10Mar

Administration Nears a Crossroads on Trade

Posted by ADMiN as International Trade and World Market, New York Times, News, Protectionism (Trade), United States Economy, United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government

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The question is whether the U.S. is prepared to lead or whether protectionist pressures will make it impossible to engage fully with trading partners.

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10Mar

Economic Scene: Wishing for a Health Care Plan That Cuts Costs

Posted by ADMiN as Federal Budget (US), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, Reform and Reorganization, United States Economy, United States Politics and Government

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President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag for those who care about keeping down medical costs.

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10Mar

Attacks on Detainee Lawyers Split Conservatives

Posted by ADMiN as Brookings Institution, Cheney, Liz, Conservatism (US Politics), Detainees, Federalist Society, Justice Department, Keep America Safe, Legal Profession, New York Times, News, Terrorism, United States Politics and Government

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Liz Cheney criticized lawyers who represented terrorism suspects. A group of right-leaning legal scholars objected.

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10Mar

Draft on Payday Rules Loses a Provision

Posted by ADMiN as Banks and Banking, Consumer Protection, Corker, Bob, Credit, Dodd, Christopher J, Finances, Law and Legislation, New York Times, News, Payday Loans, Reform and Reorganization, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Senate Committee on Banking, United States Politics and Government

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Senator Bob Corker wants a proposed bank agency to be more lenient, but critics say consumers would be hurt.

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09Mar

House Democrat Says Party Drove Him From Office

Posted by ADMiN as House of Representatives, Massa, Eric J, New York Times, News, Politics and Government, Sexual Harassment, United States Politics and Government

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Eric J. Massa from New York, accused of sexual harassment, said that party leaders had orchestrated a campaign against him.

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08Mar

Arkansas’s Senator in Middle, Hit on All Sides

Posted by ADMiN as Arkansas, Democratic Party, Elections, Halter, Bill, Lincoln, Blanche Lambert, New York Times, News, Senate, United States Politics and Government

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Senator Blanche Lincoln, a moderate Democrat, is caught between antigovernment ire and the frustrated left.

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07Mar

Message Maven Finds Fingers Pointing at Him

Posted by ADMiN as Axelrod, David, New York Times, News, Obama, Barack, United States Politics and Government

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David Axelrod has felt the brunt of criticism over what many view as the administration’s failure to clearly define and disseminate President Obama’s agenda.

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05Mar

Political Memo: Rash of Scandals Tests Democrats at Sensitive Time

Posted by ADMiN as Blagojevich, Rod R, Democratic Party, Edwards, John, Ethics, New York Times, News, Paterson, David A, Politics and Government, Rangel, Charles B, Spitzer, Eliot L, United States Politics and Government

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Ethics cases have opened the party to the same lines of criticism used against Republicans in winning control of the House and Senate four years ago.

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04Mar

Obama Takes Health Care Deadline to Democrats

Posted by ADMiN as Health Insurance and Managed Care, House of Representatives, Law and Legislation, New York Times, News, Reform and Reorganization, Senate, United States Politics and Government

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President Obama met with insurance executives and selected House Democrats, as party leaders struggled to figure out whether they can meet his timetable.

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04Mar

Obama Calls for ‘Up or Down Vote’ on Health Care Bill

Posted by ADMiN as Health Insurance and Managed Care, New York Times, News, Obama, Barack, Reform and Reorganization, United States Politics and Government

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President Obama sketched out an ambitious — and, some Democrats said, unrealistic — timetable for his party to pass the bill.

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04Mar

Californians Compete for a Shot at Redistricting

Posted by ADMiN as California, Law and Legislation, New York Times, News, Redistricting and Reapportionment, Reform and Reorganization, State Legislatures, United States Politics and Government

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Thousands applied for 14 positions to help redraw the state’s 120 districts, the only citizen effort of its kind.

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04Mar

Many Potential Successors if Rangel Retires

Posted by ADMiN as Harlem (NYC), House of Representatives, New York Times, News, Rangel, Charles B, United States Politics and Government

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If Mr. Rangel decided not to run, it would touch off an intense battle for what has been, for the past 20 Congressional elections, the safest of safe House seats.

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03Mar

N.Y. Democrat Retiring From Congress

Posted by ADMiN as Democratic Party, House of Representatives, New York State, New York Times, News, United States Politics and Government

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The retirement of Representative Eric J. Massa, who was elected in 2008, will leave Democrats challenged to maintain their hold on a hard-won seat.

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03Mar

‘Yes’ for Texas Governor Is ‘No’ to Washington

Posted by ADMiN as Hutchison, Kay Bailey, Medina, Debra, New York Times, News, Perry, Rick, Primaries and Caucuses, Republican Party, Texas, United States Politics and Government

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In the Republican primary, Gov. Rick Perry rode a wave of anti-Washington sentiment and fended off a challenge from Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.

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03Mar

Senator Relents, and Jobless Bill Passes

Posted by ADMiN as Bunning, Jim, Collins, Susan M, New York Times, News, Republican Party, Senate, Unemployment Insurance, United States Politics and Government

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The Senate reached a resolution on unemployment pay after Senator Jim Bunning dropped his objection.

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02Mar

2,000 Furloughs Linked to Impasse in Congress

Posted by ADMiN as Democratic Party, Law and Legislation, New York Times, News, Republican Party, Senate, Transportation Department (US), United States Economy, United States Politics and Government

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Senate Democrats said a Republican’s opposition to a bill extending jobless aid was coming at a high cost.

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28Feb

Both Sides Stand Their Ground on Health Care

Posted by ADMiN as Democratic Party, Health Insurance and Managed Care, New York Times, News, Republican Party, United States Politics and Government

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The months-long confrontation over health care seemed to lurch closer to the use by Democrats of a controversial parliamentary maneuver for passage.

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28Feb

Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote

Posted by ADMiN as Abortion, Cardoza, Dennis, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Kratovil, Frank M Jr, New York Times, News, Obama, Barack, Pelosi, Nancy, Reform and Reorganization, Reid, Harry, United States Politics and Government

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The future of President Obama’s overhaul rests largely with two blocs of swing Democrats: abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives.

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28Feb

Unlikely Activist Who Got to the Tea Party Early

Posted by ADMiN as Carender, Keli, New York Times, News, Tea Party Movement, United States Politics and Government

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Keli Carender, 30, is credited with holding the first protest that bloomed into the Tea Party movement.

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27Feb

Congressional Memo: Conflict in Senate Could Get Messier

Posted by ADMiN as Bunning, Jim, Filibusters and Debate Curbs, New York Times, News, Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, United States Politics and Government

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A group of Democrats held a Republican senator’s feet to the political fire over his opposition to extended unemployment benefits.

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