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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:10 PM

US Congress

Type: Organization

Name: US Congress

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 3 Documents

U.S. Congress Wants More Arms Sold to Taiwan

WASHINGTON - Supporters of Taiwan in the U.S. Congress pushed Nov. 20 for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would almost certainly anger China.Obama sought warmer relations with China on his maiden visit this ... [DefenseNews.com - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Taiwan, US Congress, Beijing, China, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

U.S. Congress Studying Current Restrictions on Travel to Cuba

Congress Studying Current Restrictions on Travel to Editions: Enter search terms Choose what site to search Entire Site Middle East & North Topics: , , Keywords: , travel ban, n embargo19 November ... [America.gov - 11/20/2009]

Entities: US Congress, United States, Embargo, James Cason

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Politics)

US Senate suspends hearing on military ban on gays

WASHINGTON - A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. 'We do not have a date' for the hearing, said the aide, ... [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Gay, US Senate, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Financial reforms grind forward in Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress edged closer on Wednesday to creating new government powers to break up giant financial firms, which Europe is already doing, while a U.S. derivatives market crackdown got more complicated. ... [Reuters: Business News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: US Congress, Washington DC, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Paul Kanjorski

WRAPUP 1-Financial reforms grind forward in U.S. Congress

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress edged closer on Wednesday to creating new government powers to break up giant financial firms, which Europe is already doing, while a U.S. derivatives market crackdown got more complicated.More than a year ... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 11/19/2009]

Entities: US Congress, Paul Kanjorski, Judd Gregg

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Timothy F Geithner

Wall Street owes the administration a really nice Christmas card

Things are getting ugly as Congress considers financial reform. Legislators don't like the (entirely accurate) perception that the banks got a sweetheart deal last fall. The public wants someone to lose a pound of flesh over what happened to the economy, ... [Washington Post - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Wall Street, Luis Magana, Timothy F Geithner

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Federal Reserve System

Panel approves oversight of Fed

IN A display of populist anger towards the Federal Reserve, a House panel voted on Thursday to let the US Congress carry out extensive new oversights of the central bank's policy decisions and operations. ... [Business Times Singapore - 11/20/2009]

Entities: US Congress, Federal Reserve System

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

No Thanksgiving Troop Decision

George Stephanopoulos: No Thanksgiving troop decision. That's the headline from my White House sources this morning.White House - George Stephanopoulos - Holidays - ABC News - United States Congress ... [ABC News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Thanksgiving, George Stephanopoulos, US Congress

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

In the spirit...

The season of thankfulness (is that a word?) and joy is upon us and I am so grateful to be here to share it with my friends and family.I am the Co-President of the Carol Stream Woman's Club (www.cswomansclub.com). It is a daunting job which requires me ... [Working Mother - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Toys 'R' Us Inc, General Federation of Women's Clubs, Zhu Zhu

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

What it will cost you to deny health insurance to illegal immigrants.

In his Sept. 9 speech to Congress on health care, when President Obama said, "The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally," Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shot back: "You lie!" What Obama meant was that health care reform would ... [Slate Magazine - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Health Insurance, Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, US Congress, Conserved

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 Documents

Big Pharma Lobbyists Script Speeches In U.S. Congress, Industry Fights Against Generic Drugs (DeSmogBlog)

While our focus here at DeSmogBlog is to expose the public relations and lobbying antics that hinder effective responses to climate change, we are always on the lookout for other examples of how lobbying and PR impede progress on critical legislative ... [Progressive Bloggers - 18 hours ago]

Entities: US Congress, Genentech Inc, Democratic Party (US), public relations, Biotechnology

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents

Claims of Beijing 'meddling' rejected

The Hong Kong government has dismissed concerns raised in a report to the US Congress, that Beijing has been increasing its influence over Hong Kong politically and economically. The claims, made by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, ... [Radio Television Hong Kong - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Beijing, Hong Kong, Security Review, US Congress, Liaison

