Topic: Washington, DC
When Americans cast their ballots for President and Vice President they do not directly vote for the candidates of their choice. " This body of electors nationwide is known collectively as the Electoral College , and it is their votes, and not ...
The Obama administration's top housing official says several new programs are in the works to help try to revive the housing market. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said in an interview aired Sunday that his department in the coming weeks ...
From the fringes of Saturday's "Restore the Dream" rally, life went on generally as is in the nation's capital. Though I never made it close to the rally itself, I positioned myself outside the John A. Wilson Building next to the electronic ...
The Tea Party Movement is planning another taxpayer march in Washington DC on September, 12, 2010, from 10 a.m. Getting to Washington DC. Washington DC is available by plane (Ronald Reagan National Airport, Dulles International Airport and Baltimore Washington International Airport) and ...
This section offers news briefs related special events in Washington, D.C. It is rumored that television talk show host Oprah Winfrey has cancelled her luncheon at the eatery Ten Pehn during the inuaguration of Barack Obama as 44th U.S. president. " Excerpt ...
The officers of this newspaper, like those at so many corporations around the country, have responded to the proliferation of anthrax incidents by instituting sound and reasonable restrictions on the opening of mail. Frightening though it may seem that a mundane exercise ...
BP spends big in Washington, but will that help it survive during Gulf oil spill crisis?With millions of dollars invested in campaign donations and an all-star lobbying team, BP executives could give an advanced class in how to build influence in Washington. ...
Here is good news for conservatives and Republicans if they can take advantage of it.. A new Pew Research poll finds only about one in five registered voters believe they can trust the federal government to do the right thing "just about ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the U.S. Congress approves financial regulation reform -- and that looks likely to happen soon -- banking stands to become a duller business.On the "out" list will be unrestrained trading desks spitting out exotic debt instruments. On the ...
The US Congress has given up plans to take up legislation this year to give the US capital a member of Congress with full voting rights, amid a dispute over gun laws, a top lawmaker said Tuesday."I am profoundly disappointed that we ...
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