An envelope which contained ricin, addressed to Senator Roger Wicker, Republican from Mississippi, was intercepted at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington. Who attempted to kill Sen. Roger Wicker? A left wing nut job or a right wing nut job...
An envelope which contained ricin, addressed to Senator Roger Wicker, Republican from Mississippi, was intercepted at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington. Who attempted to kill Sen. Roger Wicker? A left wing nut job or a right wing nut job...
Tennessee Senator Stacey Campfield has a great idea for beating poverty: Hand out family welfare benefits on the basis of their kids' grades. The oldest sibling would be able to earn extra credit to make up for his younger siblings' poor performance, and then over Spring Break, every school...
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Senator Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) on Friday said that poorly secured medical laboratories in East African countries, which host insurgent groups linked to Al Qaeda, are vulnerable to bioterrorism, Agence France-Presse reports. "Lugar, with a visiting Pentagon arms control expert team, told...
The California Nurses Association offered congratulations to Gov.-elect Jerry Brown and returning U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer for their impressive, double-digit election wins, and to California voters for providing a national alternative to the conservative, corporate-oriented economic program that...
At a Los Angeles rally on Thursday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) emphasized that the election of her opponent, Republican Carly Fiorina, would create another Senate vote opposed to abortion rights, Politico reports. Boxer said Fiorina has an extreme view of abortion rights and is out of touch...
As a Nebraska law (LB 1103) takes effect today banning abortions after 20 weeks' gestation based on the argument that fetuses can feel pain, Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) is pushing for another federal debate on the concept of "fetal pain," the AP/Google News reports. Johanns recently reintroduced...
Viral hepatitis B and C contribute to "the death[s] of 15,000 Americans a year" and threaten "the health of 5.3 million more," Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rep. Michael Honda (D-Calif.) write in a Washington Times opinion piece. Viral hepatitis is "more common than HIV/AIDS" and is "the leading...
Although the economy and jobs have been the "foremost" issues in California's Senate race, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) is "intent on highlighting the distinction" between her views on abortion rights and those of her Republican opponent, Carly Fiorina, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports. According...
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) on Friday announced that he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, making him the first Democrat to publicly state his opposition to her confirmation, the AP/Boston Globe reports. In a statement, Nelson said he "has heard concerns from Nebraskans regarding...
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $213 billion fiscal year 2011 spending bill that includes an amendment to permanently repeal the so-called "global gag rule," which prohibits federal funding to international family planning organizations that provide abortion services...
Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) on Wednesday became the fourth Republican senator to announce her support for Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, the New York Times' "The Caucus" reports. Snowe said Kagan met the standard she uses for evaluating judicial nominations by displaying "strong...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Friday became the third Republican senator to announce her support for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, the AP/MSNBC reports. In a statement, Collins praised Kagan's "intellect, experience, temperament and integrity" and said Kagan deserves confirmation based on...
In a radio interview from late June that surfaced last week, Sharron Angle -- the Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada -- said that if a 13-year-old girl were raped and impregnated by her father, she would counsel her to look for ways to make "a lemon situation into lemonade" by carrying...
During a campaign stop in Sacramento on Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.) said Republican challenger Carly Fiorina's views on abortion rights and other issues are too extreme for California residents, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports. Boxer -- who is seeking her fourth Senate...
In a USA Today opinion piece on Thursday, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) became the seventh Senate Republican to announce his opposition to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, citing her decision to prevent military recruiters from using Harvard Law School's career services center while she was dean...
The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. Kagan Discusses Abortion Rights: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) became the first lawmaker to raise the issue of abortion rights during Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing this week...
Legal precedents dictate that abortion regulations protect women's health and lives, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said in her second day of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, PBS' "Newshour" reports (Ifill, "Newshour," PBS, 6/29). The bulk of Tuesday's session featured...
If I send a files on my computer to my phone over bluetooth will that cost money and will it cost money the other way around if I send things from my phone to my computer?