WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, in her last weeks in office after announcing she was quitting, has waded into the U.S. climate change debate, saying President Barack Obama’s energy plans would cost jobs and damage the economy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a key U.S. congressional panel will introduce legislation on Wednesday calling for ending a college student loan program that for years helped lenders such as Sallie Mae thrive.
At a Senate hearing, critics cited the broad powers of the president’s proposed regulatory agency, and backers said regulation is needed.
In California and other states, one out of every five people who would like to be working full time is not doing so.
As Judge Sonia Sotomayor had her first chance to rebut critics and the nation had its first chance to listen to her at length, passion was in short supply.
The Obama administration plan to provide $12 billion to two-year colleges is seen as recognition of their importance to the economy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saying it was “time to get this done,” President Barack Obama pressed Wednesday for swift congressional action on healthcare after a Senate panel approved a bill to overhaul the $2.5 trillion industry.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Honduran minister who called U.S. President Barack Obama “that little black guy” quit the country’s post-coup interim government on Tuesday, citing U.S. Embassy “pressures.”
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Moody’s cut its rating on Tuesday on about $72 billion of California’s debt to near junk status, citing the state’s budget crisis, but a top lawmaker said a deal to close a $26.3 billion gap was near.
Confirmation hearings seek, in theory, to determine what sort of justice the nominee would be. But in practice they show what sort of lawyer the nominee is.