Day: May 21, 2008

Senator Edward M. Kennedy was greeted by well wishers upon his release after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bush administration rolled out pricing details on Wednesday for an urgent student loan market stabilization program mandated earlier this month by Congress, with key lawmakers expressing general support.

Says efforts to seat Florida and Michigan delegates like freeing slaves and the right of blacks and women to vote.

Obama says gov’t should not be used as a tool "to enrich high-priced lobbyists." See also: This is our thanks?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Without its most powerful orator and liberal giant, the U.S. Senate was suddenly quieter and emptier on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed a law that prohibits discrimination against anyone whose genetic information shows a predisposition to illnesses such as cancer or heart disease.

Top oil executives tried to shift anger over high prices to a debate over supplies on Wednesday, leading a senator to accuse them of acting like “hapless victims” while racking up record profits.

Challenges ahead for measure that would require offenders to register e-mail addresses, screen names.

Move is part of a last-gasp strategy to prolong her campaign by convincing the party to alter nomination math.  See also: Obama all but declares victory

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday attempted to link record gasoline prices to cozy ties between President George. W. Bush – a former Texas oil man – and five big energy companies who logged $36 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2008.