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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama s lavish state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping was supposed to be the social release after a long day of business. The head table told a different tale -- bulging with the top brass from Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Disney, stanley cups DreamWorks and more.The 200-plus guest list for the Friday night soiree was a business-heavy mashup of Hollywood, diplomacy and corporate chieftains, with ballerina Misty Copeland s presence offering it a bit of a lilt.DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, part of the East Room s high-o stanley vaso ctane head table, was asked as he arrived whether the evening was all about business or pleasure. stanley flasche Hacking, climate change dominate talks between Obama, Chinese president 02:48 Fun, he declared, but he added: I hope. For more than a few guests, the dinner was a chance to build up some serious chits with Mom or other family members who arrived as dates. Empire creator Lee Daniels and RB singer Ne-Yo, who performed later in the night, both brought their mothers.Clara Daniels, glowing in a coral gown, declared her date my No. 1 son -- but didn t specify if that was because he s the oldest of her two sons or because he came up with the dinner invitation. I am the most proud mom, enthused Harr Nbwc Speaker Paul Ryan on his very candid dialogue with Trump
After months of appearances at senior centers, street fairs and parades, the six major Democratic and Republican mayoral candidates began wrapping up their campaigns Monday with a whirlwind of appearances.The candidates are seeking to replace Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who is barred by new city term limits from running for a third term.Billionaire media owner Michael Bloomberg will meet former U.S. Rep. Herman Badillo in the GOP primary. Because Democrats outnumber Republicans in the city 5-to-1, the winner of the Democratic primary would be a heavy favorite to replace Giuliani in the Nov. 6. general election.That primary is the first in what may be a three stanley termosy -stage race. If no candidate emerges with more than 40 percent of the stanley thermobecher vote, a runoff will held Sept. 25. The stunning surge of Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer toward longtime front-runner Mark Green has injected sizzle into the Democratic ra garrafinhas stanley ce, which had been a sleepy affair contested by veteran politicians who differed little on issues.Three polls in the past week show that Ferrer, in last place just a month ago, is now in a statistical tie with Green, the city s public advocate. Each attracted between 25 and 30 percent of likely voters.Republican Bloomberg, a political novice, has spent more than $20 million of his own money to bankroll a high-priced team of strategists and to broadcast around-the-clock television and radio advertisements. Badillo has raised le

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WASHINGTON --The White House on Friday released financial disclosure forms for more than 100 or its top administration officials - a mix of people far wealthier, and therefore more entangled in businesses that could conflict with their government duties, than people in previous administrations.White House press secretary Sean Spicer described the business people who have joined the administration as very blessed and very successful and said the disclosure forms will show that they have set aside a lot to go into public service.The financial disclosures - required by law to be made public - give a snapshot of the employeesrsquo; finances as they entered the White House. Whatrsquo not being provided: the Office of Government Ethics agreements with those employees on what they must do to avoid potential conflicts of interest. Tho vaso stanley se documents will never be made public, White House lawyers said, although the public will eventually have access t stanley cup website o certificates of divestiture issued to employees who are seeking capital gains tax deferrals for selling off certain assets. Financial information for members of Mr. Trumprsquo Cabi stanley cup net who needed Senate confirmation has, in most cases, been available for weeks through the Office of Government Ethics. The president must also file periodic financial disclosures, but he is not required to make another disclosure until next year.Jared Kushner, Ivanka Srpj Biden says U.S. will have enough COVID vaccine supply for all adults by end of May
A roundup of news, schedules, and key stories from CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris:4855950On the heels of last night s Senate p stanley flask assage of the $410 billion omnibus spending bill that keeps the government running through fiscal year 2009, President Obama will sign it today and talk about earmark reform ndash; the very issue that caused major controversy over this bill. White House officials in recent weeks have dismissed criticism of the earmarks in the bill, saying the legislation was a remnant of last year and that the president planned to turn his attention to future spending instead of looking backward, reports the Associated Press Philip Elliot. Aides said the administration would move to introduce new rules of the road that could stanley cup allow Obama greater sway over lawmakers, particularly on politically embarrassing spending that generated mockery from pundits and rival politicians. During his presidential campaign, Obama promised to force Congress to curb its pork-barrel-spending ways. Yet the bill sent from the Democratic-controlled Congress to the White House on Tuesday contained 7,991 earmarks totaling $5.5 billion, according to calculations by the Republican staff of the House Appropriatio stanley cup ns Committee. While the White House would say only that Obama would announce new rules on earmarks on Wednesday, it was clear he wanted to rein in spending, particularly on the pet projects lawmakers inserted into the spending bill.