…policy ------------------------------------------------------------ The Economy With an improving economy, the Fed hikes interest rates for the 1st time since 2006: The Fed has ended the zero-rate era, voting to set the new target range for the federal funds rate at 0…
…Washington Powerhouse? Good Luck.” * “In late 2006, my old boss Hillary Clinton started talking to me about the ideas that would fuel her presidential campaign.” *CNN: “Clinton jokes…
…published a new report finding that voter turnout--especially during midterm elections [ http://www.gallup.com/poll/178130/voter-engagement-lower-2010-2006-midterms.aspx ]--is dominated by high-income individuals [ http://www.demos.org/publication/why-voting-gap-matters ]…
…Nicholas Burns, who drafted the first sanctions against Iran, passed in the United Nations Security Council in 2006 and 2007, when he was undersecretary of state for policy. “And we might think of it as just the end of the…
…2007), Saad Ibrahim (Egypt, 2006), and Sergio Aguayo (Mexico, 2005).
…05/12/mccain-warming-both-ways/> on global warming is proving unserious - much as candidate Bush's campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide in 2000 turned out to be false …
…and since then annual carryover stocks have averaged 72 days of use, close to the bare minimum for basic food security. In 2006, stocks bottomed out at 62 days, setting the stage for the 2007–08 food price spike
…utm_term=Vox%20Newsletter%20All) Congress divided on Puerto Rico debt crisis, unlikely to take action: Obama administration and Puerto Rico want Congress to provide a pathway to alleviate an economy in recession since 2006 and $72 billion in debt. However…
…Obama Presidential campaign, and WTTW-TV Channel 11 in Chicago., National Research, LLC, Washington, D.C. 2006-2007. Phone calls for opinion surveys like November 2006 elections, issues like health care, economy, Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Clinton and Bush popularity…
…He was the German ambassador to the United States from 2001 to 2006 after serving as German deputy foreign minister for three years. Suzanne Maloney is interim deputy director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and a…
…The party was held on August 29, 2006, McCain's birthday and followed a congressional junket by McCain and five other GOP senators to the Republic of Georgia. The host for McCain's yacht party off the coast of the…
…a comprehensive strategy. The bipartisan Iraq Study Group Report that included former Republican Secretaries of State James Baker and Laurence Eagleburger argued in December 2006 that the United States should engage Iran on the question of Iraq. Chairman of the…
…of Commerce has created a large presence in the small, oil-rich country of Bahrain. In 2006, the Chamber created a local affiliate called the "U.S.-Bahrain Business Council" (USBBC), an organization to help businesses in Bahrain take advantage
…the footsteps of George W. Bush. As a candidate in 2000, Bush pledged to impose mandatory reductions of carbon dioxide, but immediately reversed that position once elected. Newly elected Vice President…
…$300 million in Florida's Department of Financial Services. Sink was elected in 2006 after nearly three decades in the business world where she rose to be a widely respected chief executive. She is currently one of only two Democrats…
…As Marcus Young, St. Paul City Artist in Residence since 2006 once said, “Sidewalks are the blank pages of our city as a book.” And as I have recently discovered, there are even whole books devoted to the art and…
…with suggested contribution levels. You can contribute online by clicking here: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/stricklandnov10 As you may know, Ted was the governor of Ohio from 2006 to 2010. And…
…exceed the current target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, as established in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). California’s new emission reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by…
…Sen. Sherrod Brown found in rural Ohio in 2006. At last year's first "Rootscamp," labor leader Joe Eureste from Defiance took the lead on building a rural campaign for special-interest groups. Next month, he and 16 progressive organizations…
…she worked for European NGOs, but these organizations were expelled by the government in 2006. President Afewerki denies that the country needs any aid or assistance from foreigners. "Isaias keeps isolating our country so that nobody can see what happens…
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