Obama in Asia - building block or bow?

Seoul : South Korea | 3 days ago

President Barack Obama arrives home Thursday with no big policy breakthroughs after more than a week in Asia trying to recast the U.S. relationship with a dynamic region. Critics in Washington ...

Abortion deal spins a very tangled web

Washington : UT : USA | 6 days ago

But Congress’s bean-counting Joint Tax Committee calls the break “the largest tax subsidy” on the books and reports that it “represents by far the largest portion of total tax expenditures for ...

House passes health-care bill

Washington : DC : USA | 15 days ago

After months of acrimonious partisanship, Democrats closed ranks on a 220-215 vote that included 39 defections, mostly from the party's conservative ranks. But the bill attracted a surprise Republican ...

Democrats say election losses give new urgency to agenda

Seattle : WA : USA | 17 days ago

Originally published Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:09 AM Election 2007 Democrats say election losses give new urgency to agenda Blaming election setbacks on a drop in voter enthusiasm, ...