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    Mar 24, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Some federal grants are just monkey business

    Would you turn down a job paying $227,000 if all you had to do was look at animal photos in the National Geographic magazine?
    Would you turn down a job paying $227,000 if all you had to do was look at animal photos in the National Geographic magazine? Of course not. And if you did, you'd be a certified moron. There can't be much stress in staring at animal photos, even of...

    Tags: Game, Science, Budget Control Act of 2011, Government, National Government

    2. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner

    President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation.
    President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...

    Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Mike Johanns, Parties and Movements

    3. Feb 22, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  3. Bobby Jindal, Deval Patrick on ‘Meet the Press’; Jan Brewer on ‘Face the Nation’

    The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel
    CNN's "State of the Union" talks to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. The program starts at 9 a.m. and noon. The program offers a panel with former Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss.; Jackie Calmes of The New York Times; Gwen Ifill of PBS'...
    4. Feb 27, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  4. A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy

    WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear.
    WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...

    Tags: Joe McCarthy, James Inhofe, Wars and Interventions, Ted Cruz, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    5. Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  5. Voting Rights Act still important

    Since 2010, Republicans in more than a dozen states, including Texas, have enacted laws either making voting harder, especially for minorities, or locking in GOP election gains with gerrymandered congressional and legislative redistricting. That makes...

    Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting, Parties and Movements, Social Issues

    6. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  6. Column: Washington bitten by the bipartisan bug

    After several bitterly partisan battles on fiscal issues, bipartisanship seems to be breaking out on Capitol Hill in two other controversial areas: immigration reform and gun control.  While it’s too early to know if it will produce significant...

    Tags: Chuck Schumer, This Week (tv program), Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Dianne Feinstein

    7. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. Plans to cancel Saturday letter delivery getting mixed response

    Getting a Saturday morning letter will be a thing of the past starting in August.
    Getting a Saturday morning letter will be a thing of the past starting in August. The United States Postal Service announced Wednesday it will be halting Saturday delivery on first class letters, catalogs and publications later this year in an attempt...

    Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, The Washington Post, U.S. Postal Service, Jay Carney

    8. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Reactions mixed to Postal Service's decision to stop Saturday delivery

    Word that the cash-strapped Postal Service would stop delivering mail on Saturdays hit Lakesha Johnson hard.
    Word that the cash-strapped Postal Service would stop delivering mail on Saturdays hit Lakesha Johnson hard. "I think that's terrible," the Baltimore woman said Wednesday outside the city's Main Post Office on East Fayette Street. "When they want to...

    Tags: Patrick R. Donahoe, Darrell E Issa, Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, CNBC (tv network)

    9. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  9. Local reaction to Postal Service plan mixed

     
    staff writer, @damichelleg
      Somerset County residents have mixed opinions about the U.S. Postal Service's plan to stop Saturday delivery. The announcement was made Wednesday that first-class packages would not be delivered on Saturdays starting in August.  Boswell Borough...

    Tags: Darrell E Issa, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Layoffs and Downsizing, Bill Shuster, U.S. Postal Service

    10. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. UPDATED: Postal Service to cut Saturday mail, keep 6-day package delivery

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The financially struggling U.S. <span style="color: red;">Postal</span> Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. The service...

    Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Marketing, Finance

    11. Dec 29, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  11. ‘Meet the Press’ exclusive: Barack Obama is the guest

    The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel
    ABC's "This Week" inteviews Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. The program starts at 11 a.m. on WFTV-Channel 9. Other guests are Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho. ABC's Jonathan Karl will lead a roundtable...
    12. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  12. Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Bailout Funds, Crime, Law and Justice, Smithsonian Institution, Chris Christie

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