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A Republican House member shouted “You lie” during President Obama’s health care speech to Congress on Wednesday, and members of both parties condemned the heckling. After the speech, South Carolina Rep.
House Democrats split sharply over the issue of health care reform Friday as a key committee chairman said he would not negotiate further with party conservatives worried about spiraling medical costs. A leader of the party’s conservative faction in turn declared that the party’s internal negotiations over health care had failed and warned the party leadership not to ram the current version of the health care bill through by circumventing the traditional legislative process
Should government-subsidized health coverage pay for abortion procedures?
President Barack Obama has accomplished some extraordinary things but can he really shoot down a fighter jet? The plane is the F-22 Raptor, a supersonic stealth marvel that looks like it’s flown straight out of a Hollywood action film.
Religious groups in India have warned they will oppose any move to legalize homosexuality as the federal government prepares to hold talks on a law that classifies same-sex acts as crimes. India’s Hindu nationalist main opposition has in the meantime called for a national debate on the legislation that law minister M. Veerappa Moily last week said would come up for a discussion within the government.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday struck the most devastating legislative blow in history to Big Tobacco, giving the Food and Drug Administration authority over the industry. The new bill, which passed in the House in April, includes tough new restrictions on advertising, like allowing only black-and-white-text ads in magazines with substantial youth readerships; mandates that manufacturers prove or stop using claims like “light” and “low tar”; a ban on flavored cigarettes ; and provisions for large, graphic warning labels
Environmentalists savored a long-awaited victory on Thursday when the carbon cap-and-trade bill fashioned by Democratic Representatives Henry Waxman and Edward Markey passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, putting it on the road to becoming a law. Supporters had to withstand over 400 amendments filed by Republicans during the markup of the bill this week, but it’s now possible the U.S. could see climate legislation go into effect by the end of the year
New Hampshire’s move to become the most recent state to legalize same-sex marriage hit a bump Wednesday, after the state House of Representatives failed to agree to changes made by the governor. The House and Senate have approved allowing gay couples to marry. But Gov.
French Internet users who download files illegally could have their service cut off under a new law enacted by the French government. The “three strikes and you’re out” law will see violators getting up to two warnings before their Internet service providers could be allowed to cut service for as long as a year.
Amid mounting pressure from the West, Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his government will review a recently approved version of a law that critics say legalizes marital rape and the U.S. president has called "abhorrent." “We understand the concerns of our allies in the international community,” Karzai told reporters Saturday.