Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:20:00 -0400
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Officials in the U.S. and Israel on Wednesday continued efforts to publicly downplay the most serious rift between the two allies in nearly two decades. The controversy has laid bare the allies' deteriorating relationship and cloudy prospects for peace in the Middle East, analysts say.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:13:00 -0400
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Gov. C.L. 'Butch' Otter signed a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if federal legislation requiring residents to buy insurance goes through. Similar measures, which experts say are mostly symbolic, are pending in 37 other states.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:13:40 -0400
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The Obama administration may show that it's possible to be a great student, but still fail the final.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:40 -0400
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Abortion still drives some anti-abortion rights Democrats away from the health care bill. The dispute isn't just about abortion, it's also about what the bills actually say about abortion. Timothy Jost, law professor at Washington and Lee University, offers his insight.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:00 -0400
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With the fate of the health care bill still uncertain, Capitol Hill is swarming with advocates on both sides of the issue. Protesters have been knocking down the doors of lawmakers who are undecided, and bill supporters are pushing their message just as hard.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:00 -0400
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said Wednesday he will support the health care overhaul bill two days after he was personally lobbied by President Obama. Kucinich said he will vote for the legislation though he still has doubts about it.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:00 -0400
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Republicans have threatened to make the controversial health care overhaul a central issue in every congressional race next fall. So from President Obama on down, Democrats have begun telling voters not just what the overhaul will do for them but what it will do for them right away.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:00 -0400
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A House panel this week examines the safety of government workers in the wake of the latest attacks on government buildings. The agency responsible for protecting federal offices says it has worked to improve training, but other factors — including an angry political climate — concern authorities.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:00 -0400
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House Democrats appear to be in the final days of some tough lobbying for 216 votes to pass a revised health care bill. Among those they are lobbying hardest is John Boccieri, a freshman Ohio Democrat elected to a seat held by Republicans for more than half a century.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:01:00 -0400
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Residents of the Jewish community of Ramat Shlomo, located in East Jerusalem, say they are unfazed by the international furor surrounding the announcement that 1,600 homes will be built there. But Palestinians say Israel is trying to push the Arab population out of the area.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:34:00 -0400
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For the first time, President Barack Obama's 'disapproval' number has gone above his 'approval' rating in Gallup's daily tracking poll.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0400
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On Capitol Hill, the Democratic leadership is deploying every resource to gain approval for the president's health care plan. And with the 2010 elections approaching, undecided representatives are worried about how their votes will play back home.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:32:00 -0400
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The Ohio Democrat says he'll vote to pass Democrats' legislation although it's 'not the bill I wanted to support,' bringing the White House and Democratic leaders a step closer to the magic 216-vote threshold needed to pass their hard-fought bill.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400
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Pro-immigration activists are planning a massive protest on Sunday in the nation's capitol. Organizers are demanding an overhaul of the current immigration system and say they are fed up with the Obama administration's failure to act on their behalf. The president's campaign promise was to implement what he described as 'comprehensive immigration reform' during his first year in office. Host Michel Martin speaks with Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0400
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It would provide a temporary payroll tax holiday to companies that hire and would pump $20 billion into the federal highway construction fund to make up for low gasoline tax revenues.
