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Beijing mdash; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, w stanley flasche arning of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations as the United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues. Blinken met with Xi in Beijing after holding talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong. Talks between the two sides h stanley cup ave incre stanley cup ased in recent months, even as differences have grown. We are committed to maintaining and strengthening lines of communication between us, so that the two sides can prevent any any miscommunications, any misperceptions and any miscalculations, Blinken said. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 26, 2024. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool/REUTERS Earlier, Blinken and Wang also underscored the importance of keeping lines of communication open as they lamented persistent and deepening divisions that threaten global security. Those divisions were highlighted earlier this week when President Biden signed a massive foreign aid bill that contains several elements the Chinese see as problematic. Their comments hinted at a long list of differences to be discussed, including Taiwan and the Spbm Media coverage of Trump s sh*thole remarks prompted 162 FCC complaints
President Barack Obama will propose giving U.S. officials the power to limit rate hikes by health insurance companies - part of a new health care overhaul plan he will unveil Monday in a last-ditch bid to salvage his signature issue.The proposal would give the federal Health and Human Services Department - in conjunction with state authorities - the power to deny egregious premium increases, roll them back, or demand re stanley cup bates for consumers, said a White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity because details have not yet been officially released.The United States is the only de stanley canada veloped nation that does not have a comprehensive national health care plan for all its citizens. Many people rely on private insurance plans for care. Special Report: Health Care ReformRecent premium hikes of as much as 39 percent sought by Anthem Blue Cross in California have given Obama a new argument for his sweeping health care reforms, stalled in Congress since Democrats lost their 60th Senate seat in a special election last month in Massachusetts. It takes 60 out of 100 votes in the U.S. Senate to cut off stalling tactics by the opposition.The president has said again and again that jobs will be at the top of his agenda this year, but not this week when his focus will return to health care reform, reports CBS News chief White House correspondent Chip Reid.The proposal for tighter oversight of private insur stanley thermobecher ers, modeled on legislation propose

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Congress th stanley spain is year has been reticent to extend social safety net programs -- in fact, last month it passed a bill that cuts food assistance funding -- but Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., is nevertheless trying to extend federal funding stanley puodelis for students to receive hot school lunches. Franken on Monday ate lunch with the kindergartners at Meadow Lake Elementary School in Brooklyn Park, Minn., to bring attention to the significance of subsidized lunches. Nearly eight in 10 students at Meadow Lake come from lower-income families who qualify for free or reduced lunches, CBS Minnesota reported. Kids who haven t eaten at lunch, who don t have a full stomach... don t do as well in school. This is wrong, Franken said. The National School Lunch Program provided low 8208;cost or free lunches to more than 31 million children each school day in 2012, but Franken contends the government could do more for those students who are only offered low-cost stanley website lunches. If a student can t pay for those low-cost lunches, which are typically 40 cents each, they re offered some alternative like a cheese sandwich. Under the current rules, children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the poverty level or $30,615 for a family of four are eligible for free meals. Those with incomes between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible for reduced 8208;price meals. 185 percent of the poverty level comes to $43,568 for a fa Khpr Common Core used widely, despite continuing debate
Is it just a momentary blip mdash; or did a little of the luster come off of the burgeoning Fred Thompson campaign this weekend Restless Republicans not enamored by the current field of the 10 men in their party actively in the race have been talking up the well-known actor and former Tennessee senator as an antidote to their current funk. The inability of any of the current candidates to dramatically break out of the pack in last week s televised debate did little to soothe GOP concerns and set the stage nicely for Thompson s speech this weekend to an important conservative group in California. But if the early reports on his address to the Lincoln Club of Orange County are any guide, any opportunity to build on the buzz was missed.One particularly disheartening review was turned in by conservative columnist Robert Novak, who wrote, Lincoln Club members, like man copo stanley y conservative Republicans, have been unimpressed by the existing field of Republican hopefuls and envisioned Thompson as the second coming of Ronald Reagan. Th stanley cup ey did not get it Friday night. Novak s description of a rather tepid reception among the gathered GOP faithful is unlikely to derail what has become a sort stanley vattenflaska of presidential campaign-in-waiting. But it does illuminate the potential drawbacks associated with the kind of spontaneous exuberance and high expectations that have surrounded Thompson thus far. At what point does the hype grow larger than the candidate himself

