Workers feel the brunt of health insurance woes
WASHINGTON - American workers -- whose taxes pay for massive government health programs -- are getting squeezed like no other group by private health insurance premiums that are rising much faster than their wages.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-03-23
SC Rep: Opposition to stimulus is slap in face
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The highest-ranking black congressman said Thursday that opposition to the federal stimulus package by southern GOP governors is "a slap in the face of African-Americans."
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:Obama Stimulus Package Source:(AP)
2009-02-20
Nation's largest utility grapples with 2 spills
STEVENSON, Ala. - Standing on a porch near the Widows Creek power plant Saturday, Charlie Cookston took a drag off a cigarette and ticked off the reasons he distrusts the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-10
Democrats expand control of Senate by 5 seats
WASHINGTON - Democrats fattened their majority control of the Senate on Tuesday, ousting Republican Sens. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and John Sununu of New Hampshire and capturing seats held by retiring GOP senators in Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado.
Nations:U.S. People:Al Franken Pete Domenici Norm Coleman Susan Collins Wayne Allard Tim Johnson Activities:US Election 2008
2008-11-05
Democrats headed toward big gains in House, Senate
WASHINGTON - Democrats are on track for sizable gains in both houses of Congress on Nov. 4, according to strategists in both parties, although only improbable Southern victories can produce the 60-vote Senate majority they covet to help them pass priority legislation.
Nations:U.S. People:Norm Coleman Sheldon Adelson Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama Charles Schumer John McCain Activities:Mahoney Sex Scandal US Election 2008
2008-10-25
Obama, Democrats on track to landslide victory
WASHINGTON -- Barring a dramatic change in the political landscape over the next three weeks, Democrats appear headed toward a decisive victory on Election Day that would give them broad power over the federal government.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Richard Nixon John Kerry Al Gore Jimmy Carter Activities:US Election 2008
2008-10-14
Obama grabs big leads in key battleground states
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama is building widening leads in battlegrounds Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, in new polls released Wednesday in the trio of states that could be the key to victory on November 4.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Sarah Palin Barack Obama Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AFP)
2008-10-01
Democrats favored in electoral map
The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall -- either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton -- and has Republican John McCain playing defense to thwart a presidential power shift.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Bill Clinton Barack Obama John Kerry Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-04-26
Obama wins Mississippi Democratic race
With a six-week breather before the next primary, Hillary Rodham Clinton turned her attention to Pennsylvania and beyond to counter the latest in a string of victories by Barack Obama in Southern states with large black voting blocs.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-03-12
Obama coasts to victory in Miss. primary
Barack Obama coasted to victory in Mississippi's Democratic primary Tuesday, latest in a string of racially polarized presidential contests across the Deep South and a final tune-up before next month's high-stakes race with Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-03-11
Obama: Don't assume I'll take VP slot
Democrat Barack Obama ridiculed the idea of being Hillary Rodham Clinton's running mate Monday, saying voters must choose between the two for the top spot on the fall ticket.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain John Edwards Al Gore Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-03-10
Heavy snow buries parts of Ohio, Indiana
A heavy winter storm walloped Ohio's capital city with more than 20 inches of snow, while blizzard conditions shut down highways and stranded air travelers across the state and parts of Indiana on Saturday.
Nations:U.S.
2008-03-09
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