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the youngest woman ever elected into Congress following her midterm election win Tuesday. The 29-year-old New York Democrat skyrocketed into the national spotlight earlier this year after a grassroots campaign and primary victory over 10-term incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley. It is a privilege and an honor to say that we have also elected the youngest woman in American history to serve in Congress, she told supporters in New York City Tuesday night. This is what is possible when everyday people come together in the collective realization that all our actions no matter how small stanley cup quencher or stanley cup how large are powerful, worthwhile, and capable of lasting change. Ocasio-Cortez, who campaigned on a platform that included Medicare for all and free college tuition, told CBS News Face The Nation in July that a populist-style approach absolutely brings out new voters. So for us, this is about inspiring people to the polls, givi stanley mugs ng them something to vote for, creating hope for this nation, and knowing that so long as there are working class Americans who believe in a prosperous and just future we will have hope, no matter how red the district, she said.She also spent months leading up the midterm electionsfundraising and stumpingfor other progressives, including Michigan s Rashida Tlaib, who became one of the first two Muslim women elected into Congress. Ocasio-Cortez wasn t the only 29-year-old elected last night. Aogu Donald Trump: I have a list of nominees for Supreme Court
The first hint of a stir came just after Election Day, when the computer servers at Americans United for Life crashed. People were swamping the Web site to sign a petition urging President-elect Barack Obama to stand firm against abortion. I got a call from one of our guys, lsquo;We have a problem,rsquo; said Charmaine Yoest, the grouprsquo president and chief executiv stanley becher e officer. And I was like, lsquo;The problem would be what rsquo; Obamarsquo first 84 d stanley spain ays in office have been like an extended recruiting drive for the anti-abortion movement, reinvigorating a constituency he sought to neutralize during the campaign. Activists report a noticeable spike in activity as Obama moves to defend and expand a womanrsquo right to choose an abortion ndash; causing anti-abortion voters to mobilize in ways never needed during the Bush administration. So far this year: mdash; The Susan B. Anthony List says its supporters sent more anti-abortion-related letters, e-mails and faxes to Obama and lawmakers in the first quarter alone than dur stanley kaffeebecher ing each of the last two years. mdash; The American Life League reported a 30 percent uptick in donations over last year. mdash; Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr., an anti-abortion Democrat who campaigned vigorously for Obama, has received more mail on abortion than on any other issue in 2009, spokesman Larry Smar said.Activists have sent more than 100,000 postcards ur

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Gov. Jan Brewer, R-Ariz., has dev stanley cup eloped a reputation as an outspoken opponent of the president, but she s going to the mat to defend part of his signature health care law.Brewer is one of the handful of Republican state leaders stanley cup backing the optional expansion of Medicaid -- the joint federal-state program currently open to disabled and certain low-income people. Because of the Affordable Care Act, states in 2014 can open up Medicaid coverage to anyone below 138 percent of the poverty line.Earlier this year, Brewer managed to win a fierce political fight with Republican lawmakers in her state to formally accept the Medicaid expansion in Arizona. Now, she s facing a lawsuit from the conservative Goldwater Institute over her attempts to expand the government health care program.GOP rift over anti-Obamacare strategy stalls budget billAFL-CIO: Obamacare implementation highly disruptive Representing most of the Arizona lawmakers who voted against the Medicaid stanley cups uk expansion, the Goldwater Institute argues its implementation violates the state Constitution because it imposes a tax on hospitals yet failed to win the two-thirds support in the legislature that s necessary to impose taxes. The Brewer administration argues that the two-thirds rule doesn t apply in this case, the Arizona Republic reports. Brewer is one of seven Republican governors backing the expansion of Medicaid, in spite of the ongoing, highly-partisan debate over Obamacare. Earli Ofhf Tea Party Foes Target Movement Morons
President-elect Barack Obama and his presumptive secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, both pledged during the campaign to press for peace in the Middle East. But the Middle East conflict is, perhaps unsurprisingly, already playing out on a small scale within Obamarsquo own transition. Top policy jobs havenrsquo;t been filled mdash; the org chart, insiders say, hasnrsquo;t even been drawn mdash; but Middle East politics watchers, and Obama backers concerned with Israel, are carefully eyeing the interplay between two of his most important advisers on the Middle East. One is Dennis Ross, a stalwart of the Clinton administrationrsquo peace negotiations who is seen stanley thermos as favoring a tough approach to Iran. The other is Daniel Kurtzer, a former ambassador to Israel who in his 2008 book quoted Arab and U.S. officials saying Ross was perceived as tilted toward the Israeli side, and that he listened to what Israel wanted and then tried to sell it toward the Arabs. The choice of who shape stanley cups uk s his policy toward Israel and the Palestinians, said a top Obama backer, will be a bellwether for the administrationrsquo Middle East policy mdash; for how much to require of Palestinian leaders before they can strike a permanent deal, and for how hard to push Israel fo stanley cup r concessions in the interest of peace. The interest is particularly intense because despite his general pro-Israel views, the details of Oba

