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Britain rules out climate treaty at summit

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Independent - By Michael McCarthy - Nov. 06 (News Report) - Although there are various stumbling blocks, there is no doubt that the continued lack of a serious American offer on cutting its greenhouse gas emissions and providing climate finance for the developing nations – the bill which might provide them is stuck in the US Senate – is the principle obstacle to progress. "Copenhagen is one of the most important meetings in human history. But the politicians seem determined to blow it," said Joss Garman, climate campaigner for Greenpeace.

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House leaders prepare for rare Saturday vote on health-care bill

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Lori Montgomery - Nov. 05 (News Report) - House leaders put in motion the machinery to hold a rare Saturday vote on the most far-reaching expansion of the health-care system in more than 40 years. Even so, they were still locking down support Wednesday among a handful of holdouts, with the biggest bloc dissatisfied with the measure's handling of abortion.

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Gay-rights support stops at Cascades

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Lornet Turnbull - Nov. 05 (News Report) - The lopsided results over expansion of the state's domestic-partnership law, which voters overall were approving, show the challenge supporters of gay rights face in winning over all Washingtonians as they seek full equality.

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Senate rejects effort to block civilian trials for 9/11 suspects

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By James Rosen - Nov. 05 (News Report) - After an emotional debate over how to keep Americans safe, the Senate Thursday narrowly defeated an effort to prevent civilian trials in U.S. courts for the accused planners of the 9/11 attacks.

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Budget Monitor Says G.O.P. Bill Leaves Many Uninsured

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David Herszenhorn - Nov. 05 (News) - The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans. The Congressional Budget

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Hopes fading for Copenhagen climate change treaty

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Allegra Stratton - Nov. 05 (News Report) - Political agreement rather than full treaty is now goal of the meeting, says global warming minister Hopes that a full, legally binding treaty on tackling climate change would be signed at next month?s Copenhagen summit are fading, Ed Miliband acknowledged today. The climate change secretary indicated that a political agreement, with a timetable setting out the path to a full international treaty, was now set to be the major goal for the meeting. He told MPs the government would have preferred a full treaty but any deal that does emerge from the talks must contain detailed commitments. African nations walked out of the latest round of UN climate change talks in Barcelona this week in a protest calling for deeper cuts in greenhouse gas ...

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Energized G.O.P. Looking to Avoid an Intraparty Feud

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Adam Nagourney - Nov. 05 (News Report) - Republicans emerged from Tuesday’s elections energized by victories in Virginia and New Jersey, but their leaders immediately began maneuvering to avoid a prolonged battle with conservative activists over what the party stands for and how to regain power.

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Conservatives on NY-23: We didn't lose

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Alex Isenstadt - Nov. 05 (News Report) - Conservatives say Hoffman's loss in NY-23 signaled a victory for the burgeoning political movement.

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Graham warns GOP on 'purity'

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Manu Raju - Nov. 05 (News Report) - “To those people who are pursuing purity, you’ll become a club not a party,” Graham says.

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Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - Nov. 05 (News Report) - Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage

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Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Chicago Tribune - By Bob Secter, Erika Slife - Nov. 04 (News Report) - More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 teachers. Problem is, the district employs only 290 teachers. "That other number, I don't know where that came from," said Lauri Hakanen, superintendent of North Chicago Community Unit Schools District 187. The Obama administration last week released the first round of data designed to underpin the worthiness of its economic stimulus plan, which so far has directed $1.25 billion to Illinois schools. That money has helped save or create 14,330 school jobs in the state, the administration claimed.

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White House Tally Appears to Overstate Stimulus Jobs

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Wall Street Journal - By Louise Radnofsky, Maurice Tamman - Nov. 04 (News Report) - The number of jobs the Obama administration credits to federal stimulus money could be overstated by at least 20,000 of the 640,000 claimed, a Wall Street Journal analysis found. Recipients of the government grants and contracts appear to have made mistakes when estimating the number of jobs that have been saved or created, according to the Journal's review. Some recipients said they were confused by forms that asked how they spent the money.

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Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It's not 2008 anymore

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Dan Balz - Nov. 04 (News Analysis) - Off-year elections can be notoriously unreliable as predictors of the future, but as a window on how the political landscape may have changed in the year since President Obama won the White House, Tuesday's Republican victories in Virginia and New Jersey delivered clear warnings for the Democrats.

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Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to Right

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jeremy W. Peters - Nov. 04 (News Report) - this is probably the most amazing coalition-building i've seen in...probably decades,' said marilyn musgrave, ....who came to new york to campaign for mr. hoffman.

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Christie Unseats Corzine in New Jersey; Bloomberg Wins a Third Term as Mayor

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Michael M. Grynbaum - Nov. 04 (News Report) - Christopher J. Christie, a Republican former United States attorney who said he would vanquish corruption from the halls of New Jersey government, won the New Jersey governor’s race on Tuesday, defeating the incumbent, Gov. Jon S. Corzine, and striking a blow against the Democratic party on a national stage. Mr. Christie, who accused Mr. Corzine of leading the state into economic turmoil, had nearly half of the vote to Mr. Corzine’s 44 percent, with more than 80 percent of precincts reporting. Mr. Christie’s victory ended a bruising and bitterly fought race that often descended into personal attacks by both candidates. Although the campaign focused mainly on local issues, including a statewide corruption scandal, Republicans across the country were quick to portray Mr. Christie’s win as a defeat for President Obama. The White House invested heavily in the New Jersey contest, a tacit acknowledgment that a defeat for Mr. Corzine would be interpreted as a rebuke of Mr. Obama, potentially affecting the president’s ability to pass major legislation and the public’s perceptions of the Democratic influence. Republicans already captured the night’s other major gubernatorial race in Virginia, where Robert F. McDonnell, a former state attorney general, defeated the Democratic candidate, R. Creigh Deeds, a stark reversal of fortune for Democrats who have held control in Richmond for the past eight years.

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Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments -