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...representative before the Supreme Court, was initially met with enthusiasm by Senators on both sides of the political aisle, but yesterday’s vote brought unexpected Republican opposition. Much of Kagan’s bi-partisan support evaporated in recent months after a spat with Sen. Arlen Specter over her unwillingness to answer several questions from the Pennsylvania Republican about her legal views. During debate on the Senate floor yesterday, Republican Senators criticized Kagan as a result. “I think we have to pay a little more attention, and I’ve gone to some length...
Headlines blared "Russia versus NATO" in Europe and the U.S., raising the old specter of the Cold War. But the Obama Administration did not seem to be concerned. "It looked like the comments of the President of Russia were largely for domestic consumption," White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters on Tuesday. Analysts, in fact, believe that, far from picking a fight with NATO, Medvedev was using the western alliance as a weapon to prod his own military into much needed reform. (See Russia celebrating its military might, Soviet-style...
...calm down." He added, "It is tough to me to think of the tax code as a political weapon." Rangel would be a huge obstacle to any such bill, no matter who originates it. Others say this type of legislation would raise the ugly face of nationalization and the specter of politicians micromanaging the financial system because the government "owns" it. Representative Elijah Cummings, a senior member of the House Oversight Committee who has been looking into AIG for months, said he doesn't believe it's lawful to tax the bonuses just to get them back. "We're going...
...Specter, Sen. Arlen • interesting speculation about political future...
...spiraling into a 1930s-style “save-yourself” vortex. In the past few weeks, two articles in the most popular globalization-advocacy journal—The Economist—have specifically bemoaned the coming tide of “global disintegration” and the specter of worldwide “economic nationalism...