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Majority of Republicans feel America should address climate change
The analysis of environmental polls and surveys conducted in the US often focus on the political split between Democrats and Republicans. Unsurprisingly, really, given the public divide between the two parties and the almost Messianic qualities attributed to any one particular candidate, qualities… …
Congress postpones ‘debt ceiling’ deadline
The US Congress on Thursday suspended the country’s debt ceiling until May, giving lawmakers three months for high-stakes budget negotiations and averting a potentially catastrophic default. The Senate voted 64 to 34 in favour of the bill, which had already passed in the House of Representatives last week, authorising the…
Republicans want debt ceiling suspended until May
House Republicans introduced legislation Monday that would temporarily suspend the US debt ceiling until May 19, and postpone high-stakes negotiations over the country’s borrowing authority. The party leadership which controls bill movement in the House had announced earlier that it would vote this week on the measure, allowing for a…
Talks at a standstill as fiscal cliff looms
Last minute talks stalled Sunday between top US political leaders aimed at averting a fiscal calamity due to hit within hours, as Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for a lack of progress. Top Democrats and Republicans groped for a compromise before a punishing package of government spending cuts and…
Green Party candidate Jill Stein blasts Democrat and Republican duopoly
During an appearance Wednesday on CNN, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein spoke out against the deeply-entrenched two party system in the United States “The distinction between them [Democrats and Republicans] are far too small,” she said. “They want to debate the minutia of the tax code, rather than the…
Limbaugh backs off ‘Dark Knight’ Bane conspiracy, but insists ‘Romney is Batman!’
With election 2012 fully underway, Democrats and Republicans are busy grasping at the most vapid, puerile rhetorical attacks possible. Out of all that silly season rabble, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has somehow managed to come out on top with a conspiracy theory about the new “Batman” movie being timed to…
Obama calls for bipartisan cooperation in Congress
US President Barack Obama called Saturday for Democrats and Republicans to cooperate in Congress, saying they should put aside personal ambition to tackle important issues together. “We weren’t sent here to wage perpetual political campaigns against each other,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. “We were sent here to serve the American people.…
U.S. military veterans fight the war against the economy
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were and still remain major challenges for United States military troops. But the war back home against a staggering economy is still a formidable opponent in itself. Veterans of those wars continued to acknowledge that battle at the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America’s…
Harvard professor: Tea party, 99 Percent must unify against Wall St. abuses
Even as many in the partisan media attempt to embrace or shun the 99 Percent movement, there is another, quieter voice that’s rising, urging unity to fight the greed on Wall Street — and if polls are any indicator, that voice has already found deep sympathy with a great many…
Obama lays down new challenge on jobs
DETROIT, Michigan — A fired-up US President Barack Obama Monday bluntly told Republicans to “show us what you got,” stiffening his rhetoric ahead of his pivotal national address on jobs later this week. Obama, seeking to restart stalled US job creation, revive the economy and his own tumbling political fortunes,…
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