All Posts Tagged With: "Congress"
Schumer Wonders Why Marathon Suspect was not questioned by FBI
On Monday, Senator Chuck Schumer from New York said he would question why an interview was not performed by the FBI with the older brother suspected in the bombings at the end of the Boston Marathon, when he came back to the U.S. six months ago from Russia. Schumer said the FBI has been very [...]
Debate in South Carolina heats up Congressional Race
On Monday, two candidates vying for the 1st Congressional district seat in South Carolina participated in a spirited debate. Elizabeth Colbert Busch is a first time candidate running against the Mark Stanford the former Governor of South Carolina. The debate was not held on local television but Colbert Busch’s question to Sanford about his Argentina [...]
Romney doomed in 2012 due to big black voter turnout and white apathy
In 2012, blacks voted more than any other group of minorities and by most measures, for the first time, surpassed the turnout of white voters. This reflects the deeply polarized 2012 presidential election where Barack Obama was strongly supported by the black voter and many white voters remained at home. If people had voted in [...]
Washington State Republicans Seek Non-Discrimination Law Exemption
A number of Republican lawmakers in Washington state filed a new bill on Thursday that seeks an exemption to the anti-discrimination laws in the state. The filing came only weeks after a florist in Richland denied a gay couple service for their wedding and had legal action taken against her. Senator Sharon Brown a Republican [...]
George Says Brother Jeb Should Run for President
George W. Bush the former President of the United States has said he believes his younger sibling should run for the presidency in 2016. Former President Bush said his brother Jeb would be a great candidate and would be great for the White House if elected. President Bush said his brother did not need his [...]
Furloughs at FAA Kick In
On Sunday, most of the commercial airline flights took off as scheduled in the country. It marked the first day that furloughs stared for air traffic controllers that resulted from the spending cuts in the government. By late evening, there were some noticeable delays at the three large airports in the New York/New Jersey area. [...]
Republican Authors of Immigration Reform Defend Proposal
The GOP co-authors of the immigration reform effort that is bipartisan, denounced suggestions from conservatives on Friday that the Boston marathon bombings were evidence that the U.S. should stop the proposed sweeping overhaul of its immigration laws. On Friday, federal authorities announced that two brothers were suspected in the Boston bombings. The brothers are originally [...]
Group of Eight Unveils Immigration Reform Proposal
Faith based and civil liberties groups have already started to call part of the sweeping overhaul proposal for immigration too stringent. The groups claim the law makes the march to citizenship too difficult for some undocumented immigrants. On Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama made his first comments on the immigration proposal calling it a clear [...]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Concealed-Carry Challenge
On Monday, the Supreme Court left gun owners in doubt as to whether or not they have a right to carry a weapon in public because of the Second Amendment. With no comment or dissent, the highest court in the U.S. turned down the challenge made by gun rights activists to a law in New [...]
Leaders in Middle East to Visit White House
Over the coming weeks, the White House administration will play host to several leaders from the Middle East including Jordan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In part, the leaders are visiting to register concerns about the civil war that is ongoing in Syria and to encourage the White House administration to push the [...]
As the shareholders in Germany opposes the re-election of Mr Flint as Chairman and Mr Gulliver CEO of HSBC Holdings ...
Since Obama seems to never know anything about any issue at any given time on any given subject from any ...
a one year high of $63.82? On May 15th?
What a nonsense, the shares were at $77.11!