Log in  |  Register   3/21/2010

U.S. Politics

Display: Top Stories | Most Recent
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Obama watch

SMILING EYES: President Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden laugh during a St. Patrick’s Day reception at the White House.
By Edward Mason
Barack’s BlackBerry Dancing in the street or tears in the beer? At long...
  1. Comments3 Comments

President Obama trip prognosis: Delayed but still alive

Indonesian anti-terror police squad members take part in a drill ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit, which has been delayed, in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Rooms were booked, limousines waiting, snipers staking out positions. Then President Obama ditched plans...

Winners and losers

President Obama
By Herald Staff
There will be some big winners and losers no matter how the House vote on health-care...
  1. Comments5 Comments

President Obama appeals to Iranian people in YouTube video

President Barack Obama pauses as he delivers remarks on health insurance reform during his event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. at the end of last week.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told Iranians in an online video message...
  1. Comments1 Comment

Democrats set for D-Day in D.C.

HEALTHY OUTLOOK: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi preps for pivotal meetings yesterday before an expected vote today on health-care reform.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats yesterday to stay true to their party’s...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

Obama calls on Democrats to pass health care bill

President Obama makes his final appeal.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Victory within reach, President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats...
  1. Comments95 Comments

Tea party protesters hurl racial insults at Georgia Rep. John Lewis

By William Douglas / McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Demonstrators outside the Capitol in Washington, angry over the proposed health-care reform legislation...
  1. Comments51 Comments

Raucous, ugly build-up to House health care vote

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is questioned by reporters about an incident involving tea party demonstrators as he leaves a speech by President Obama to House Democrats on Saturday, March 20, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from...
  1. Comments6 Comments

Cardinal’s health stand

ON THE ATTACK: Cardinal Sean O’Malley charged that President Obama’s healthcare overhaul is being ‘forced through . . . using procedural gimmicks.’
By Jay Fitzgerald
Cardinal Sean O’Malley jumped into the holy war over health care, ripping President...
  1. Comments308 Comments

House Dems confident in overcoming abortion rift

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama set his sights on Capitol Hill, ready to rally House Democrats on Saturday for...
  1. Comments2 Comments

A historical look at health care legislation

By Associated Press
Pivotal moments in American health care history: —1798: The Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen in 1798...
  1. Comments2 Comments

Final health bill omits some of Obama’s promises

President Barack Obama
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums....
  1. Comments19 Comments

Thousands rally on anniversary of invasion of Iraq

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Thousands are protesting in the nation’s capital on the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq,...
  1. Comments1 Comment

Obama calls on Congress to pass finance reform

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Saturday that Congress needs to enact comprehensive financial reforms to protect consumers, keep banks strong...

Bernanke: Keep Fed as watchdog of small US banks

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made a fresh pitch Saturday to retain oversight of small banks,...
  1. Comments3 Comments

More

William Delahunt makes it official, ‘nothing to do with politics’

Local Politics
by Joe Dwinell
In another blow to Democrats, U.S. Rep. William Delahunt made it official last night: He’s...
More

Lesson shows change isn’t good enough

Peter Gelzinis
by Peter Gelzinis
If changing principals and evicting half of the faculty were enough...


0.900689 : hawk.heraldinteractive.com