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A top aide to Vice President Mike Pence will become the Pentagon press secretary next month, a source familiar with the matter confirms. Alyssa Farah, who has served as Pence s press secretary for roughly two years, will be responsible for briefings and other key communications at the Department of Defense.Jonathan Hoffman will continue at the Pentagon as chief spokesperson. The Washington Post first reported Farah would assume the Pentagon role. Farah, stanley deutschland 30, served as the communications director for the House Freedom Caucus before joining Pence s office. Farah tweeted later Wednesday morning confirming the move. After 2 unforgettable years at the White House with the @VP, Irsquo;m honored to head to @DeptofDefense to serve as Press Secretary on behalf of @EsperDoD the incredible men women of our Armed Forces. I look forward to joining the team helmed by @ChiefPentSpox 127482; 127480; pic.twitter/QnSjBmaR7kmdash; Alyssa Farah @Alyssafarah August 14, 2019 After 2 unforgettable years at the White House with the@V stanley cup P, I m honored to head to@DeptofDefenseto serve as Press Secretary on behalf of@EsperDoD the incredible men women of our Armed Forces, Farah tweeted. I look forward to joining the team helmed by@ChiefPentSpox. Farah s shift to the Pentagon comes at a stanley deutschland time when information is often hard to come by for reporters there. The lack of briefings at the Pentagon has been even more pointed than the lack o Qumo Dems Scale Back Spending Bill
EDWARDS OUT....Everybody who lives in a more favorable time zone than me already knows this, but here s today s campaign news:John Edwards will end his presidential bid today, a source close to his campaign confirmed, effectively narrowing the stanley becher Democratic field to two contenders less than a week before the Super Tuesday round of primaries.....According to ai stanley cup des, Edwards will not endorse Clinton or Obama today and has no plans to weigh in for either candidate in the immediate future.I m genuinely surprised. Dropping out after South Carolina would have made sense. Dropping out after Super Tuesday would have made sense. But why today More on this later, I m sure. ponent--type-recircu stanley cup lation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8e93146-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8e93146-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8e93146-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders on Friday that the United States is expected to hit the debt limit on Jan. 19 and urged them to raise the debt limit as soon as possible. She said the Treasury Department will start taking necessary steps to keep paying the country s bills, but without congressional action, the United States stanley botella could default as soon as June. I am writing to inform you that beginn stanley cup ing on Thursday, January 19, 2023, the outstanding debt of the United States is projected to reach the statutory limit, Yellen wrote in a letter addressed to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Once the limit is reached, the Treasury will need to start taking certain extraordinary measures to prevent the United States from defaulting on its obligations. This comes after Congress last raised the debt ceiling in December 2021 to more than $31.3 trillion. At the time, Democrats controlled both the House and Senate. But with the new Congress sworn in earlier this month and the House under Republican control, it i stanley mug s unclear whether lawmakers will be able to reach a bipartisan compromise. The last time the House voted to raise the debt limit, all the Republicans except one voted against it. Failing to raise the debt limit would result in the first U.S. credit default in history.It would cause irreparable harm to th Ehya Ted Cruz to launch presidential bid
WASHINGTON - Taking responsibility for a debacle that has embarrassed the Obama administration, Energy Secretary Steven Chu says he made the final decisions on a half-billion-dollar loan to a California solar company that later went bankrupt.Chu, in testimony prepared for delivery Thursday to a House committee, stanley thermos mug said he made all decisions on Solyndra Inc. with the best interests of the taxpayer in mind. I want to be clear: Over the course of Solyndra s loan guarantee, I did no stanley vattenflaska t make any decision based on political considerations, Chu said in testimony prepared for the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Chu is likely to face sharp questions as the energy panel continues a nine-month investigation of Solyndra.In a joint statement, Reps. Fred Upton of Michigan and Cliff Stearns of Florida said they intend to find out how decisions were made to guarantee and lend more than $500 million to Solyndra. Upton chairs the energy panel while Stearns heads a subcommittee on investigations. Solyndra: Energy Dept. sought to delay layoffsWhite House looked at ousting energy secretary We want to find out why the administration restructured the loan after Solyndra had reached a technical default, and how they explain putting private invest stanley cups uk ors in line ahead of taxpayers. And we need to understand how all the warnings, from inside and outside the Department of Energy, were ignored and this risky bet was allowed to happen, Stearns and Upton said.Ch

