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Obama ditches ‘doom and gloom’ of Washington to make new jobs push
Barack Obama ditched the “doom and gloom” of Washington Thursday to seek out dynamic job-creating hotspots of the US economy, which remains broadly sluggish four years into his presidency. Obama launched a new series of tours to parts of the United States where innovation and investment are creating a new…
House overwhelmingly votes to block cuts that would have caused air travel delays
Republicans hail victory over Democrats but White House spokesman suggests Congress should help the needy The House of Representatives passed on Friday a draft bill to ease the disruption to air travel across the country that has been created by the sequester budget cuts. The House vote was quick, with…
Jon Stewart castigates Congress for loosening insider trading law
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped Congress for weakening a recently approved law that subjected lawmakers to the same insider trading laws as every other American. Following a scathing 60 Minutes report on the topic, Congress passed the STOCK Act in 2012 to prohibit…
Joe Biden: White House is not going to rest until gun laws passed
The White House will keep pushing for tough new gun ownership laws despite lack of support in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday, urging politicians to show “courage” for the sake of shooting massacre victims. “I’m not going to rest and nor is the president until we do all…
Activists say Congress most hostile to environment it’s been in 40 years
Congress scored historic low on League of Conservation Voters’ annual report card, reinforcing political divide on green issues The last Congress was the most hostile to environmental causes in 40 years, the League of Conservation Voters said on Wednesday in its annual report card on members’ voting patterns. The findings follow…
How Congress became the boy who cried ‘Wolf!’ or: How I learned to stop worrying and hate the sequester
Do you even remember the first time Republicans threatened to shut down the government? (The first time, that is, since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich followed through on his promise in 1995 with disastrous political consequences?) Unless you’re a serious political junkie, you probably don’t remember (it was 2010, though, for the…
Mother of slain inaugural performer demands action from Congress
The mother of Hadiya Pendelton, a 15-year-old girl who was shot to death one week after performing at President Barack Obama’s inauguration has made a PSA demanding action on gun safety from Congress. Cleopatra Cowley-Pendelton joined forces with the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns to produce the 30-second ad spot.…
Panetta laments ‘meanness’ of U.S. politics
Looking back at a long political career, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday lamented an increasingly bitter atmosphere in Washington, saying there was “too much meanness” on display. His comments come amid a mounting budget crisis in a deeply divided Congress and after Republican lawmakers renewed threats to block the…
Obama to release secret drone strike memos to Congress
In a reversal, President Barack Obama will allow lawmakers access to secret documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes that kill US citizens abroad who conspire with Al-Qaeda. An administration official disclosed the move Wednesday on the eve of a Senate hearing on Obama’s nomination of his top White…
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If you want to see why the public approval rating of Congress is down in the sub-arctic range — an icy 15 percent by last count — all you have to do is take a quick look at how the House and Senate pay worship at the altar of corporations,…
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