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Critics: Military trial of terror suspects could open cases to legal uncertainty
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Using a military commission to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants for their alleged role in the Sept. 11 attacks could open the case to significant legal uncertainty and expose fresh details of detainee abuse in a proceeding that might not get underway for two years or longer, national security experts and plan critics say.
GOP wants Dodd to slow down on financial reform legislation
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Republicans on the Senate banking committee said they remain open to finding a bipartisan agreement on legislation to overhaul financial regulation, but they warned the chairman, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), against trying to push a bill through too quickly.
Insurers report on use of abortion riders
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
CHICAGO — In North Dakota, where insurers can cover abortions if customers pay a separate premium, the state’s largest provider says it sells no abortion policies because no one has asked to buy one.
Clinton rebukes Israel over East Jerusalem plans, cites damage to bilateral ties
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday about the state of the U.S.-Israeli relationship, demanding that Israel take immediate steps to show it is interested in renewing efforts to achieve a Middle East peace agreement.
Democrats more hopeful on health-care vote
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Democratic leaders on Friday stoked expectations that the year-long debate in Congress over health care may be coming to an end, after President Obama delayed his upcoming trip to the South Pacific and House leaders indicated they could deliver a final bill for his signature by the end of next week.
FEMA’s sale of Katrina trailers sparks criticism
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
In a giant auction, the federal government has agreed to sell for pennies on the dollar most of the 120,000 formaldehyde-tainted trailers it bought nearly five years ago for Hurricane Katrina victims. But the sale of the units, perhaps the most visible symbol of the government’s bungled response to the hurricane, has triggered a new round of charges that it is endangering future buyers for years to come.
Republicans name six to Obama’s deficit-reduction commission
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Congressional Republicans named six members to President Obama’s deficit-reduction commission Friday, choosing the party’s most respected leaders on budget issues and hard-line conservatives who said they are determined to steer the panel toward cutting spending and away from raising taxes.
Senate bill would reduce sentencing disparities in crack, powder cocaine cases
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
A long-standing dispute over huge disparities in sentencing between crack vs. powdered cocaine appears to be headed for a resolution in Congress.
Democrats try to find the right compromises for financial reform
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Democratic staffers at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue scrambled Friday to write the financial reform legislation that Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) has promised to unveil Monday, trying to find language that would please Democrats while preserving progress toward a compromise with Republicans.