Quotes

...(DD-20.11) "I am not relying on the speed of Congress Yvo de Boer, who is the director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said. Obama has demonstrated 'incredible courage and leadership' and wants a 'strong' policy agreement on the issue, he added. 'The climate change legislation will be dealt with early next year but having said that I am confident that the president of the 'They all offered a target in UN scientists have underlined the need for aggregate emission reduction by industrialised countries of between minus 25 percent and 40 percent over 1990 levels by 2020 with global emissions falling by at least 50 percent by 2050. One of the principle obstacles in the path of a binding agreement at Despite the fact that the"

Copenhagen does not hinge on US lawmakers: UN Climate Chief:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:sche ... [DDI News - 17 hours ago]

In his Sept. 9 speech to Congress on health care, when President Obama said, "The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally" Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S...

What it will cost you to deny health insurance to illegal immigrants. [Slate Magazine - 23 hours ago]

...4 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions, nothing this country does can make the difference but the economic damage would be real: "Passing this law would condemn Australia to lower living standards for absolutely zero environmental gain."

Decision shaping up as one for the purists [The Australian - 11/20/2009]

...urging members of the Armenian parliament not to ratify the Zurich protocols that the party views as detrimental to Armenia's national interests. "One should hardly expect any changes in the process of the ratification of the Zurich protocols, and in spring, on the threshold of [Genocide Commemoration Day] April 24, Turkey will undertake certain steps that will be of a demonstrative nature in order to show to the international community its readiness to normalize relations with Armenia" said Manoyan...

DASHNAKTSUTYUN: ARMENIAN-TURKISH NORMALIZATION IN WAIT-AND-SEE PHASE [Armtown.com - 11/20/2009]

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What it will cost you to deny health insurance ... [Slate Magazine - 23 hours ago]
US Senate puts off action on military ban on ga... [Yahoo! News - 23 hours ago]
US Senate puts off action on military ban on gays [AFP via Yahoo! - 23 hours ago]
Obama has gone; distrust returns [South China Morning Post - 11/20/2009]
Panel approves oversight of Fed [Business Times Singapore - 11/20/2009]
Decision shaping up as one for the purists [The Australian - 11/20/2009]
Pelosi critical of Afghan leader [Irish Times - 11/20/2009]
NEAL STATEMENT ON BREAST CANCER SCREENING Urges... [US House of Representatives - 11/20/2009]
Senate ethics committee admonishes Burris [Washington Post - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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Big Pharma Lobbyists Script Speeches In U.S. Co... [Progressive Bloggers - 18 hours ago] While our focus here at DeSmogBlog is to expose the public relations and lobbying antics that hinder effective responses to climate change, we are always on the ...
And off I go, sort of; but only to return \| Mic... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 23 hours ago] I'm taking next week off, mostly. I plan on posting a reaction to the Saturday night Senate vote - will I be borrowing my headline from the Nixon era or the Bay ...
Russell Simmons: True Patriots Are Not Silent. ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] True patriots are not silent. They speak out. When I wrote the first "The Indictment of America" blog, I felt that the call for greater compassion ...
Daoud Kuttab: Accomplishing Palestinian Stateho... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] Mahmoud Abbas is in a bind. Faced with a seemingly insurmountable impasse to negotiations with Israel, the Palestinian Authority president can either resign ...
Wall Street owes the administration a really ni... [Ezra Klein - 11/20/2009] Things are getting ugly as Congress considers financial reform. Legislators don't like the (entirely accurate) perception that the banks got a sweetheart deal ...

Audio/Video

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Does it matter that Obama is behind schedule on... [Slate Magazine - 11/19/2009]
Senate Celebrates Byrd, Longest-Serving Member [ABC News Video: Politics - 11/18/2009]
Michele Bachmann invites tea partiers to Washin... [Slate Magazine - 11/06/2009]
US senators back move for climate change measur... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
Abortion foes and Rep. Bart Stupak meddle with ... [Slate Magazine - 11/05/2009]

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