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Selection Time Precedes Election Time in Burma
Singapore :: Singapore | 3 days ago
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Although Burma's military regime has announced no election law nor declared the date of the poll it plans to hold in 2010, preparations appear to have begun in Naypyidaw. Informed sources suggest that potential candidates for president, vice-president,...
Tags: Snr-Gen Than Shwe, Gen Thura Shwe Mann, Burma, Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, armed forces, informed sources, Senate, House, Naypyidaw, Singapore, Shwe Mann, Union Solidarity and Development Association, Defence Services Academy, Nat, Politics of Burma, Than Shwe, Military of Burma, War Conflict, Politics
Watt’s position on auditing Fed draws attention
Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Rep. Mel Watt has been getting a lot of online grief lately for his work on a bill related to the Federal Reserve. The Charlotte Democrat, who represents parts of Guilford County, sits on the House Financial Services Committee. Last week, the committee...
Tags: Sen. Kay Hagan, health care, Federal Reserve, Washington, Mel Watt, house, Longworth House Office Building, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rayburn House Office Building, Russell Senate Office Building, Raleigh, Kay Hagan, Richard Burr, Politics
SPIN METER: Legislation inflation grips GOP
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger. Although they complain they don't have time...
Tags: House, Senate, senate bills, Republican, New York, United States House of Representatives Page, United States Congress, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Republican Party, 110th United States Congress, 111th United States Congress, United States Senate, Politics
For Public, Affordability A Key Issue In Health Bill
Washington :: WA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility But mostly it's been the total cost of the bill, not how much individual families who could soon be required to buy insurance for the first time might have to pay. That could be a costly miscalculation, says health economist Jonathan Gruber of the Massachusetts...
Tags: health insurance, Jonathan Gruber, Keeping Costs Reasonable Eric, Senate, health care, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, House, Washington, Deductible, Insurance, Healthcare reform, Massachusetts health care reform, Health care reform in the United States, Health economics, Healthcare reform in the United States, Social Issues
Mollohan, under Justice Department probe, chairs appropriations subcommittee
Charleston :: WV :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 24, 2009 For three years, Rep. Alan Mollohan has chaired the important Appropriations subcommittee that controls the Justice Department's $65 billion budget. At the same time, he has been under a...
Tags: Alan Mollohan, Justice Department, ethics committee, House, Nancy Pelosi, Congress, appropriations subcommittee, house ethics, Ken Boehm, Charleston, National Legal and Policy Center, Politics, Law Crime
Special session edges closer on high speed rail
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility tool goes here A special lawmaking session on high-speed and commuter rail inched closer Monday as legislative leaders and the governor said they are ready to tap surplus money in the transportation budget rather than raise taxes on rental cars to help...
Tags: House, Tallahassee, Energy in the United States, Jeffrey Atwater, Business Finance, Petroleum, Charlie Crist, Oil well, Politics, Durell Peaden, Republican Party, Mike Haridopolos, Environment, Florida, Jeb Bush, Commuter rail in North America, SunRail, Tri-Rail, Miami, South Florida metropolitan area
House resumes after five months of obstruction
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 3 days ago
Credibility Normal proceedings of House resumed on Monday after five months of continuous disruption by the Maoists over the issue of ‘civilian supremacy’ vis a vis president’s move to reinstate then army chief. The House proceedings resumed as per decision of the...
Tags: House, protest programs, led government, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Newar, Republics, Rookmangud Katawal, Communist Party of Nepal, Nepalese presidential election, War Conflict, Maoism, Politics of Nepal, Nepal, Politics
Rep. Moore becomes first House member to announce retirement
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa), John Spratt (D-S.C.), John Tanner (D-Tenn.), Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.). There is, as yet, little indication that any of these members will call it quits. But Republicans have done their...
Tags: Moore, Kansas GOP, Kansas City, House, Sen. Nick Jordan, Washington, Republican In Name Only, Republican Party, Chris Steineger, Politics
Lawmakers in high-minority areas send few to academies
Annapolis :: MD :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Md. 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. From New York to Chicago to Los Angeles, lawmakers...
Tags: House, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, Iraq Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, Afghanistan, house member, freshman class, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, Charles B. Rangel, United States Air Force Academy, Elijah Cummings, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Nancy Pelosi, Education, Social Issues
Cigna, WellPoint upgraded on costs, reform details
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility organ upgraded shares of WellPoint Inc. and Cigna Corp. Monday, saying the stocks should trade higher as the details of a federal health care reform bill come into focus. More Business Analyst John Rex said the health insurers will have a difficult...
Tags: health care reform, health, health insurers, medicare, senate, house, health care, care reform, U.S. Senate, San Francisco, Healthcare, Health policy, Health care reform in the United States, Health insurance, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health economics, Publicly-funded health care, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
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