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Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote (AP)...to vote. Republicans, eager to scuttle the bill - and defeat Lincoln in 2010 - instantly accused the two-term senator of telling Democratic party leaders before informing her own constituents in Arkansas. "No other senator speaks for... |
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Another Week in the World...issues including human rights. Chinese officials managed Obama 's visit strictly, filling his town hall meeting in Shanghai with young Communist Party supporters. Minister of Iran rejects deal Manouchehr Mottaki , the foreign minister of... |
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Huffington Post | 2 hours ago
Fadi Elsalameen: Who will deliver the Palestinian State?
...out of a deep desire for change and improvement they wanted to see if Hamas could deliver what Fatah couldn't. Alas, to most Palestinians, Hamas and Fatah are both incompetent at this point. Nothing has been accomplished by either party to...
In this article: Fatah, Salam Fayyad, Palestine, Hamas, West Bank, Ramallah, and Gaza
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BBC News | 5 hours ago
Lib Dems can keep GBP2.4m donation
...documents from the trial, from the City of London Police, accountants' analysis and evidence from the Lib Dems. In a statement, a spokesman for the Liberal Democrats said: "We welcome the Electoral Commission's ruling on this matter. "At...
In this article: Michael Brown, UKIP, Liberal Democrats, 2005 General Election, and Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
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Cleveland Plain Dealer | 5 hours ago
Climate change bill packed with peril for Ohio industry, Obama and Democrats
In this article: Barack Obama, Ohio, Climate change, Coal, House of Representatives, Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Sherrod Brown
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The Lafayette | 17 hours ago
Health care: headed in right direction or no?
...purpose is to make money off of people's pain and fear. However, any such change would have to be vigorously fought for, as the Democratic Party is just as much an agent of the existing social order as the Republicans. But contrary to the...
In this article: Medicare, IP Address, US House, Democratic Party, and United States
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BBC News | 19 hours ago
Council red tape 'wasting GBP4.5bn'
In this article: Liberal Democrats, Tories, Labour, Julia Goldsworthy, and England
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Times Online | 22 hours ago
'Fat cats' in public sector should share pain of recession says Lib Dem leader
Navigation - link to other main sections from here 'Fat cats' in public sector should share pain of recession says Lib Dem leader The burgeoning cost of Scotland 's public bodies to the taxpayer was laid bare yesterday with the...
In this article: Lib Dem, Recession, Alex Salmond, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Water, Scotland, Glasgow Caledonian University, and University of Edinburgh
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Associated Press: Politics | 23 hours ago
GOP governors push for 2010 party rebirth
The GOP was soundly beaten again in 1976 but 1978 saw Republicans gain six states, and after the big Democratic wins in 1992, the GOP picked up 10 states in 1994. Conversely, Democrats were demoralized after Reagan 's presidential win...
In this article: Republican Party, Haley Barbour, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio, Ronald Reagan, and Tom Corbett
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The Japan Times: All Stories | 1 day ago
DPJ rams debt relief bill through committee
...ruling coalition partner, New Komeito. In the evening, the legislation was moved to the plenary session of the Lower House , where the DPJ , together with its two coalition partners, has an overwhelming majority. But passage was not expected to...
In this article: DPJ, Diet, Liberal Democratic Party, Koichiro Genba, Recession, New Komeito, and Takeaki Matsumoto
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BBC News | 1 day ago
UK's Labour denies expenses 'omission'
...ahead of party interests. But the Tories said the paucity of proposals showed Labour had run out of "money, time and ideas". The Lib Dems labelled Labour 's agenda a "fantasy" and said it was a "waste of time" as half of the proposals...
In this article: Labour, David Cameron, BBC Radio 4, Tories, Liberal Democrat, and Harriet Harman
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Morning Fix: Stupak as Democratic anti-hero
...misleading. Its not like Paul Hodes is saying that Stupak doesn't belong in the Democratic party , which is what you would see if this was the GOP. Conlin picking up Mark Daley should help her at the very least raise some money. Daley is...
In this article: Bart Stupak, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Medicare, Paul Hodes, Democratic Party, and Chuck Grassley
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Yahoo! News | 1 day ago
Lieberman slams public option; taunts critics (Politico)
...a former state party chairman and former state Senate majority leader, said that Lieberman may be attempting to endear himself to GOP voters, since he could potentially win in 2012 by picking off 75 percent of Republican voters, about half of...
In this article: Joe Lieberman, Richard Blumenthal, Democratic Party, Quinnipiac University, John Thune, Ned Lamont, M. Jodi Rell, GOP, and Connecticut
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Independent.co.uk - Leading Articles | 1 day ago
Leading article: A Queen's Speech that could be more than electioneering
...for governing, while the Conservative Opposition said it was a programme for electioneering, and the Liberal Democrats argued that it was a complete waste of time and should not be happening at all. In their own way, all three were right.
In this article: Liberal Democrats, Waste, Child poverty, House of Lords, Still Life, and Gordon Brown
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 2 days ago
Queen's Speech: Labour would raise taxes after election to pay debts
...the wake of one of the shortest ever Queen's Speeches. The Queen took under seven minutes to deliver just 736 words that made up Labour 's legislative plans for the next Parliamentary session. It included new bills designed to tackle social...
In this article: Tax, Labour, David Cameron, Peter Mandelson, Unemployment, and Liberal Democrat
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Angela Merkel's foreign policy headache, Erika Steinbach
...once tried to make Polish EU membership conditional on paying compensation for them. Merkel's new coalition partners, the Free Democrats ( FDP ), have said they will block Steinbach's appointment to the museum she has spent a decade trying...
In this article: Erika Steinbach, Angela Merkel, Poland, Germany, CDU, FDP, Richard Williamson, World War Two, and Luftwaffe
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Seattle Times | 3 days ago
GOP hasn't paid legal fees for Top 2 case, state says
Originally published Monday, November 16, 2009 at 4:36 PM GOP hasn't paid legal fees for Top 2 case, state says The state says Washington 's Republican Party is deadbeat in repaying legal fees associated with a failed challenge to the Top...
In this article: Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Democratic Party, Washington, Washington, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Guardian | 4 days ago
Queen's speech is about setting traps for Tories
...beat off the Sun's personal attack and relishes the prospect of a bitter election campaign. He sees the Tories ahead by 41/29/19 over Labour and the Lib Dems in tomorrow's Guardian/ICM poll. Get that down to 40/30/20 and Cameron will feel real...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Tories, Labour, David Cameron, Lib Dem, Sandwich, Ken Clarke, and Neil Kinnock
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BBC News | 7 days ago
Labour wins in Glasgow North East
Labour 's Willie Bain beat off a challenge from the SNP's candidate David Kerr Labour has claimed a "resounding victory" after comfortably winning the Glasgow North East by-election and seeing off an SNP challenge. The contest was sparked...
In this article: Labour, Michael Martin, Tories, 2005 General Election, David Kerr, Gordon Brown, and Tories
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Reuters | November 10, 2009
Fatah says Hamas holds dozens on Arafat anniversary
...asked for permission to hold any public events in Gaza. A Fatah official said such requests were usually rejected by Hamas. Hamas and Fatah have repeatedly traded accusations of arrest campaigns against supporters of the two groups in...
In this article: Fatah, Hamas, Yasser Arafat, Gaza, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Allegation, and Mahmoud Abbas





