and corporations to funnel unlimited dollars to political campaigns.


Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:56:29 GMT

President Barack Obama walks out of the Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center in Chevy Chase, Md., Saturday, March 13, 2010, after ha Obama and the first lady attended their daughter Sasha's basketball game. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday had what the White House described as an "encouraging" phone conversation with Russian President Dmitrty Medvedev as the two countries sought to work out the remaining issues on a treaty to significantly reduce nuclear arsenals.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:44:21 GMT
AP - A 38-year-old woman acknowledged Monday killing six of her newborns, whose corpses were found in plastic bags in her basement, at the opening of a chilling trial in northwest France.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:29:24 GMT
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday to work to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following the devastating January earthquake in the poor Caribbean state.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:54:42 GMT

US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare insurance reform in Strongsville, Ohio on Monday. US President Barack Obama Monday pleaded with lawmakers to pass his health reform bill, relating the heart-rending plight of a cancer victim at the 11th hour of a bitter debate.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - US President Barack Obama Monday pleaded with lawmakers to pass his health reform bill, relating the heart-rending plight of a cancer victim at the 11th hour of a bitter debate.


Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:01:00 GMT

House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., left, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., center, and others leave the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, after the Congressional Black Caucus met with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The looming vote for final passage of the historic health-care bill is the stiffest challenge House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has faced in his three-plus years as the lawmaker responsible for counting heads and ensuring passage of major legislation.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:14:18 GMT
CQPolitics.com - As a rule, big business hates higher taxes. So it would come as no surprise to find the oil and gas industry upset about climate change legislation that would increase levies at the gas pump.
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:28:42 GMT

The Toyota logo are reflected on a Prius on display at the Chicago Auto Show on February 10. US lawmakers preparing to grill Toyota executives on their handling of a series of mass safety recalls accused the Japanese automaker Monday of Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.’s handling of recalls came under mounting criticism on the eve of the automaker’s U.S. congressional testimony, including charges that the company misled the public on the adequacy of its recalls.


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