WASHINGTON — Doctors, drugmakers, hospitals and health insurers have spent millions over the years wooing lawmakers who now are on the powerful congressional panel charged with finding a formula to control deficits and debt, a new analysis finds. Those very same industries would get hit hard if the supercommittee succeeds. The industry campaign contributions, compiled [...]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s leader on Tuesday urged lawmakers in the troubled coalition government to preach messages of peace ahead of proposed elections — and after years of violence that rights groups blame on President Robert Mugabe and his security forces. “Let’s in unison say no to violence in all its manifestations,” Mugabe said [...]
The 13 lawmakers who received campaign donations from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) have one thing in common — none of them got advance notice the checks were coming. Palin distributed $65,000 to candidates during the first half of this year, according to a Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing this month by Sarah PAC, Palin’s [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional leaders rushed to line up Republican and Democratic votes on Monday for a White House-backed deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avert an unprecedented debt default. With scars still fresh from the months-long brawl over increasing the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, a new fight was shaping over the incendiary [...]
A sharply divided Congress pursued rival budget plans on Monday that appeared unlikely to win broad support, pushing the United States closer to a ratings downgrade and debt default that would send shockwaves through global markets. Other political news of note Lawmakers pursue rival budget plansEuropean and Asian stocks fell 0.4 percent to 1 percent. U.S. [...]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan lawmakers approved a request by President Hugo Chavez to travel to Cuba on Saturday to undergo chemotherapy. National Assembly President Fernando Soto Rojas announced the unanimous vote after a passionate debate, in which opposition politicians said they supported the president’s right to receive treatment but disputed his plan to remain in charge while inHavana. Opposition lawmakers [...]
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