Thursday, July 29th, 2010
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER 2010-07-29T23:02:52Z WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s election-year jobs agenda suffered a new setback Thursday when Senate Republicans blocked a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending… (source: The Arizona Republic) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Excerpt from:
Republicans block small business lending bill (source: The Arizona Republic)
Tags: arizona-republic, article-on-facebook, drinks, gop, jobs-agenda, president, president-barack, senate, twitter
Posted in Business, Object | No Comments »
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
In Senate and gubernatorial races, wealthy contenders have edges in latest poll. The primaries are Aug.
Read the original here:
Well-Heeled Newcomers Take Leads In Florida (source: NPR)
Tags: article-on-facebook, article-on-twitter, crime, facebook, harlem, hear-the-details, npr, Politics, senate, the-ethics, twitter
Posted in Object, Politics | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Senate Republicans to back a bill that would help small businesses, calling its provisions “things the Republican Party has said it supported for years.” (source: CNN) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Read the original post:
Obama urges GOP to back bill aiding small businesses (source: CNN)
Tags: article, article-on-facebook, calling-its, cnn, committee, facebook, house-ethics, made-the-cut, michael, michael-bennet, process, reuters, senate, twitter, wednesday
Posted in Business, Object, Small Business | No Comments »
Monday, July 26th, 2010
A pair of senators and the families of Lockerbie bombing victims will hold a news conference ahead of this week’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the matter. (source: CNN) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Read the original post:
Senators, Lockerbie bombing families to hold news conference (source: CNN)
Tags: afghanistan, facebook, families, matter, relations-committee, release-suggests, senate, the-families, twitter
Posted in Object | No Comments »
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Kenny MacAskill, who released Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, will not fly to US for Senate foreign relations committeeThe Scottish justice minister has been accused of “running a mile” from a US inquiry into the release of the Libyan jailed for the Lockerbie bombi… (source: Guardian) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
See more here:
Anger over Scottish justice minister’s Lockerbie inquiry snub (source: Guardian)
Tags: article-on-facebook, article-on-twitter, cbs, guardian, nuclear, president-obama, senate
Posted in Object | No Comments »
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
The Senate voted Thursday night to reject more than $20 billion in domestic spending the House had tacked on to its $60 billion bill to fund President Obama’s troop surge in Afghanistan. (source: NPR) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Read more here:
Senate Returns $60B Stripped Out War Bill To House (source: NPR)
Tags: actions-marked, article, article-on-twitter, domestic-spending, facebook, npr, Politics, reject-more, river-thursday, senate, testify, thursday, twitter
Posted in Object | No Comments »
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain’s former Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been invited to testify next week at a U.S.
View original post here:
Senate asks ex-UK minister testify on Lockerbie (source: Reuters)
Tags: airline-bombing, article, article-on-facebook, britain, lockerbie, Politics, reuters, senate, source-said, straw, the-1988, the-release, twitter
Posted in Object, Politics | No Comments »
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted on Wednesday to reinstate unemployment benefits for about 2.5 million Americans whose checks were cut off in recent months due to a partisan standoff over deficit spending. (source: Reuters) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
Original post:
Senate ends standoff and votes to restore jobless aid (source: Reuters)
Tags: article, article-on-facebook, article-on-twitter, facebook, over-deficit, Politics, recent-months, reinstate-unemployment, reuters, senate, twitter, voted-on-wednesday, wednesday, were-cut
Posted in Object, Politics | No Comments »
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has invited BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward to answer questions next week about BP and the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber, a congressional source told CNN Wednesday.
Read the rest here:
BP exec invited to Lockerbie hearing (source: CNN)
Tags: article, chairman, chief, chief-executive, convicted, facebook, gonzales, hayward, lockerbie, next-week, obama, release, senate, source-told
Posted in Object | No Comments »
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
President Obama is poised to sign the measure into law after a final House vote on Thursday. The measure had once been considered routine but got caught up in a monthslong battle between Democrats and Republicans over whether the benefits should be finance…
See the rest here:
Senate Passes Bill To Restore Jobless Benefits (source: NPR)
Tags: article, article-on-twitter, facebook, house, obama, over-deficit, over-whether, president-obama, reuters, senate, twitter, voted-on-wednesday, wednesday
Posted in Object | No Comments »