Posted from Yahoo! News: Elections 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
AP - President Barack Obama told Iranians in an online video message that the U.S. wants more educational and cultural exchanges, and lamented that Tehran's leaders have "turned their backs" on good faith overtures in the past to expand opportunities for their people. (original story)
Posted from Yahoo! News: Politics - Dem... 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives continued scouring for votes Friday among reluctant anti-abortion and conservative Democrats in search of enough "Yeas" to triumph in Sunday's historic vote on a $940 billion health care overhaul — and... (original story)
Posted from Yahoo! News: Politics - Dem... 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
AFP - US President Barack Obama led Democrats in a triumphant, fist-pumping rally Saturday and confidently predicted Congress would rise to a century-old challenge and pass his health care overhaul. (original story)
Posted from Welcome to the U.S. Electio... 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
EAC has extended the public comment period deadline to April 19 on a proposed Maintenance of Expenditure (MOE) policy. Read the proposed policy and instruction for submitting comments here. (original story)
Posted from Reuters: Politics 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stewart Udall, interior secretary for presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a member of a major Democratic political family, has died at age 90, his family said on Saturday. (original story)
Posted from NYT > Global Warming 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
Are consumers of “green” products likely to be miserly and thieving? A series of experiments at the University of Toronto seems to suggest just that. (original story)
Posted from Reuters: Politics 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will travel to Capitol Hill on Saturday to meet with Democrats in the House of Representatives on the eve of that chamber's expected vote on a healthcare overhaul, the White House said on Friday. (original story)
Posted from Yahoo! News: Politics - Dem... 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
AP - House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress. (original story)
Posted from Yahoo! News: Politics - Dem... 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With Democrats increasingly confident they have enough support, the House of Representatives planned for an historic vote Sunday that would enact the most dramatic changes in the nation's health care system in decades. (original story)
Posted from Reuters: Politics 22 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : 2008 US Election
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a significant victory for news media, a federal appeals court said the Federal Reserve must disclose records on emergency lending programs to banks bailed out by the government in the financial crisis. (original story)