Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) began to make the case for using a majority-vote process to move the final piece of health care reform through the Senate and he slammed the procedure’s GOP critics. Known as budget reconciliation, the maneuver requires 51 votes and can’t be filibustered. In related news, Senate Minority Leader [...]
Republicans are rejoicing and Democrats reeling in the wake of Scott Brown’s stunning triumph in a special Massachusetts Senate election, a devastating Democratic defeat that triggered soul-searching within US President Barack Obama’s party over how to stem further losses in November’s midterm elections. The White House says that the President will stick to his [...]
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow caught Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on seemingly arguing that his state’s 31 percent African-American population puts him at a disadvantage, and that it’s a good reason not to support healthcare reform.
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new enzyme and demonstrated its potential ability [...]
US Senator Judd Gregg has penned the equivalent of an obstruction manual - a how-to for holding up health care reform - and has distributed the document to his Republican colleagues.
Jewish settlers have rejected an attempt by the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to defuse tensions over a pause in building in the West [...]
A key US Senate committee endorsed a sweeping healthcare overhaul, gaining the support of an influential Republican and delivering US President Barack Obama a victory on his top domestic priority. So what happens next in healthcare reform?
A global report said that increased use of contraceptives has pushed global abortion rates down, but [...]
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said there was no guarantee Israel would not launch a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
How the United States should build a high speed rail network.
The United States and Europe face a new health threat from a mosquito-born disease far more unpleasant than the West Nile virus that [...]
Climate change fight is predicted to cost $300 billion a year. Despite the hefty expense, solar cell production grew by 56 percent in 2009.
The commander of Russia’s air force said that the US will be able to hit any target in Russia from space by 2030, announcing that Moscow will develop a new [...]
