Democrats ignore Republican boycott, push climate bill through a key Senate committee Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill ...
With bill at standstill, 3 senators with differing politics join forces on climate A trio of senators — each with differing politics — ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Oct. 24 The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, on coastal marshes: Nancy Sutley, the White House's point person on ...
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry says he supports a new lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act Massachusetts Senator John Kerry says he supports a new lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Tim Coco and Genesio “Junior” Oliveira, a binational gay ...
Obama and team cite US leadership in push for climate bill as Senators tussle over cost The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass ...
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on clean energy jobs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Copyright 2009 AP News
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (C) talks with a staff member as Energy Secretary Steven Chu (R) prepares to testify before the committee on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The ...
Democratic Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he would be "surprised" if US President Barack Obama does not announce his decision on troop levels in Afghanistan before leaving for Asia on November 11. "I'm just speculating, I don't have any inside scoop on ...
US President Barack Obama vowed that despite criticism that he is dithering, he will not rush a fateful decision on whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Obama promised US troops a clear mission before pitching them into the ...
Obama administration witnesses kick off Senate hearing on climate bill; GOP opposition firm Top Obama administration officials are looking to make their case before the Senate for aggressive action to combat climate change, even as Republicans show no sign of softening their ...
US Senator John Kerry on Monday accused former president George W. Bush's administration of "gross mishandling" of the Afghan war, and of leaving a terrible inheritance to President Barack Obama. "On day one, this administration assumed responsibility for a war heading from ...
Kerry says general's war plan is too ambitious, US can't scale back in Afghanistan A war plan that asks President Barack Obama to commit tens of thousands of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan is too ambitious, a top Senate Democrat said Monday. ...