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Coming back from a week-long recess, Congress on Monday resumed its usual business -- trading partisan blame for the lack of action on the higher interest rate on federal student loans. Standing in front of rows of silent students on t stanley cup he steps of the Capitol, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a brief news conference Monday, The White House and Senate Democrats have let these students down. And frankly, I think they deserve better. Some action may come Wednesday, when the Senate takes up one piece of legislation designed to reinstate a lower interest rate for another year. While that solution effectively amounts to kicking the can down the road, it may be the best Congress can hope for with other pressing issues -- like a new farm bill and and immigration reform -- on the docket this summer. GOP slams Senate inaction on student loan ratesHow stude stanley uk nt loan rate impacts the economy At the House Republican news conference, student protesters made clear that they re expecting Congress to get moving not just on this issue but also immigration reform. Up, up with education, down, down with deportation! the young crowd chanted. Boehner on loan rates: D.C. Dems have let these students down 01:01 stanley romania Wgns Obama s First Hundred Days: By The Numbers
AP After the New England Patriots disasterous decis stanley termosar ion Sunday night not to punt on fourth down with the ball on the stanley cup Indianapolis Colts 28-yard line, former Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney, had every right to be ticked off. Especially considering that the Pats had the lead with little more than 2 minutes left in the game. Is it possible that the team s supposedly brilliant coach, Bill Belichick, got confused and thought the Manning brother waiting patiently on the opposing sidelines was Eli and not Peyton Whatever the case, the Colts went on to win the game with 13 seconds left in the game.But that fit of pique can t compare with the frustration Romney must feel watching the All Sarah, all the time frenzy in advance of the official launch date of Going Rogue, Sarah Palin s tell-all account of the 2008 presidential campaign. On pape stanley sverige r, it should be a no-brainer. Here s Romney, with that ponderously impressive resume - CEO of the management consultancy Bain Company, co-founder of private equity investment firm Bain Capital, CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics and governor of the Bay State from 2003 to 2007 - and yet he can t get the time of day. Maybe that will change by next year, but for the moment, north to south, east to west, the Republican faithful only have eyes for the Thriller from Wasilla.Which is all the more fascinating because a bevy of new polls suggest that Palin s guaranteed to lose if she becomes the Republican P

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In light of a series of controversies recently dogging the Internal Revenue Service IRS , Daniel Werfel, its new acting commissioner, acknowledged on Monday that the agency violated the public s trust. But he pledged to work with both internal and external forces to make sure that such significant and alarming problems with the IRS would be corrected in the future. Werfel, speaking Monday at a House Appropriations/Financial Services Subcommittee hearing, conceded that this is obviously a difficult time for the agency. IRS faces new scrutiny over $50M conference spendingAnother taxpayer-financed IRS video su stanley flask rfaces Referring to a recent report detailing the IRS past practice of putting extra scrutiny on conservative organizations applying for tax-exempt status, Werfel said the public is rightly concerned and upset, as am I, about the inappropriate and unacceptable problems within the agency t stanley france hat led to this behavior. Working together, though, I am confident that we can address the problems that exist. Citing those significant and alarming problems, Werfel said he had ordered a comprehensive review of the agency, and said new standards for evaluating potential 501 c 4 organizations would require that the evaluations be impartial, that the system be transparent. He also stanley cup quencher said the IRS would operate closely with a Treasury Department inspector general and with Congress to make sure the agency was appropriately reformed. The Mgfc GOP senator: Delay immigration reform so we don t rush to some judgments
On his first full day of work, President Bush signed a memorandum banning international family planning organizations based outside the United States from receiving federal U.S. funds if they perform or actively promote abortions. It is my conviction that taxpayer funds should not be used to pay for abortions or advocate or actively promote abortion, either here or abroad, Mr. Bush wrote in a state stanley cup ment on Monday to the U.S. Agency for International Development, which oversees family-planning aid to foreign countries. It was Mr. Bush s first major policy action since becoming president last weekend.On Tuesday, women Democrats in Congress called the order a terrible step backward. It took just 48 hours for George W. Bush to walk away from stanley cup website women by pushing his anti-choice agenda and we are here to say we will not forget, said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Cal.Democratic women in House plan to introduce a bill to overturn the president s decision. Mr. Bush s order restores a policy first implemented by former President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and rescinded by former President Bill Clinton in 1993. It bars U.S. money to international groups that use their own money to support abortion - either through performing the surgery, counseling on abortion as a family-planning option or lobbying foreign governments on abortion p stanley mug olicy.Also Monday, Mr. Bush issued a written statement to marchers on the 28th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade dec

