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The Obama budget and energy policy
March 2, 2009With its new budget, the Obama administration has made clear that it intends to make energy policy a cornerstone of its agenda. The Obama budget proposes to invest $15 billion each year over the next 10...
Read moreObama’s budget and military spending
March 2, 2009The Obama administration created enormous buzz last week with the release of its first budget outline. One area of that budget that stirred surprisingly little discussion in the media was the White House's projections for military...
Read moreBeware of the big lie bill
March 1, 2009Original source: Opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act in Congress made their Big Lie into a bill Wednesday, when Republican Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.) and Mike Enzi (Wyo.) introduced the so-called Secret Ballot Protection Act....
Read moreAmerica’s Voice petition urges Justice Department investigation into anti-immigrant Arizona sheriff
March 1, 2009Original source: America's Voice, a national immigration reform organization, has created a petition calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the actions of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz. The petition comes in the...
Read moreUS allies overlook Dutch foe of Islam’s far right ties
March 1, 2009WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (IPS) - The fiercely anti-Islam Dutch MP Geert Wilders has been traveling through the U.S. this week on a highly-publicised trip to meet with politicians, promote his controversial film ‘Fitna’, and raise money...
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