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    May 22, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Transportation nominee gets warm reception from senators, steers clear of controversy

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary — Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx — received a friendly reception from senators of both parties Wednesday laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a...

    Tags: Bankruptcy, Ray LaHood, Charlotte, Politics, Internal Revenue Service

    2. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Obama nominee vows to work with Congress to fund transportation

    Reuters
    By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to be transportation secretary promised on Wednesday to work with Congress to figure out how to fund U.S. transportation needs during a time of tight budgets and faced...

    Tags: Ray LaHood, Charlotte, Politics, John D. Rockefeller IV, National Government

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Obama's environment, energy team nears completion with votes

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's energy and environment team took two steps forward on Thursday after the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and a committee cleared Gina McCarthy to get a full Senate vote to lead the...

    Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gina McCarthy, Career and Workplace, Ernest J. Moniz, Thomas Edward Perez

    4. May 16, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  4. Panel clears Obama's EPA pick on party-line vote, hurdles ahead in full Senate

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican support. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday voted...

    Tags: Gina McCarthy, Politics, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Parties and Movements

    5. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  5. Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...

    Tags: Tom Coburn, Mark Begich, Politics, John McCain, Lindsey O. Graham

    6. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  6. Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats rejected a call to reopen White House tours scrapped because of the tightened spending.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's...

    Tags: Tom Coburn, Career and Workplace, Jon Tester, U.S. Department of Defense, Politics

    7. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Senators protest sequester cuts, shutdown threat looms

    WASHINGTON — It was bound to happen: As the sequester budget cuts are felt around the country, lawmakers are having second thoughts — and trying to tinker with them in a way that could lead to a full-scale government shutdown. Senators...

    Tags: Tom Coburn, Budget Control Act of 2011, John Boehner, James Inhofe, U.S. Department of Defense

    8. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Sen. Roy Blunt placing a hold on Obama's EPA nominee

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> -- Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt said on Monday that he is placing a hold on Gina McCarthy, President Obama&rsquo;s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, which could delay a full Senate vote on the nominee.
    WASHINGTON -- Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt said on Monday that he is placing a hold on Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, which could delay a full Senate vote on the nominee. Blunt said the hold...

    Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gina McCarthy, Politics, Claire McCaskill, Environmental Politics

    9. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  9. U.S. Budget Battle: Furlough plans vary widely at gov't agencies

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Federal workers could face seven days of furloughs at the Housing and Urban Development Department, but Homeland Security personnel might see twice that number. At the Environmental Protection Agency, workers would get four-day holiday weekends with a catch &mdash; one day would be a furlough day.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal workers could face seven days of furloughs at the Housing and Urban Development Department, but Homeland Security personnel might see twice that number. At the Environmental Protection Agency, workers would get four-day...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, National Security, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Day

    10. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. For David O. Russell, an entry in his own 'Silver Linings Playbook'

    The last time David O. Russell went to the White House, to screen &ldquo;Three Kings&rdquo; for Bill Clinton in 1999, he brought his 5-year-old son Matthew. Russell didn&rsquo;t fully know it then, but a world&nbsp; of struggle loomed for the boy, who grappled with emotional difficulties for much of his childhood and adolescence. Those challenges also awaited the director, who felt acutely the frustrations of raising a son with behavioral issues.
    The last time David O. Russell went to the White House, to screen “Three Kings” for Bill Clinton in 1999, he brought his 5-year-old son Matthew. Russell didn’t fully know it then, but a world  of struggle loomed for the boy, who grappled...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Vice (movie), Behavioral Conditions, Barbara Boxer, Jennifer Lawrence

    11. Feb 7, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  11. What the Catholic bishops owe President Obama

    U.S. Catholic bishops have a lot to worry about: the gunning down of children; 11 million undocumented immigrants, many of them Catholic; a warming planet; a chilly economy. Instead they've spent the last year obsessed with contraception.
    U.S. Catholic bishops have a lot to worry about: the gunning down of children; 11 million undocumented immigrants, many of them Catholic; a warming planet; a chilly economy. Instead they've spent the last year obsessed with contraception. The bishops...

    Tags: Political Candidates, Career and Workplace, Politics, Insurance, U.S. Congress

    12. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  12. Senators introduce extension of ag disaster assistance programs

    Washington, D.C. - Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced legislation recently to extend agriculture disaster assistance programs that expired at the end of the 2011 Fiscal Year and were not part of the...

    Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, Politics, Droughts

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