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Gulf oil spill: In Louisiana, Obama criticizes BP advertising and dividend payments [Updated]
GreenspacePresident Obama sharply criticized BP on Friday, saying the company should not waste millions of dollars on television advertising and dividend payments when the money would be better spent on people suffering from the spill. "My understanding is that BP.... -
Social nets wrap: Online reaction to court reversal of Obama's offshore oil drilling ban
Top of the TicketDemocratic White House plans to seek a new moratorium to halt all offshore drilling.... -
Why the election of a short-term replacement senator will matter
Change of SubjectDerided as silly, goofy and unnecessary, the special election to fill out the last two months of the seat now held by temporary Sen. Roland Burris stands to make at least some difference for the winner. Smart money says the...... -
On tax reform, still a hope for bipartisanship
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelFlorida's temporary U.S. senator, Republican George LeMieux, came to Orlando this week to hold a public forum about the urgent need to deal with the nation's enormous and growing national debt problem. LeMieux took his Senate seat less than a... -
Healthcare vote: 'What elections are for'
The SwampPosted at 7 am EST, updated at 5:30 pm President Barack Obama closed a bipartisan summit on healthcare today the way he opened it, with a speech about how much the Democrats and Republicans actually agree upon -- or should......Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Laws, Health and Safety at School, Fox Broadcasting Company, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Full texts of healthcare summit opening remarks: Obama, Alexander, Pelosi, Reid (Updated)
Top of the TicketThree Democrats and one Republican speak at the start of the healthcare summit.... -
Senators: Don’t Drill
Central Florida Political Pulse» Orlando Sentinel – Central Florida Political PulseBy William Gibson, Washington Bureau Florida Senator Bill Nelson and nine other coastal-state Democrats have warned fellow senators not to expand offshore oil drilling as part of legislation to diminish global warming. Their letter to negotiators who... -
Rahm Emanuel: 'A lot of heat... not light'
The Swampby Mark Silva The initial reaction to passage of an historic healthcare bill in some quarters of the country this spring is staring to make the TEA Party protests against taxes and the rest last summer look tame -- now......Tags: Local Elections, National Government, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Laws, Bill Clinton
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Bill aims to ban toy-like lighters
The SwampA display of novelty lighters sits on the counter at a Skokie, Ill. Marathon gas station, which sells lighters that have lights on them along with other toy-like designs, July 17, 2007. (Chicago Tribune Photo By David Trotman-Wilkins) by......Tags: Baby Products, Susan Collins, Health and Safety at Work, Skokie, Toy Industry
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Bailout (of rum, arrows, race tracks)
The Swampby Frank James What do rum, motorsport race tracks and wooden arrows used by kids all have in common? The financial markets bailout bill, that's what. Taxpayers for Common Sense has compiled a handy list of what it called the......Tags: United Technologies Corporation, Crime, Law and Justice, Schools, Upper House, Parliament
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Will Dems get a brake-free Senate?
The Swampby Frank James One of the biggest question marks right now about what will happen on Election Day is whether Democrats will gain a filibuster-proof Senate by reaching 60 votes. The filibuster, of course, is the way that the Senate......Tags: Election Day, Laws, National Government, John Kerry, Saxby Chambliss
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Love abounds at Interior hearing
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley For all the fire they can spit on C-SPAN, ranting about procedure or policy, the truth is that most United States senators are exceedingly polite to one another in public. Friendly, often. Every once in a while......Tags: National Government, Endangered Species, Conservation, Global Change, Tourism and Leisure
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