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Months after an epic fight over abortion rights made her a rising star in the Democratic Party, Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis on Thursday announced her bid for the Texas governor s office. We re here, of course, beca stanley cup website use we care about Texas, Davis said to a cheering crowd at Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum in Haltom City, Texas. We re here because we care about Texans, and we re here because we believe it s time to give all Texans a voice in their future and a place in Texas future. The state lawmaker made the announcement at the Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum in Haltom City, Texas, where she received her high school diploma 32 years ago. Education is expected to be a major issue in her campaign. Davis reminded voters of the campaign she launched two years ago against $5 billion in cuts to education spending, helping to restore more than $3 billion of that funding.Jindal: Make way for the governorsWendy Davis: Gov. Perry bullying women to step up political ladder We love Texas not only for how good it is, but f stanley cups or how great we know it can be, she said. stanley cup We want every child, no matter where they start in Texas, to receive a world class education, an education that can take them anywhere they want to go. While she s focusing largely on education, what really catapulted Davis into the spotlight this year was her 13-hour filibuster in June against a controversial abortion bill in the state legislature. While she managed to help bring down the leg Wndd Confident Romney Greet Nevada Caucus-Goers
A Board of Elections volunteer watches people cast their ballots during early voting October 23, 2008 in Savannah, Georgia. stanley mug Stephen Morton/Getty Images CBS News The Justice Department has asked the state of Pennsylvania to hand over information and databases important to determining if the state s new voter photo ID requirement is discriminatory.Pennsylvania is one of a dozen stanley cup states that have passed new laws requ garrafa stanley iring photo identification to cast a vote. The Justice Department is requiring the state to prove that the law does not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting requirements that would disproportionately impact minorities. In a letter sent Monday to Carol Aichele, acting secretary of the Commonwealth, the Justice Department asked the state to hand over the complete voter registration list, including voter history and race of registered voters and the current Pennsylvania driver license and ID list. The Justice Department is also asking documents supporting Gov. Tom Corbett s March 2012 statement that 99 percent of Pennsylvania s eligible voters already have acceptable photo ID. The department also wants documentation supporting the state s assessment that 758,000 registered voters lack appropriate identification.Republicans in Pennsylvania and in states across the country are pushing for stricter voter ID laws

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Washington mdash;Lawyers for Manhattan s chief prosecutor, who is fighting to obtain stanley deutschland troves of President Trump s tax returns and business records, defended the scope of his office s subpoena for the documents in a new stanley cup filing Monday, referencing public reports of possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump stanley cup Organization. In the filing with the federal district court in New York City, where the dispute between Mr. Trump and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance was sent following a Supreme Court ruling last month, New York prosecutors suggested the grand jury investigation into Mr. Trump and his business dealings extends beyond hush-money payments made to an adult film actress and model before the 2016 presidential election. The two women claim that they had affairs with Mr. Trump more than a decade ago, which he denies.In rebutting an argument from Mr. Trump that the subpoena to Mazars USA, his longtime accounting firm, is too broad, prosecutors with the district attorney s office said it rests on the false premise that the probe is limited to the payments funneled through Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump s former personal attorney, to Stormy Daniels, the actress, and Karen McDougal, the model. Mr. Trump, they wrote, goes so far as to declare that these payments mdash; and these payments alone mdash; are what the grand jury claims to be investigating, and thus the Mazars subpoena is overbroad because it seeks documen Dieq Is Obama Too Perfect
This story was written by Ryan Grim and Mike Allen.Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. stoked debate over a 60s radical s ties to Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill. on ABC s This Week on Sunday, saying Obama s defense borders on the outrageous. William Ayers - a former member of the Weather Underground, which embraced bombing in its effort to end the Vietnam War - became an issue in the Democratic nominating race at last week s debate. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton D-N.Y. said Obama s past meetings with Ayers are part of a larger set of concerns about how we are going to run against John McCain. Republican sources said McCain p stanley us lans to make a major issue of the connection in the months ahead.Asked by host George Stephanopoulos whether he has any doubt that Obama shares his sense of patriotism stanley nz , McCain brought the subject up. stanley thermos mug I m sure he s very patriotic. But his relationship with Mr. Ayers is open to question, McCain said. He became friends with him and spent time with him while the guy was unrepentant over his activities as a member of a terrorist organization, the Weathermen, McCain said. Does he condemn them Would he condemn someone who says they re unrepentant and wished that they had bombed more Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton responded aggressively, calling McCain s salvo smear politics. Unable to sell his out-of-touch ideas on the economy and Iraq, John McCain has stooped to the same smear politics and low road that h