NSA, CIA reform efforts doomed by GOP leadership of Senate Intel Committee
Criticism of George W. Bush���era national security policies, some of which continued under Obama, have dogged the president over the past year, pitting libertarian Republicans and progressive Democrats against the White House. But while the. However.
GOP-led House OKs lawsuit against Obama
A sharply divided House approved a Republican plan Wednesday to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Obama and other Democrats derided the effort as .
Obama seeks $6.2 billion to combat Ebola
The White House wants $1.83 billion for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent, detect and respond to the Ebola epidemic and other diseases and public health emergencies abroad and in the United States.. majority in the House.
Rachel Maddows Show Is Sinking Because MSNBC.
We love her at our house!���I miss Keith and Martin���.Ronan is boring, Al sounds like he is hollering all the time���Love ED!���and Steve���Tamron is good���forget Alex and Melissa���boring���.Chris is nuts..in a good way, nuts���lol���.. I loved Keith Olbermann and watched him faithfully until he turned on Obama over the Bush Tax Cut negotiation which allowed the Republicans to let the repeal of DADT to go through, along with many other important bills they had held��.
Headlines for February 03, 2009 | Democracy Now!
Top Democrats are now proposing to increase the amount set aside for highway and mass transit, while Republicans are trying to strip parts of the nearly $900 billion bill. President. EU Pressures US to Drop ���Buy American��� Clause. SHARED.. The Israeli government says it will impose sanctions on Israel-based employees of the Al Jazeera television network in response to closure last month of the Israeli trade office in Qatar, which hosts and funds the network.
Brains and Eggs: Proposition 1: Texas state highway repair
By refusing to raise gas taxes for twenty years -- a period of time that coincides with the takeover of state politics by Republicans -- Texas now has crumbling roads and bridges. And as usual, blames Washington for it. So why arent.. GOP women reject abortion bill, end debate - Rachel Maddow relays breaking news that House Republicans have abruptly dropped plans to debate a federal ban on abortion after 20-weeks after women in the. Somervell County Salon.
Brains and Eggs: Lets break Texas into five states while we.
This is a colossal and divisive waste of time, energy, and money that will hurt the California brand,��� said Steven Maviglio, a Democratic political strategist who has formed the group OneCalifornia with GOP strategist Joe Rodota to fight Drapers plan.. GOP women reject abortion bill, end debate - Rachel Maddow relays breaking news that House Republicans have abruptly dropped plans to debate a federal ban on abortion after 20-weeks after women in the.
The Republican Who Saved Civil Rights - Todd S. Purdum.
But the Democrats who controlled the House had yet to schedule a single hearing on McCullochs measure ��� or on any of nearly 90 similar Republican-backed bills, including one from New Yorks charismatic young Rep.. votes ��� assured that the administration would have to attempt something that had never before succeeded in American history: to break a civil rights filibuster in the Senate, rather than avoid one by watering down the bill to cut off debate.
Al-Jazeera America Touts Gaza Reporting Amid Ratings Spike: Ad Blitz Targets.
But those networks also enjoy nearly twice the market penetration: CNN is available in 99 million homes, compared to 60 million homes for Al-Jazeera America. Its also worth mentioning unlike the audiences for CNN or Fox News, Al-Jazeeras audience is .
LA to equip 7000 police officers with body cams
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced a plan to equip 7,000 Los Angeles police officers with on-body cameras by next summer, making LAs police department the nations largest law enforcement agency to move forward with such an ambitious.
Brains and Eggs: Brainy endorsements: Keith Hampton
Even more than those dark moments, though, many of her opinions and dissents contain jaw-dropping pro-government assumptions that could be mined for anti-populist material that would make any good Tea-Party type cringe. Just as Governor. GOP women reject abortion bill, end debate - Rachel Maddow relays breaking news that House Republicans have abruptly dropped plans to debate a federal ban on abortion after 20-weeks after women in the. Somervell��.
Hotly contested NC Senate race fuels jaw-dropping spending
DURHAM, N.C. ��� Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan and her Republican rival, state legislature speaker Thom Tillis, were three-quarters of the way through their Oct. 7 debate when Tillis got noticeably rattled. For forty minutes, the candidates had parried.
America Votes: Decisions, decisions, decisions
[1:45 a.m. EST] Republicans are now projected to win 250 seats in the House of Representatives. If that number holds, it would represent the largest GOP House majority in United States history. At this hour, Republicans have taken at least 51 seats in.
Relief or tears as Obamas reforms touch Arizona immigrant families
Arizona has been at the heart of a bitter national debate over immigration since Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, signed a 2010 crackdown on illegal immigration. It was challenged by the federal government in court, although a judge upheld a key measure .
Was the ACA politically feasible? - PNHPs Official Blog
If, on any given day, single-payer proponents could not point to 60 votes in the US senate or majority votes in the US House or in state legislative chambers, the conversation was over: Single-payer was not politically feasible and had to.. If public purchasers ��� state and federal governments ��� had long ago stopped throwing money at Aetna et al. with legislation like the ACA, schemes to overpay Medicare Advantage plans, and legislation privatizing state Medicaid��.
GOP In 2011: Anything But Jobs | Political Correction
On Tuesday, House Republicans rang the bell on their repeal attempt with the red meat titled, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act. The bill will come up procedurally on Friday and could be voted on next Wednesday... because there are tax penalties imposed on it, youre probably going to change the nature of your product, and in this case were quite certain that Chris Smith intends for health insurance plans to drop their abortion coverage, Crane said.
