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Senate Weighs Medicare Tax on Capital Gains to Fund Health Plan
Published July 10, 2009, 2:42 am, Bloomberg
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate Finance Committee is considering whether to apply Medicare taxes to capital gains and other non-wage income to help pay for an overhaul of the U.S. health-care system, two people familiar with the talks said.
Espada Returns To Dems, Albany Stalemate Ends
Published July 10, 2009, 2:42 am, WPIX 11 New York
Hearing to appoint a lieutenant governor set for Friday morning The stalemate in the New York State Senate ended on Thursday as Bronx Senator Pedro Espada returned to the Democratic conference. The move by Espada gives Democrats a 32-30 majority for the first time since the June 8 coup where both Espada and Senator Hiram Monserrate joined Republicans, deadlocking the Senate at 31-31. As part of ...
Democrats Link Pope’s ‘Economic Justice’ Plea With Obama Agenda
Published July 10, 2009, 2:38 am, Bloomberg
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama visits the Vatican today as a papal call for a new era of global economic justice has landed at the center of a U.S. political debate over the government’s reach into the economy.
Republican stalwart Bruce James says Ensign's Senate seat is safe
Published July 10, 2009, 2:33 am, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bruce James says you can count him out as a possible replacement for embattled Sen. John Ensign.
Bob Hunter commentary: Let Congress run BCS; it couldn't get any worse
Published July 10, 2009, 2:32 am, The Columbus Dispatch
After hearing another member of Congress pander to his constituents in a hearing designed to "fix" the Bowl Championship Series this week, I think I've finally stumbled onto the perfect solution to the problem:
New York Senate Stalemate Ends
Published July 10, 2009, 2:31 am, NPR
A dissident Democratic senator rejoins his party after helping lead the Republican-dominated coup that shut down New York's Senate for more than a month. Melissa Block talks to NPR's Robert Smith.
Hamptons given $96,000 in gifts
Published July 10, 2009, 2:31 am, Las Vegas Review-Journal
When U.S. Sen. John Ensign's parents heard he was having an affair with his best friend's wife, they gave his mistress and her family $96,000, a lawyer for the Nevada Republican said Thursday.
Nigeria: N53 Billion Bad Debts - Senate Summons Sanusi, Bank Chiefs
Published July 10, 2009, 2:30 am, AllAfrica.com
In order to follow up on the revelation of insider debtors that ruined 11 failed banks in the country, the Senate Committee on Banking and Finance yesterday summoned Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Managing Director of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Ganiyu Ogunleye and directors of the failed banks to appear before it on Monday.
Espada Returns to Democrats, Ends Monthlong Stalemate
Published July 10, 2009, 2:27 am, WPIX 11 New York
Senator Pedro Espada, one of two lawmakers whose switch to the Republican camp sparked the current Senate stalemate, has returned to the Democratic fold, ending the month-long crisis in Albany, officials confirmed Thursday.
Rail plans on track
Published July 10, 2009, 2:23 am, WANE-TV Fort Wayne
New details are emerging about the plan to bring passenger rail service back to Fort Wayne. Thursday, INDOT announced a multi-million dollar proposal during a public meeting: it includes plans for a route connecting Chicago to Fort Wayne to Toledo.
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