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Washington mdash; The Trump administration announced Tuesday two new political appointees are joining the policy team at the Census Bureau, additions that Democrats say are part of an attempt by the administration to politicize the ongoing census.Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham announced Tuesday that Nathaniel Cogley would be joining the agency as deputy director for policy and Adam Korzeniewski would be working as his senior adviser.Dillingham said in a statement their support will stanley tumbler help the Census Bureau achieve a complete and accurate 2020 Census and study future improvements. According to his personal website, Cogley worked at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, as the head of the Department of Government, Legal Studies and Philosophy and as an assistant political science professor. The Census Bureau said Korzeniewski has exemplary military and public service experience and has experience with prior Census Bureau fieldwork. He previously worked as a campaign consultant to Joseph Saladino, a controversial YouTube prankster who unsuccessfully r stanley cups uk an for Congress in 2019.The Census Bureau s hiring of the two new political appointees drew criticism from Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, the stanley cups Democratic chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The decision to create two new senior positions at the Census Bureau and fill them with political operatives is yet another unprecedented attempt by the Ypdf More than 330,000 people sign petition to rename Trump Tower s street after Barack Obama
THE GREEN LEAP FORWARD....In the current issue of the Monthly, Christina La stanley quencher rson reports that people who worry about whether China will agree to caps on greenhouse gases are missing the point. China s government, she says, genuinely wants to tackle its horrific pollution problem. The problem is that it can t:The dilemma is enforcement. The central government s decision to open up the country s economy has simultaneously undermined its ability to impose its will on far-flung provinces. Since 1980, China s economic strategy has been one of decentralization. State-owned enterprises have been partially privatized; provincial governments have been given more authority; entire sectors of the economy have been deregulated.In economic terms, this strategy has been wildly successful. But it has also diminished the central government s reach....Although laws are promulgated in the capital, provincial authorities are responsible for i stanley spain mplementing them. But provincial governments depend on tax revenue from local industries, so shutting down polluters often runs counter to their interests.....To deal with this predicament, Beijing has invited help from an unexpected corner: civil society. Citizen groups can help spread information, provide oversight, and put some pressure on local authorities. The government granted legal status to NGOs in 1994, and green groups were the first to stanley cup flood into this new space. Initially, they focused on innocuous campaigns like environmental education and tra

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Washington mdash; A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday released the legislative text of a plan to curb gun violence, which if passed by Congress would be the most significant update to the nation s firearms laws in nearly three decades.Called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the measure is the Senate s response to a pair of mass shootings mdash; one at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and the other at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas mdash; that shocked the nation and spurred a group of senators to find consensus around a plan to reform gun laws.Hours after the bill s text was released, the plan cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate, with the backing of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Senate leaders are hoping it passes the upper chamber this week. Fourteen Republican senators voted stanley us with Democrats to begin debate on the bill, ensuring there are enough votes to overcome a filibuster and advance to final passage. House Speaker Nan stanley spain cy Pelosi has pledged to swiftly bring the bill to the House floor for a vote once it passes the Senate.The legislation is the culmination of weeks of negotiation between the bipartisan group of senators, and was unveiled 10 days after 20 Democratic and Republican senators announced a framework of the gun control plan. While the bill does not g stanley cup o as far as what President Biden has called for, some of the provisions mdash; such as enhance Rexr Today in Trump: February 10, 2017
