Everything looks dull and dark. I hope Americans will be able to put this
republican Adminstration in the right place: Jail.
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The $700 billion
government rescue program will not be used to purchase troubled
assets as originally planned, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday.
He said the administration is exploring other options, including possibly
injecting more capital into banks on a matching basis.
Possible aid to the ailing
US auto industry has received increasing attention in
Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she wants Congress to
consider "emergency and limited financial assistance." White House
spokeswoman Dana Perino said the Bush administration had gone as far as it can
go with the authority Congress has given it, but that the president was open to
helping automakers.
The Great Lakes and
Mississippi River watershed, connected more than a century ago,
need to be separated to stop the transfer of some species, such as the Asian
carp, the Alliance for the Great Lakes said in a study released Wednesday. The
carp, which are within 50 miles of Lake Michigan, can grow to more than 4 feet
long and eat all the food available to other species.
President-elect Obama
has opened the door for lobbyists, under limited conditions, to
work for him. Although he campaigned against lobbyists' influence, he said
Tuesday they work in his transition if they stop their advocacy efforts and
avoid working in any field they lobbied on in the last year. They also must not
lobby the Obama administration for a year after leaving its service.
Alaska election workers
spent Wednesday counting an estimated 90,000 early,
absentee, or questionable ballots that will determine if convicted US Sen. Ted
Stevens (R) remains in office. Alaska always lags in such tabulations because
of the difficulties in gathering the votes from far-flung communities.
If California lawmakers
don't take bold action, the state will face $22 billion
deficits each year from 2010 to 2014, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's
Office said Tuesday. To address the situation, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)
has proposed a 1-1/2 cent sales-tax increase and $4.4 billion in
across-the-board spending cuts.
Connecticut finalized a
judgment Wednesday that makes it the only state besides
Massachusetts to legalize same-sex marriage. The unions were legal in
California until a statewide referendum banned them last week.
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