Second stimulus?
February 18, 2009
Press secretary tells reporters on board Air Force One that he ‘wouldn’t foreclose” the idea.
Shaq sends Obama his shoe
February 18, 2009
O’Neal can’t attend, so he sends an autographed size-23 sneaker instead.
New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike
February 18, 2009
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ruled that reactors at new nuclear power plants must be designed to withstand the crash of a commercial jetliner.
Obama Team Has Billions to Spend, but Few Ready to Do It
February 18, 2009
The departments charged with executing one of the largest spending projects in American history are operating largely with career stand-ins without the authority of political appointees.
Obama Leaves D.C. to Sign Stimulus Bill
February 18, 2009
DENVER, Feb. 17 — Warning that its passage into law “does not mark the end of our economic troubles,” President Obama on Tuesday signed the $787 billion stimulus package, a measure he called the most sweeping financial legislation enacted in the nation’s history.
Burris Admits to Fundraising Attempt; Senator Says He Tried to Solicit Money for Blagojevich
February 18, 2009
CHICAGO, Feb. 17 — In the latest in a series of shifting accounts of his conduct, Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) told reporters that he tried to raise money for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the same time he was asking Blagojevich to appoint him to the Senate.
Obama, Gates at Odds Over Proposed Protections for National Security Whistleblowers
February 18, 2009
During an election featuring Democratic allegations that U.S. intelligence was distorted to justify a misbegotten war, Barack Obama endorsed new protections for national security officers who blow the whistle on abusive, corrupt or illegal behavior, by offering them the right to sue for damages and…
EPA May Reverse Bush, Limit Carbon Emissions From Coal-Fired Plants
February 18, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency will reopen the possibility of regulating carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, tossing aside a December Bush administration memorandum that declared that the agency would not limit the emissions.
Budget Mire Forces Calif. Senate Lockdown
February 18, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 — Locked inside the state Capitol until they pass a $42 billion package to fill a mammoth budget gap, California lawmakers carried sleeping bags and extra socks into the ornate Senate chamber Tuesday, settling in for a long stalemate in a state where political paralysis is…
Back Home in Alaska, Palin Faces Scrutiny and Second-Guessing From All Sides
February 18, 2009
JUNEAU, Alaska — A couple of weeks before the Alaska legislature began this year’s session, a bipartisan group of state senators on a retreat a few hours from here invited Gov. Sarah Palin to join them. Accompanied by a retinue of advisers, she took a seat at one end of a conference table and…