(5/15/2008) Congress passes farm bill, defying Bush The Senate voted today to defy President Bush by passing the Farm Bill.
The Senate vote was 81-15.
Yesterday the House defied Bush by passing the bill 318-106 vote,
Both ...
(5/15/2008) Edwards delegates in South Carolina move to Obama At least 6 of John Edwards’ 8 pledged delegates in South Carolina will throw their support to Barack Obama following Edwards’ endorsement of the Democratic frontrunner on Wednesday.
Rep. McDermott ...
(5/15/2008) Edwards gives long-awaited endorsement to Obama John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama on Wednesday.
The move is designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee.
Suprise Appearance in Michigan
Edwards made a surprise appearance ...
(5/15/2008) McCain envisions how first term will go John McCain will deliver a speech Thursday talking about what things will look like after 4 years of a McCain Administration.
After the end of a prospective first term, McCain ...
(5/15/2008) Obama says Bush falsely accuses him of appeasement Sen. Barack Obama accused President Bush today of launching a "false political attack" with a comment about appeasing dictators.
Obama interpreted the remark as a slam against him.
But the White ...
(5/15/2008) Republicans Say House Loss May Signal More Setbacks House Republicans said an election loss in Mississippi yesterday may foreshadow widespread voter rejection in the November races.
Complaints at Caucus Meeting
Some complained that party leaders are failing to provide ...
(5/14/2008) Kentucky demographics favor Clinton Add a shot of whiskey and a pinch of tobacco and, politically, Kentucky is a lot like neighboring West Virginia — Clinton country.
Both states are overwhelmingly white, largely rural and ...
(5/14/2008) Obama holds big lead in Oregon A new poll shows Barack Obama is headed for a big win in Oregon next Tuesday.
Obama Leads 55-35
According to a new poll from the Portland Tribune and KPTV, ...
(5/14/2008) Obama woos working-class voters in Michigan Barack Obama is campaigning in Michigan to appeal to working-class voters today.
Obama pledged to pump an extra $200 million a year into efforts to revitalize the nation's manufacturing sector. ...
(5/14/2008) Study: Most Americans taking Prescription Medicine A new study shows, for the first time, more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems.
High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol
The ...
(5/13/2008) Senate says halt oil shipments to government reserve The Senate is directing President Bush to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day to the government's emergency reserve.
97-1 Vote
Both Democrats and Republicans ...
(5/13/2008) Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants.
A new government report lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth. ...
(5/12/2008) Clinton Team Acknowledges $20 Million Debt Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign is falling ever deeper into debt.
Clinton spent Mother's Day seeking votes ahead of Tuesday's primary in West Virginia.
Clinton aides continued to insist that she ...
(5/12/2008) Obama heading to Michigan and Florida Barack Obama's presidential campaign announced Monday that he will visit Florida and Michigan.
It is clear he is focusing on a general election strategy with the primary race winding down. ...
(5/11/2008) Obama outlines plans for race against McCain Barack Obama is starting to outline his expected presidential contest against John McCain.
Specific Plans and Priorities
Obama said the fall election will be more about specific plans and priorities ...
(5/11/2008) Obama overtakes lead in superdelegates for first time Barack Obama erased Hillary Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.
New Delegates from ...
(5/10/2008) Edwards Says Obama Likely Nominee In an interview with National Public Radio, former candidate John Edwards said Clinton has made a compelling case for her candidacy.
John Edwards Comments
But he said, "I think it's very ...
(5/10/2008) Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America's feminists.
Yet despite Hillary Clinton's historic candidacy, the women's movement finds itself divided over the Democratic ...
(5/10/2008) Obama Now Focusing Mostly on McCain Campaigning in Oregon, Obama continued his shift into general-election mode, keeping his focus almost exclusively on Sen. John McCain.
Obama mentioned Clinton only when voters asked about her.
Obama criticized ...
(5/10/2008) Obama picks up 9 superdelegates and Union Support Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday.
Obama picked up the backing of 9 superdelegates, including Rep. Donald Payne, D-NJ, who is ...
(5/9/2008) McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development. ...
(5/9/2008) Obama: I'm not taking nomination for granted Barack Obama is trying to win over superdelegates and says he's not taking the Democratic presidential nomination for granted.
Obama Visits House
Obama created a stir Thursday in an unannounced visit ...
