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Ex-con Traficant DQ’d from Congress comeback bid
Ex-con Traficant disqualified by Ohio elections officials in bid for congressional combeack Former Ohio Rep. James Traficant has been disqualified in his bid to return to Congress after seven years in prison. Political adviser Linda Kovachik says elections officials in Trumbull County ruled Tuesday that Traficant was short of the…
Kucinich: ‘We are losing our nation to lies about the necessity of war’
In Afghanistan, corruption is rife. It is so abundant, in fact, that a senior US lawmaker declared on Monday that she’d be freezing $3.9 billion in Afghan aid dollars until the situation is addressed. Rep. Nita Lowey’s declaration of principle was made in response to a Wall Street Journal report…
Kucinich: ‘We may be funding our own killers in Afghanistan’
Click for New York Times story: US-backed ‘bribes’ in Afghanistan may be funding Taliban On June 7, the day Afghanistan became America’s longest-ever war, the New York Times reported on an ongoing investigation poised to prove that private security companies “are using American money to bribe the Taliban” to fuel…
Sean Penn urges Congress not to forget Haiti
Oscar-winning actor turned activist Sean Penn, who has been working on Haiti aid after the massive January 12 earthquake, urged US lawmakers Wednesday to help reopen Haitian hospitals that have shut down for lack of funds. “The hospitals that do exist have got to be staffed, supplied, administrated to,” said…
Imelda Marcos wins seat in Philippines Congress
MANILA: Imelda Marcos, the widow of deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos famous for her vast collection of shoes, won a seat in the Philippine Congress on Tuesday. It’s a fresh taste of power for the former first lady, 80, who fled the country more than two decades ago after a popular…
Reid: GOP blocking justice for minority farmers
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized Republicans in a statement released Friday morning, attacking them for employing “obstructionism” to deny “justice” for black farmers and native American trust account holders, who have waited years for financial settlement over “historic injustices.” Where we see injustices, it is our responsibility to stand…
Obama calls for legislation to restrict lobbyist influence on elections
US President Barack Obama called on Congress on Saturday to pass reforms limiting the influence of special interest groups on US elections, saying the integrity of US democracy needed to be protected. “What we are facing is no less than a potential corporate takeover of our elections,” Obama said in…
US lawmakers won’t give Washington voting rights in 2010
WASHINGTON — The US Congress has given up plans to take up legislation this year to give the US capital a member of Congress with full voting rights amid a dispute over gun laws, a top lawmaker said Tuesday. “I am profoundly disappointed that we will not be considering legislation…
Key Obama adviser: Banks must fear the government
Failing US financial institutions must face the credible threat of government closure if reforms are to succeed, a key adviser to President Barack Obama said Tuesday. Paul Volcker, a former Federal Reserve chairman, said reforms being discussed by Congress hit on the “essential elements” of financial reform, but that a…
Obama plans to overhaul ‘No Child Left Behind’
President Barack Obama announced Saturday he will be sending to Congress a new education initiative designed to better prepare high school graduates for college and a professional career. The proposal, addressing the needs of the elementary and secondary education systems, will overhaul the so-called “No Child Left Behind” Act, an…
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