WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will corral on Tuesday key Republican and Democratic senators whose support is critical for passing a climate change law, seeking to jump-start stalled efforts to overhaul energy policy.
Obama called the White House meeting with top lawmakers and members of his cabinet to reinvigorate one ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus threw his weight on Tuesday behind calls for an expansion of U.S. trade benefits to help Haiti rebuild its clothing sector after its devastating earthquake.
"We must lend a hand. We must assist Haiti's earthquake-recovery efforts by creating additional incentives ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freshman Democratic Representative Eric Massa announced his resignation on Friday, saying an ethics investigation into alleged misconduct toward a male staff member would tear his family and staff apart.
"In the incredibly toxic atmosphere that is Washington D.C., with the destruction of our elected leaders having become ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women hit hard by the effects of climate change -- drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure -- gathered on Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for U.S. legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate "witnesses" from the United States, Peru, Senegal, Uganda and other countries aim ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new poll on Monday found signs of trouble ahead for President Barack Obama and his Democrats on national security issues such as the handling of terrorism suspects.
The poll was conducted jointly by Democratic Corps, a Democratic organization, and Third Way, a progressive non-profit organization. It was ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he will nominate a retired Army officer with intelligence community experience to lead aviation security efforts amid concerns about passenger planes being bombed or hijacked.
Obama chose retired Major General Robert Harding to head the Transportation Security Administration after his first pick ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state should not reimpose a stock transfer tax as this would make Wall Street firms move to other cities such as New Jersey's Newark, or other states like Connecticut, Governor David Paterson said on Monday.
The Democrat, speaking at a town hall meeting that ...More
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House is confident it will meet a June deadline for making appointments to fill vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board, spokesman Bill Burton said on Monday.
Burton, speaking to reporters on board the presidential plane Air Force One, said no decisions about the ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State should tax sugary soft drinks to curb obesity and recoup some of the billions of dollars it spends each year to treat people with diabetes and other diseases, Governor David Paterson said on Monday.
"Someone has got to contribute to the $7.6 billion ...More
BERLIN (Reuters) - The idea, floated by IMF economists, that central banks could raise their inflation targets is nonsense, White House economic adviser Paul Volcker said in a German newspaper interview published on Monday.
A research paper by International Monetary Fund staff last month raised the idea that policymakers might consider ...More
