Tweet The House is set to vote on a Republican plan to raise the debt limit in exchange for huge spending cuts. President Barack Obama said that he would veto the bill if both chambers of Congress will pass the measure. The standoff highlighted the symbolic nature of the Republican-sponsored proposal while behind-the-scenes negotiations are still going... 

Tweet Amidst bleak prospects, the Senate plan to deal with energy crisis and global warming was released recently. I have to appreciate Senator John Kerry and Joseph I. Lieberman for their efforts — well, at least they made a 987 page bill that contemplates the facts related to limited climate altering emissions, reduced oil imports and new jobs...