Man Haron Monis, Gunman In Sydney Siege, Had Troubled Past But Wasnt On.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday that Monis was on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisations watch list in 2008 and 2009 but was later dropped from it. The agency was watching Monis because he had sent a series of offensive.
Deporter in chief Obama has alienated Latino voters
The GOP may retake the Senate. Analysts say Latino voters will be crucial in close Senate races. The story is different in the House, where Republicans expect to remain in control, with or without the Latino vote. Latino voters were key to President.
Relief or tears as Obamas reforms touch Arizona immigrant.
To be eligible, these immigrants must have lived in the United States for at least five years and go through an application process that includes passing a background check and paying taxes.. A federal judge last year found the lawman ��� who bills himself as Americas Toughest Sheriff ��� violated Latino drivers rights and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions and appointed a monitor.. Find Al Jazeera America on your TV. Go��.
Senate Democrats vote to curb filibusters of presidential.
Supreme Court nominations are exempt from the change and subject to a traditional filibuster, the term used to describe the 60-vote requirement to limit debate, as would other traditional legislation handled by the Senate.. Last summer, Democrats dropped threats to rewrite Senate rules after Republicans agreed to supply enough votes to end filibusters against Obamas nominees to the National Labor Relations Board as well as nominees to head the Environmental��.
Regardless of Republican intentions, results of voting reforms indefensible
According to a six-month-long investigation conducted by Greg Palast for Al Jazeera, ���voting officials in 27 states, almost all of them Republicans, have launched what is threatening to become a massive purge of black, Hispanic, and Asian-American voters.
Brains and Eggs: Greg Abbotts mistakes
���For Attorney General Abbott, the fact that this issue has come up places him right in the middle of one of the central dilemmas facing the Republican Party in Texas, and the Republican Party in the United States for that matter,��� said Jim Henson, a Tribune.. GOP women reject abortion bill, end debate - Rachel Maddow relays breaking news that House Republicans have abruptly dropped plans to debate a federal ban on abortion after 20-weeks after women in the.
2013: July - October Political Notes - Richard Stallman
The Israeli legislature is considering many bills to attack the human rights of Palestinians, and in some cases Israeli Arabs too, as well as a bill to rule out any territorial concessions in Jerusalem (which I suspect would include the nearby Arab.. the rest of their county, and the rest of their country, with the typical callousness of the rich, who wish poor Americans would crawl away to the cemetery and drop dead, after extracting from them whatever useful labor can be got from them.
Bernie Sanders Tells Bill Maher That Democrats Lost.
Sen. Bernie Sanders explained to Bill Maher on HBOs Real Time that one of the big reasons why Democrats lost the election was that Republicans were able to successfully disguise their agenda.. cnn is the home of most ex Obama staffers,nbc,abc,cbs have routinely stopped stories from running that question the Obama presidency al jazzera is a mid east news organization just like the bbc is from England. All they do is play mind games with Americans.
House Republicans drop debate on abortion bill
A report this week by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office cited estimates by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that about 10,000 abortions in the U.S. are performed annually 20 weeks or later into pregnancies. The budget.
GOP: From shutdown villains to kings of Congress?
Most Americans blamed the GOP for the 16-day government shutdown after a prolonged and heated debate over the Affordable Care Acts implementation. ���Republicans. One year later, Republicans are set to win the biggest majority ever in the House of.
Brains and Eggs: Annise Parker, Wendy Davis, and Kim Ogg
Another interesting aspect of the 2014 DAs race will be, assuming Ms. Ogg and the current appointed DA make it through their respective primaries, that the issue of abortion will be taken off the table. The race might (hopefully?). GOP women reject abortion bill, end debate - Rachel Maddow relays breaking news that House Republicans have abruptly dropped plans to debate a federal ban on abortion after 20-weeks after women in the. Somervell County Salon.
Even Democrats Increasingly Reject MSNBCs Spin | Mediaite
. exodus of viewers. But where there is failure, there is also opportunity. Quietly amassing talent and expanding their influence behind the scenes, Al Jazeera America is watching MSNBCs rapid decline with great expectations.
Hummus and maftoul, with a side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
For a few months at a time and on a rotating basis, the takeout window features the cuisine of countries with which the United States is either directly or indirectly in conflict, and hosts additional discussions, performances and events around its.
In the Shadow of bin Laden: Republicans and the.
Its probably poetic justice that the first Republican presidential debate took place Thursday night in the shadow of Osama bin Laden, for his very existence spurred the accomplishment of some of the rights biggest objectives in the past decade:. Then, with Al Qaeda recruitment up in response to America blundering into the Muslim world, that provided more of a rationale to stay in Iraq... Advertise �� Log In �� Make HuffPost your Home Page �� RSS �� Careers �� FAQ.
Jordan Hangs 11 Men After 8-Year Execution Ban Ends
The 11 criminals, all Jordanian, had been charged in different murder cases in 2005 and 2006, Al Jazeera reported. The countrys last executions had taken place in June 2006, and since then 122 people have been sentenced to death, though none of the .
Fear and loathing in America: Ferguson, ISIL and Ebola
In the wake of the Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed African-American teen Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, many pundits called for a real national debate on race relations. This time is different, they argued; this.