This story was written by Tim Hadachek, Kansas State CollegianA childs game of T-ball is the epitome of fairness. Everyone gets to play the same amount; everyone plays each position and most importantly, no one keeps score. The result is a game that is mind-numbingly and soul-crushingly boring. Democrats today are proposing a T-ball world that favors fairness over progress. Everyone stanley thermosflasche should be paid the same amount, receive the same benefits stanley thermos and have their job protected. The diffe stanley botella rence, of course, is that the world is keeping score and every time we sacrifice for the interest of fairness, we all lose. Fairness should become the official motto for the Democratic Party. In the official party platform found on their Web site, the words fair and fairness appear 35 times, compared to the words free and freedom, which appear only 28 times. Take for example the partys position on the energy industry. Like a baseball team benching their best home-run hitter in favor of the untested rookie, Democrats want to hinder the largest contributors to our economy the oil companies forcing them to invest in unproven and inefficient alternative sources. Sen. Chris Dodd D-Conn. told CNBC on June 10, The government should be able to mandate what profit is fair for business. In every game of T-ball, you notice players who probably shouldnt be there: the kind of kids who should probably be reading a book or w

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Bernie Sanders wants America s youth to get involved in politics ndash; and he s written a guide for them. The Vermont senator s new book, Bernie Sanders Guide to Politic stanley becher al Revolution, aims to provide tools to help young adults do just tha stanley cup t. What this book is about is saying that we have a r stanley cup spain eal crisis in American democracy, Sanders told CBS This Morning on Tuesday. In the book s foreword, Sanders writes of his optimism and faith in the current generation of young people, calling them the smartest, most idealistic, and least prejudiced generation in the modern history of the United States. We have the lowest voter turnout of any major country on earth. It means that we re seeing ndash; as a result of this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision ndash; billionaires able to buy elections, spend hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars supporting candidates who represent the wealthy and the powerful, Sanders said. The antidote, Sanders says, is to not only get young people involved in politics but get them involved in the political process. Run for school board, run for city council, run for state legislature, he said. This is a generation that is beyond ndash; in many respects ndash; racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia. I have seen these young people stand together, talk about climate change, the need to transform our energy system, to take on the oligarchy that contro Dolo Student Charged For Disorderly Conduct By Elon At Palin Rally
The Republican National Committee is using one of President Obama s favorite stanley kaffeebecher metaphors for the economy--a car driven into a ditch--and throwing it back at him. A new ad released Wednesday accuses Mr. Obama of directing the country on left turn after left turn and urges Americans not to let Obama drive us to disaster. Invoking an albeit low-fi action movie metaphor, the ad - which features speeding motorcycles, derailed trains, and cars both exploding and flying off cliffs - dramatically intones that America s headed the wrong way fast - and that it s time to change direction. Watch the ad above. Leading up to the 2010 elections, Mr. Obama repeatedly said the Republicans drove the economy into a ditch and were standing around barking orders at Democrats who were trying to get it out of the ditch. Mr. Obama said Republicans wanted the keys back but he would not hand them over. According to the RNC, the 30-second spot, entitled Change Direction, will air for the next four weeks online and some national cable news channels. The RNC intends to challenge Barack Obama in every state on his fail botella stanley ed economic leadership stanley cup right up until Election Day, said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, Republicans have already changed the conversation in Washington, but with the president unwilling to remove the country from its unsustainable course, it s time to change direction. On the ad s page on the RNC website, viewers are urged to make dona

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Washington mdash; The Supreme Court on Thursday said Congress is not required to extend federal stanley cups uk disability benefits to residents of Puerto Rico, finding that denying the payments, which are by law available only to residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, does not violate the Constitution.The court ruled 8-1 against the bid by Puerto Rico residents to receive equal treatment under the Supplemental Security Income SSI program, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh delivering the opinion for the majority. Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only dissenter in the case, known as United States v. Vaello Madero.The safety-net program, signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1972, provides monthly payments to older Americans and people with disabilities or blindness. The question presented is whether the equal-protection component of the Fifth Amendment s Due Process Clause requires Congress to make Supplemental Security Income benefits available to residents of Puerto Rico to the same extent that Congress makes those bene stanley cup fits available to residents of the states, Kavanaugh wrote. In light of the text of the Constitution, longstanding historical practice, and this court s precedents, the answer is no. But in her dissent, Sotomayor, who is Puerto Rican, called it utterly irrational to deny SSI benefits to Puerto Rico residents because they don t pay enough i stanley cup n taxes, given the purpose of the program, and said Congress decision t Bstk Senate Finance Panel Passes Health Reform
