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Progressive caucus splits on Libya, abandons joint resolution opposing intervention
WASHINGTON – Soon after President Barack Obama declared last Friday that the U.S. would wage a military intervention in Libya, members of the 75-strong House Progressive Caucus began quietly discussing how to oppose the effort with maximum impact. By the weekend, when the first U.S. missiles struck Libya, a full…
Yemen President Ali Saleh announces plan to retire in Jan. 2012
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave office after organizing congress elections by January 2012, refusing to hand over power without knowing who would succeed him, an aide said on Tuesday. “President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he will hand over power through (parliamentary) elections and the formation…
Ron Paul: Libya no-fly zone ‘unconstitutional’
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) claimed that the Obama administration’s move to impose a no-fly zone over Libya was “unconstitutional” because the president didn’t seek Congressional authorization. In a video posted Friday to YouTube, the isolationist congressman called the no-fly zone — pushed by the U.S., Britain and France and approved…
US still wants to expand nuclear energy: Chu
WASHINGTON — The United States still wants to expand nuclear plant construction despite the Japan disaster and sees nuclear power as a key part of clean energy efforts, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday. Testifying at a House subcommittee hearing about President Barack Obama’s request for energy funds in the…
Massachusetts voters can now register as ‘Pirates’
The Massachusetts Election Division has approved the Massachusetts Pirate Party as a political designation, allowing voters in the state to register as a “Pirate.” The party strives to increase government transparency, promote personal privacy, reinforce the spread of knowledge through copyright reform, and abolish patents. “We live in a country…
Richard Burr: Newt Gingrich won’t be the GOP nominee in 2012
WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) bluntly predicted that Newt Gingrich would fail to secure the Republican nomination in 2012, after the former House speaker declared he was exploring a presidential bid. Burr was first elected to the House in 1994 on the coattails of the Gingrich-led Republican takeover of…
GOP leader John Boehner: House will defend the Defense of Marriage Act
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) said the House of Representatives would defend controversial legislation passed by Congress in 1996 that defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman. Last week, President Barack Obama decided that a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act,…
Congress eyes deal to avoid govt shutdown
WASHINGTON — The US Congress faces a looming deadline this week to reach agreement on spending to avoid a federal government shutdown that could have chilling consequences for the US economy. The current stopgap spending measure — known as a “continuing resolution” or “CR” — is valid through midnight Friday,…
Democratic Senator Jim Webb not seeking re-election in 2012
WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election in 2012. He joins several over Senate Democrats in calling it quits after the 112th Congress, including Sens. Kent Conrad (ND), Byron Dorgan (ND), and Joe Lieberman (CT), an independent who caucuses with Democrats. The…
Rep. Jane Harman to quit Congress: reports
WASHINGTON – Ten-year Rep. Jane Harman, a Democrat from California, is expected to resign from Congress soon to head the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center, according to three major media outlets. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell broke the news on Twitter Monday morning, writing: “[S]ources tell me Jane Harman to quit Congress succeed…
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