Cheney slammed over ‘secret counter terrorism program’
July 13, 2009
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Democrats have lashed out at former vice-president Dick Cheney, accusing him of abusing his power, amid reports he ordered the CIA to withhold information from Congress about a secret counter-terrorism program.
Lawmakers vowed to hold hearings on the nature of the alleged top secret program and efforts to keep members of the US legislature in the dark.
Obama picks Egypt for Muslim address
May 10, 2009
Barack Obama will make his long-awaited address to Muslims in Egypt on June 4, accelerating his bid to mend the US image in the Islamic world from an epicentre of Arab civilisation.
The speech, fulfilling an Obama campaign promise, will focus on how Americans and Muslims abroad can secure the “safety and security” of their children in a more hopeful future, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
Hitchens Debate With Blackwell Over Religion in America Gets Heated (Video)
April 8, 2009
Christopher Hitchens was a guest on Hardball tonight along with Kenneth Blackwell, from the Family Research Council, to discuss Newsweek’s recent cover story titled “The End of Christian America.” The story highlighted a poll showing that while 62 percent of Americans considered the U.S. a Christian nation, a staggering 68 percent say religion is losing its influence on American life.
Obama faces an angry nation
March 21, 2009
Stephen Colbert, a comedian who plays a slightly goofy conservative Republican, began his Comedy Central TV show The Colbert Report this week brandishing a pitchfork.
“Nation! I am enraged!” he yelled to his audience.
“AIG announced this week that they are giving executives $US165 million in bonuses. Excuse me? That bail-out money is supposed to be used responsibly – in ways we never see, to prop up businesses we don’t understand,”
American Public Remain Strong in Their Support of Barack Obama
February 23, 2009
With his first month as President in the bag, Barack Obama is receiving an unparalleled level of support from the American public in regards to his ability to handle, and in this case fix, the shattered economy. In fact President Obama has the largest lead over opposition party in overall trust to handle the economy as any U.S. President has had in over 20 years.
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Obama savors victory as Congress approves stimulus
February 15, 2009
President Barack Obama on Saturday savoured his first major victory in Congress with the newly passed $US787-billion economic stimulus package aimed at combating the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The president could sign the bill as early as next week, less than a month after taking office. He described the bill’s passage as a “major milestone on our road to recovery”.
US Congress agrees on stimulus package
February 11, 2009
US lawmakers have announced an agreement on a compromise $US789 billion stimulus plan, and say they hope to have it ready for President Barack Obama’s signature in the coming days.
“I’m particularly pleased that we have produced an agreement that has the top line of $US789 billion, that it’s less than either the House or the Senate-passed bills,” Republican Senator Susan Collins told reporters on Wednesday.
US Senate passes Obama’s $US838b economic stimulus plan
February 10, 2009
The US Senate has passed a $US838 billion economic stimulus plan, touching off difficult compromise negotiations with the House aimed at sending President Barack Obama a final bill this week.
Obama, making a campaign-style stop in an economically hard-hit part of Florida, immediately called Tuesday’s outcome “good news” and “a good start” to his bid to rescue the battered US economy.
Seal of approval for scaled down package
February 8, 2009
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s Democratic Senate allies unveiled a pared-down plan to pump at least $US780billion into the ailing US economy and vowed to pass it this week.
“We’re doing everything we can to make sure that this severe recession we’re in does not become another Great Depression,” Senate Democratic majority leader Harry Reid said, as all but a handful of Republicans vowed to oppose the deal.
Republicans resist stimulus package despite Obama persuasion
January 28, 2009
Despite all the talk by the US President, Barack Obama, of post-partisan politics, and a personal appeal to Republicans on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, today’s vote on the $US850 billion stimulus package looks set to go along party lines.
The huge spending package is almost guaranteed to pass the House of Representatives because the Democrats undoubtedly have the numbers. But only a handful of Republicans are expected to vote for it.
