Times Online | How Harry Reid shepherded healthcare reform through the Senate Los Angeles Times The Democratic leader's unusual grasp of the institution and of colleagues' individual needs enabled him to bargain and smooth the path to victory. By Noam N. Levey and janet hook Reporting from Washington - Rahm Emanuel was agitated. ... US Senate on verge of passing healthcare bill How will Senate vote affect health premiums? |
Telegraph.co.uk (blog) | Brittany Murphy leaves estate to mother Sharon Murphy New York Daily News F » |
CBC.ca | US airlines can face big fines for long delays Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - US airlines could face stiff fines for stranding passengers aboard grounded planes for more than three hours, according to a regulation that officials said on Monday was aimed at upholding passenger rights ... Flight Delays Get a Three-Hour Curb Under New Federal Rule U.S to airline passengers: you are free to depart US Limits Tarmac Waits for Passengers to 3 Hours |
CNN | Senate pushes to pass health care before holiday CNN This weekend's snowstorm in Washington hasn't st » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama says US healthcare takes step forward Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday praised a compromise that cleared the way for US Senate passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul, his top legislative priority. "Today is a major step forward for the American people," ... Senate health bill alters company taxes, profits Health-Care Bill Set for Passage With Nelson's Vote Democrats Get Their 60 Votes for Health Care. Now What? |
New York Times (blog) | From dinner to desperation: The 24-hour race for a deal in Copenhagen guardian.co.uk The Copenhagen climate change summit had been meticulously planned to produce a streamlined agreement. Instead, it turned into an epic struggle over the shape of a future world economic order US president, Barack Obama (right) sits down for a 55-minute ... African leaders Renew C » |
Los Angeles Times | TV ad, grassroots battles stalk healthcare debate Reuters LINCOLN, Nebraska (Reuters) - The healthcare reform debate raging in the US Senate has turned Nebraska and a handful of other states into the kind of political hotbeds more usu » |
CBC.ca | Copenhagen climate conference: ministers plan new summit Telegraph.co.uk World leaders could put off major decisions on global warming for another six months time amid a warning from Gordon Brown that at the Copenhagen climate conference is threatened wirth “deadlockâ€. By James Kirkup, and Louise Gray in Copenhagen The ... Copenhagen day of mass protest passes without major incident Climate talks deadlocked as clashes erupt outside Danish police hold 240 climate protesters |
Globe and Mail | Obama presses heads of largest banks to lend more Washington Post President Obama reiterated his c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Copenhagen summit: 600 arrested at climate change protest Times Online More than 600 people have been arrested at a demonstration against climate change in Copenhagen today. What started as a peaceful demonstration c » |
KTLA | Immigration sweep nets 280 with criminal records The Associated Press LOS ANGELES â€" Immigration agents say they have arrested 280 people in California in what authorities c » |
FOXNews (blog) | Barack Obama rewrites war and peace for Nobel audience Times Online President Obama turned the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony today into a professorial address on why and when the United States was prepared to use force. There was, he admitted in the Oslo City H » |
Reuters | 'Public Option' Keeps Toehold in Senate Deal on Health Bill New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The “broad agreement†that Senator Harry Reid announced Tuesday night on the proposed overhaul of the health care system was less a comprehensive accord among Democrats than an effort by the party's leaders to keep ... Democrats: private Medicare plans waste billions Best of the Web Today: The Mystery of Harry Reid |
Reuters | US Gen Stanley McChrystal backs US surge in Afghanistan BBC News The top US commander in Afghanistan has said there are "no silver bullets" for success there, but the troop surge will help reverse the Taliban's momentum. Testifying to US Congress, Gen Stanley McChrystal said President Barack Obama's deployment of ... US Commander in Afghanistan: Obama's Strategy Achievable McChrystal promises to turn Afghanistan tide within year Top US diplomat, military commander in Afghanistan back troop plan |
guardian.co.uk | Media mixed on climate summit BBC News Divergent opinion as to what can be achieved by the highly-anticipated UN climate summit in Copenhagen is reflected across much of European and US media. The opening day of the summit has drawn a range of views, from deep scepticism to hopeful optimism ... EPA Said to Issue Carbon-Emissions Rule, Giving Obama New Tool Europe turns on US and China over weak emission targets Global climate summit opens with c » |
CNN International | Obama's Climate Summit Trip to Be 'Most Productive' Bloomberg Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will delay his trip to a climate-change summit in Copenhagen until Dec. 18, the close of the sessions, when his participation will be “most productive,†an ... Obama to join climate summit on its final day Obama Determined to Get America Back to Work A Jobs Sigh of Relief |
New York Daily News | Almost Creating Jobs! Forbes WASHINGTON -- By most measures, the economy is growing again, but the labor market has yet to turn the corner. Friday's unemployment report provides hope that December will be the first month of job growth in two years. Only 11000 jobs were lost in ... Unemployment Rate F » |
CBC.ca | Obama Sets Faster Troop Deployment to Afghanistan New York Times Dario Lopez-Mills/AP American troops from a bomb-detection unit on duty in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, watched passing aircraft on Monday. By DAVID E. SANGER and PETER BAKER WASHINGTON â€" President Obama has decided to expedite the deployment of 30000 ... Obama's Troop Increase Means He 'Owns' Afghan War Marines to be first wave in new Afghanistan plan Obama taking reins of Afghan war |