It has bee garrafinhas stanley n nearly 15 years since a Democratic president nominated a justice to the Supreme Court. And in the always fractious Democratic tribe, political, cultural, economic and geographic constituencies have been waiting more than 5,000 days to get their due. Yet for all the potential pitfalls ndash; and there are many ndash; that surround a presidential pick for the high court, few actions carry more opportunities to impact policy, to shape a legacy or to solidify political support that may be crucial to the legislative agenda. With David Souterrsquo surprising decision to retire, President Obama now faces the risk of antagonizing multiple power centers within the Democratic party ndash; but he also has the chance to put his imprint on the court, further hone his image in the minds of the public and bind wayward Democrats closer to him. So, just what can Obama accomplish with his choice of Souterrsquo replacement Appearing competent Choosing Supreme Court nominees has brought out stanley canada the worst in a number of administrations ndash; and both parties have shared in the fun. President Reagan suffered through the spectacle of Robert Bork. The Clinton stanley cup administration was plagued with characteristic indecision and delay before settling on Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. President George W. Bush had a relatively easy time with the choice of Chief Justice John Roberts, but endured a devastating firestorm over th

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Shrugging off higher interest rates, America s consumers spent enough to help drive the economy to a brisk 5.2% annual pace from July through September, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Wednesday in an upgrade from its previous estimate.The government had previously estimated that the economy grew at a 4.9% annual rate last quarter.Wednesday s second estimate of growth for stanley cup the July-September quarter confirmed that the economy sharply accelerated from its 2.1% rate from April through June. It showed that the U.S. gross domestic product mdash; the total output of goods and services mdash; grew at its fa stanley cup stest quarterly rate in nearly two years. The increase in the third quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending and inventory investment.Consumer spending, the lifeblood of the economy, rose at a 3.6% annual rate from July through September mdash; still healthy but a downgrade from the previous estimate of 4%. Private investment surged at a 10.5% annual pace, including a 6.2% increase in housing investment, which defied higher mortgage rates. The economy also received a lift f stanley mug rom companies building inventories in anticipation of future sales, which added 1.4 percentage points to quarterly growth. Also driving the third quarter growth was an uptick in spending and investment by governments at all levels mdash; federal, state and local. Ezxd What Dobson Won t Like And The LCR Shouldn t Believe
WASHINGTON - Newt Gingrich overlooked a couple of years of red ink when he asserted Thursday night that he balanced the budget for four years as House speaker. And in claiming sole credit for the achievement, he glossed over the fact that budgets are not a one-man show: There was a Democratic president in town, too.In the last debate before the leadoff Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Gingrich persisted in repeating a claim he has made often in the campaign, sometimes more accurately than others. Here and there, other candidates, too, reprised misstatements or partial truths from the string of debates and from the stump. Mitt Romney once again declared he has spent his life in the private sector, once again ignoring his years as governor and political candidate.Iowa GOP debate: Winners and losersGingrich hammered for Freddie Mac tiesGingrich, Paul challenge electa stanley cup bility questions A look at some of the claims in the debate stanley cup and how they compare with the facts:GINGRICH: I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid stanley thermosflasche off $405 billion in debt 151; pretty conservative. THE FACTS: In the 1996 and 1997 budget years, the first two years he shaped as speaker of the House of Representatives, the government actually ran deficits. In 1998 and 1999, the government ran surpluses. Two more years of surpluses followed, but Gingrich was gone from politics by then and had nothing to do with them.Moreover, the national debt went up dur

