June 2010
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Senate combines jobless benefits, homebuyer credit
Senate Democrats are working on a new way to jump-start their stalled election-year jobs agenda while saving unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers. The plan is to create one bill that combines the unemployment benefits with an extension of a popular tax credit for people who buy new homes. Under current law, [...]
Witness: Blagojevich spoke of using ruse to appoint self
Rod Blagojevich said he would need “political cover” to appoint himself to President Barack Obama’s former U.S. Senate seat, and considered blaming failed talks with a legislative leader over health care and other items, a government witness testified Tuesday at the former governor’s corruption trial. Former Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris said Blagojevich considered [...]
Chinese companies ‘rent’ white foreigners
Lara Farrar, CNN – In China, white people can be rented. For a day, a weekend, a week, up to even a month or two, Chinese companies are willing to pay high prices for fair-faced foreigners to join them as fake employees or business partners. Some call it “White Guy Window Dressing.” To others, it’s [...]
Fewer hungry children getting free summer meals
Hungry children looking for a free meal this summer may not be able to find one. States and cities have cut funding for summer meal programs as need has skyrocketed, according to a new report from an anti-hunger group that tracked the program in 2009. Budget woes that have left many families hungry are also [...]
Black Caucus asks Kagan to clarify race and criminal justice stances
Jared Allen, The Hill – A pair of black lawmakers on Monday asked Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan “to clarify” her positions on “issues related to race and criminal justice.” Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the chairwoman of the CBC Judicial Nominations [...]
