Less than two months after the midterm ‘shellacking,’ the president is buoyed by a series of important bipartisan accomplishments in the lame-duck Congress. But the new legislative session will present a different set of challenges. 7 weeks after using the word “shellacking” to describe his political condition, President Obama left Washington for his annual Hawaiian [...]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday gave final approval to a landmark food-safety bill designed to bring an archaic system for protecting the nation’s food supply into the 21st century and equip the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the tools needed to monitor a complex supply chain that stretches around the world. Obama planned [...]
Obama is likely to sign the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy Wednesday, and may hold a news conference this week, spokesman Robert Gibbs said today. Officials have discussed a presidential news conference after the Senate wraps up its end-of-the-year business, including the proposed arms cut treaty with Russia — but no [...]
At least 50 police and 40 protesters have been injured as hundreds of students clashed with police near the residence of Silvio Berlusconi in Italy’s capital on Tuesday. The riots came as parliament decided on the prime minister’s future. Berlusconi secured a comfortable victory in the no-confidence vote at the senate, but survived a similar [...]
Fearful of losing the best opportunity in the foreseeable future to abolish the military’s don’t ask, don’t tell prohibition against openly serving gays, key repeal supporters in the Senate pledged to remain in session through the holidays to pass legislation before a new, Republican-bolstered Congress convenes in Jan. Even though a majority in Congress now [...]
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