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WASHINGTON -- The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution Fri stanley cup usa day that would bar President Barack Obama from sending forces to Iraq in a sustained combat role without congressional approval, a bill likely to have greater symbolic than legal stanley cup effect.The measure still must pass the Senate to force a showdown with the president. And it risks opening up several questions related to the Constitution s separation of powers between executive and legislative branches, even if Obama and his top military advisers already have ruled out sending combat troops to help Iraq fight extremist insurgents. stanley flask What can Iraqrsquo military do to stem ISISrsquo; advance 01:01 Iraq s army touts some progress against ISIS 02:01 Friday s legislation was approved by a 370-40 vote after Republican and Democratic lawmakers emphasized the need to reassert what they argued is their constitutional control over authorizing military force. This resolution makes one clear statement, said its sponsor, Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. If the president decides we should further involve our military in Iraq, he needs to Brdk Biden moves up deadline for COVID vaccine eligibility to April 19
Addressing House Republicans recently, President Barack Obama said some things are more important than high poll numbers - and on this, no one can accuse me of not living by my principles. That joke about his own ratings slide drew a hearty laugh from some of the president s fiercest political foes. It also neatly captured Obama s sense of humor: mordant, self-deprecating, deeply ironic.Does Barack Obama have a funny bone The president certainly doesn t seem to see himself as a natural comic. But more often than he gets credit for, he flashes a sharp and wry humor. It s an important component of his style, helping to humanize an otherwise detached persona in ways that could prove valuable in the political wars ahead. He has a natural gleam in his eye, said comedian and actor Larry Miller Pretty Woman, 10 Things I Hate About You , who first noticed it during the campaign.At the annual Al Smith charity banquet in 200 stanley cup 8, then-candidate Obama had New York s tuxedoed elite in stitches with a sendup of his fawning treatment by the national media. Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger, he said to knowing laughter. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father Jor-El to sa stanley cup ve the Planet Earth. I mean, this guy was funny, Miller recalled. And not just in timing, or stanley cup politically funny, or a little bit funny. He really had them going. He was saying things with a dry, elegant wit. Inevitabl

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This article originally appeared on RealClearPolitics.What s one way to get Sarah Palin s attention in a crowded Republican primary fight For U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst, releasing a TV ad that mentioned her youth spent castrating hogs worked rather nicely. stanley cup An Iowa state senator, Ernst on Tuesday released a memorable 30-second spot, which highlighted the unglamorous task she performed while growing up on a farm. Washington s full of big spenders, she says at the end of the ad. Let s make em squeal. The provocative message appeared to have resonated with Palin, who highlighted it stanley cup in her endorsement of Ernst on Wednesday. Any question about the type of Senator Joni will be the former Alaska governor wrote on her Facebook page. Check out her first ad -- she makes it pretty clear. Ernst is one of a half-dozen Republicans vying to take on U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, the likely Democratic nominee, for the right to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin. Midterms 2014 and the enthusiasm gap 02:16 stanley cups Braley has been considered the favorite but faced significant blowback this week over comments he made at a Texas fundraiser. The four-term congressman was caught on camera at the closed-press event suggesting that Iowa Rep Kjob Bush Far Outspent Gore On Recount
Ernest Moniz, President Obama s choice to become the next energy secretary, did not disclose personal financial conflicts of interest in a study he helped author that discussed the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing or fracking , according to a new report. The report, Industry Partner of Industry Puppet , comes from thenonprofitPublic Accountability Initiative, which hasreleased a series of reports spotlighting what it sees as conflicts of interest in fracking research. The group focuses on a 2011 study called The Future of Natural Gas, which was released by the Massachusetts Insti stanley cups uk tute of Technology, where Moniz is a professor. The study Moniz co-chaired found that the natural gas often released through fracking provides a cos gourde stanley t-effective bridge to cleaner energy production.Moniz hasc copo stanley ome under fire from some environmentalists, with one calling him a shill for the shale gas industry. At a 2011 Senate hearing in which he discussed his findings from the Future of Natural Gas report, the Washington Postreported, Moniz testified that natural gas can indeed play an important role over the next couple of decades together with demand management in economically advancing a clean energy system. By 2050, he added, natural gas would be phased out in favor of cleaner energy systems, like solar and wind. The Public Accountability Initiative report found that the MIT study is marred by undisclosed conflicts of interest, pro-i

