Will Fed plans undercut stimulus?
December 18, 2009
Are the White House, Congress and the Federal Reserve on the same page when it comes to jobs?
Skies darken for Bernanke bid
December 18, 2009
Some Fed watchers say Obama’s pick is in more trouble than previously thought.
FEC members clash over family gifts
December 18, 2009
Dems say GOP members open the door to wealthy parents financing their children’s campaigns.
Reid plays it close to the vest
December 18, 2009
Reid’s having private talks with colleagues — but he’s not sharing what’s said in them.
Baier settles into house Hume built
December 18, 2009
When Brit Hume left, Fox News turned to Bret Baier — serious, self-deprecating and approachable.
Inhofe gets cool reception in Denmark
December 18, 2009
“The United States is not going to pass a cap and trade,” Inhofe said. ‘It’s just not going to happen.”
Byrd’s coal comments rock W.Va.
December 18, 2009
An extraordinary statement from the senator stuns his coal dependent home state.
America and China blamed for climate talks mess
December 18, 2009
The U.N. climate talks were in serious disarray Friday, with delegates blaming both the U.S. and China for the lack of a political agreement that President Barack Obama, China’s premier and more than 110 other world leaders are supposed to sign within hours.
Broad disputes continued behind closed doors between wealthy nations and developing ones, delegates said — the divide that from the start has dogged the two-week U.N. climate conference, which aimed to reach agreements on deeper reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming.
Both Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao were in the Danish capital, but no agreed text had emerged just an hour before the presidents and premiers were to gather at a Copenhagen convention hall, said Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren.
Graham: An odd champion for climate change action
December 18, 2009
Sen. Lindsey Graham makes an unlikely champion for action on climate change.
The South Carolina Republican has joined forces with Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to drum up support for a bill that would put a price on heat-trapping pollution.
Graham’s position has irked just about everybody. He has been censured by Republicans back home for supporting a bill that would clamp down on greenhouse gases. Environmentalists have criticized his push for nuclear energy, more oil drilling — and most recently his support of a GOP effort to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. Some Democrats are just befuddled.
Many Goals Remain Unmet in 5 Nations’ Climate Deal
December 18, 2009
The deal addresses many of the issues that leaders wanted to settle, but leaves the implementation of its provisions uncertain.