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The US Senate, torn along party lines, voted to formally launch debate on historic legislation to enact President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care, handing him a win for now.
“It is part of morality not to be at home in one’s home.” --Edward Said On the afternoon of November 3, 2009, the United States House of Representatives voted in favor of House Resolution 867 (H.Res.867), an AIPAC-backed bill that urges both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to “oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the “Report of the United ...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii House of Representatives will pay lower salaries to its staff beginning in January, but state Senate staff will keep their current pay.
tburton writes "The US House of Representatives yesterday released the Conflict Minerals Trade Act (HR 4128) to try and end the international trade of tungsten, tantalum and col-tan, the mining of which is accused of fueling violent rape and murder in eastern Congo. Since the very same minerals power the most popular consumer electronics from HP, Verizon, Nokia, RIM and Intel, the Information ...
As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Military - United States Congress - Hispanic - United States - Congress
On Nov. 7, the United States House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act by a vote of 220-215. The bill needs to be passed by the Senate before becoming law....
BOSTON and mdash; The 160 memvers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and their aides were instructed yesterday to take five unpaid furlough days between now and the end of the fiscal year next June, House officials announced.
The Tamaqua Public Library received citations from the Pennsylvania State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on the occasion of the library's 75th anniversary this year. Participating in the presentation were, from left, Beth Argall, wife of State Senator David Argall (R-29) and library trustee; Gayle Heath, library director; Bill Hanley, aide to U.S. Congressman Timothy Holden, St. Clair ...
Former U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt pushed Friday for Iowa to expand its focus on public health, arguing the state has the medical infrastructure in place to make it a leader in the field. "Iowa, having great research facilities, is an important part of our... Iowa - Health - Public health - Research - United States House of Representatives
The Hawaii House of Representatives will pay lower salaries to its staff beginning in January, but state Senate staff will keep their current pay.
One Louisiana judge is facing impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives. Another just pleaded guilty to taking $70,000 in bribes to let inmates get out of jail.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama handed the U.S. Congress a road map for an overhaul of financial-services regulation in June, including greater oversight of derivatives and system-wide risks, new ways to wind down failed companies and a consumer agency to regulate credit cards and mortgages.
The Hawaii House of Representatives Friday announced salary reductions for permanent and session...
Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.
Attorney General Martha Coakley has a solid lead in the four-way Democratic race for the open US Senate seat, but with just 16 days until the primary election, nearly three-quarters of likely voters have yet to decide who they will support, according to a Globe poll.
ALBANY, N.Y. - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, encouraged by many Republicans to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.
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