(5/8/2008) Clinton touts support from White Americans Sen. Hillary Clinton suggested Wednesday that "White Americans" are increasingly turning away from Barack Obama’s candidacy.
Clinton said in an interview with USA TODAY, said, "I have a much broader base ...
(5/8/2008) Obama plans to declare victory May 20 After the polls close in the May 20 Kentucky and Oregon primaries, Barack Obama plans to declare victory in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
And, until at least ...
(5/8/2008) Terry McAuliffe Predicts Race over by June Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman said today he believes the Democrats will have a presidential nominee in June.
Terry McAuliffe said that if it is not Clinton, she will campaign ...
(5/7/2008) Barack Obama Wins More Delegates Tuesday Sen. Barack Obama won the most delegates in Tuesday's primaries.
Obama is 184.5 delegates shy of the 2,025 needed to secure the Democratic nomination.
Delegate Count
Obama's delegate total reached ...
(5/7/2008) Barack Obama wins N.C. primary, Clinton Narrowly Wins Indiana Barack Obama won North Carolina 56-42 Tuesday night and declared he was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination.
Hillary Rodham Clinton narrowly won Indiana, 51-49.
Obama Comments
Obama said, "Tonight ...
(5/7/2008) Clinton Aides Doubtful About Future After failing to win the decisive sweep in North Carolina and Indiana, disappointed aides to Sen. Hillary Clinton conceded it would be difficult for her to catch Sen. Barack Obama ...
(5/7/2008) Clinton lends her struggling campaign $6.4 million Sen. Hillary Clinton has lent her presidential campaign $6.4 million over the past month.
$11.4 Million Borrowed This Year
The money more than doubles Clinton's personal investment in her bid ...
(5/7/2008) McGovern, former Clinton backer, endorses Obama Former Sen. George McGovern, an early supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, urged her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed her rival, Barack Obama.
McGovern Says Impossible to ...
(5/7/2008) Sen. Clinton pledges to press ahead after loss in N.C. Hillary Clinton pledged to keep going full throttle for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday after losing North Carolina and facing a strong challenge from Barack Obama in Indiana.
With thousands of ...
(5/6/2008) 230 Economists Oppose Gas Tax Holiday More than 230 economists and 4 Nobel Prize winners signed a letter Monday opposing proposals by Hillary Clinton and John McCain to suspend the 18-cent federal gas tax for the ...
(5/6/2008) Bernanke: Foreclosure woes require action Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the wave of foreclosures sweeping the nation are driven in part by a nearly unprecedented decline in home prices and require a ...
(5/6/2008) Gas Tax Holiday Doesn't Mean Lower Taxes Suspending federal and state gas taxes, does not necessarily lead to a proportionate drop in gas prices.
4 State Enacted Gas Tax Holiday
Since 2000, four states have enacted gas ...
(5/6/2008) Oil hits record $120.93 on fear of tight supply Oil futures rose to an all-time high near $121 a barrel Tuesday with new concerns about a threat to supply and a weaker dollar.
Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose ...
(5/5/2008) Gas price break may not last After a two-week climb in gasoline prices, there appeared to be some short-term moderation Monday.
But another run at the record high set last week seems likely, 2 surveys indicated. ...
(5/5/2008) Obama: Change in ethanol policy might be needed Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday the federal government might need to rethink its support for corn ethanol because of rising food prices.
It is a stance similar to John McCain's, ...
(5/8/2008) Obama picks up superdelegates Barack Obama's march toward the Democratic presidential nomination picked up support from 4 more superdelegates Wednesday.
Obama is picking up support of another superdelegate today.
That pushes him ever closer ...
(5/16/2008) Obama blasts Bush, McCain over 'attacks' Sen. Barack Obama slammed President Bush on Friday for launching "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided our country and that alienates us from the world."
Obama also accused Sen. ...
(5/16/2008) Bush fails to win Saudi help on gas prices President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting ...
(5/16/2008) McCain Criticizes Obama, Clinton on Gun Control Sen. John McCain reached out to the National Rifle Association on Friday and warned 6,000 people at the group’s annual convention that a President Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton ...
(5/16/2008) Huckabee Jokes About Obama Ducking Gunfire Republican Mike Huckabee responded to an offstage noise during his speech to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because someone had aimed ...