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Washington mdash; The Trump administration rolled back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards Tuesday, raisi stanley botella ng the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come and gutting one of the United States biggest efforts against climate change.The Trump administration released a final rule Tuesday on mileage standards through 2026. The cha stanley cups nge mdash; after two years of President Trump threatening and fighting states and a faction of automakers that opposed the move mdash; waters down a tough Obama mileage standard that would have encouraged automakers to ramp up production of electric vehicles and more fuel-efficient gas and diesel vehicles.The administration insists it s a move that balances environmental concerns with economic needs. The administration estimates the change will bring down the average price of a new vehicle by about $1,000. We are delivering on President Trump s promise to correct stanley cup becher the current fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards, Andrew Wheeler, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency EPA , said in a statement. Our final rule puts in place a sensible one national program that strikes the right regulatory balance that protects our environment, and sets reasonable targets for the auto industry. This rule supports our economy, and the safety of American families. The standards have split the auto industry with Ford, BMW, Honda and Volkswagen siding with California and agr Nisd Soros-backed challengers largely fail to unseat California prosecutors
5247156Updated 12:17 p.m. ETPresident Obama has taken his fight for health insurance reform to many forums and outlets so far, but he s going to a new one today ndash; talk radio.The president will do a live interview this afternoon from the White House with talk radio host Michael Smerconish. Many of the questions are expected to come from listeners. Smerconish s nationally syndicated show is based at Philadelphia s WPHT, w stanley cup hich is a CBS Radio station. He endorsed Mr. Obama last year, but he is generally seen as a conservative. He is also an MSNBC contributor who has filled in for Chris Matthews on Hardball, but he s also been a guest host on Bill O Reilly s radio show. CBS News Whit stanley quencher e House correspondent Mark Knoller reports that the administration is expecting that most of the questions will be about health care, but other issues could come up. Smerconish s show today will broadcast live from the White House today. The interview with Mr. Obama is expected to start around 1:10 p.m. ET and run about 30 minutes. bull; You can listen to the show here starting at 1 p.m. ET. Later today, Mr. Obama will continue his hea stanley cup lth care push by addressing supporters at a forum sponsored by Organizing for America, the grassroots organization that formed out of his campaign last year. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-d1a578d0-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-

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With Hillary Clinton set to declare her presidential candidacy on Sunday, the man who thwarted her last bid, President Obama, said Saturday that she d make an excellent commander in chief. She was a formidable candidate in 2008, she was a great supporter of mine in the general election, she was an outstanding secretary of state, she is stanley cup my friend, I think she would be an excellent president, the president said during a press conference in Panama at the Summit of the Americas. Hillary Clinton to announce her bid for the presidency 01:48 vaso stanley Asked whether he hopes she campaigns on his record, Mr. Obama said, I m not on the ballot. So I m not going to step on her lines. When she makes a decision to announce, I m confident that she will be very clear about her vision for the country, he added.The president praised Clinton s stewardship of his administration s foreign policy in his first term and said she has a similarly strong track record on domestic policy issues. She s going to have some strong messages to deliver, he predicted. Campaign 2016 More stanley cup Dmsu Republicans Boycott Climate Bill Debate
Apparently three days of debate was enough for what many senators called the most important issue facing the planet. With little chance of winning passage of a sweeping 500-page global warming bill, the Senate Democratic leadership is planning to yank the legislation after failing to achieve the 60 vote threshold needed to move the bill to th stanley quencher e next stage. After a48-36 vote on the climate change bill, the Senate is likely to move on to an energy debate next week.The legislation collapsed for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was the poor tim stanley thermobecher ing of debating a bill predicted to increase energy costs while much of the country is focused on $4 a gallon gas. On top of that, a number of industrial state Democrats like Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio were uncomfortable with the s stanley thermos trong emissions caps that would have created a new regime of regulations for coal, auto and other manufacturing industries. Republicans, for the most part, held firm against a bill they said would cost billions in regulations while pushing the cost of gas higher. Seven Republicans, mostly moderates, voted for the procedural motion on the legislation while four Democrats voted against it. Democrats did not go into the debate expecting passage of the legislation, but they did celebrate a marginal increase in support for the cap and trade system for emissions that was the centerpiece of the bill. Similar legislation in previous years did not even come close to gettin