2009

June

• Obama On Franken Ruling

• Court declares Franken the winner of Minnesota Senate race

• White firefighters win Supreme Court appeal

• Obama promises progress to gay community

• White House announces new lighting standards

• Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison

• Court reverses Sotomayor decision on firefighters

• Court expands challenge to campaign-finance act

• Court fails to decide on anti-Hillary movie

• Prez Obama Town Hall Mtg on Healthcare 7/1/2009

• Calls Grow for Pentagon Audit

• White House open to new tax on health benefits

• Obama Casts Doubt on Call for Climate Tariff

• Schumer, Graham: Restrict electronics sales to Iran

• Supreme Court to decide final 3 cases on Monday

• AP sources: Obama mulls indefinite prison stays

• Questions and answers about the US climate bill

• Madoff ordered to forfeit $171 billion

• After House passage, climate bill faces more heat

• House narrowly passes major energy-climate bill

• Major energy-climate bill chugs toward House vote

• Climate bill debate begins in House

• U.S. Capitol is too white, say critics

• Tap on shoulder from Pelosi

• Lawmakers defy veto threat on F-22 fighter

• Senators claim $1 trillion health bill in reach

• FTC Chairman Pushes Antitrust Legislation Against Pharmaceutical “Pay-for-Delay Payments”

• Biden Applauds MN for Meeting Recovery Act Milestone Ahead of Schedule

• Obama: Now is time to pass climate change bill

• Court says strip search of Ariz. teenager illegal

• Obama leaves door open to tax on health benefits

• Obama Sent Letter to Iran Leader Before Election

• Obama to meet Pope Benedict XVI

• Poll: Obama support slipping

• Climate change: Pelosi’s green gamble

• Obama condemns violence against Iran protesters

• Obama talks tougher on Iran violence

• Dems ignore Obama cuts

• Climate change bill to hit House floor this week

• US, Kyrgyzstan reach deal on using air base

• House Democrats to open hearings on health bill

• Court Affirms Reimbursement for Special Education

• Justices Let Stand a Central Provision of Voting Rights Act

• Rep. Oberstar’s big bill: proposed Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 released today

• White House: 10 percent unemployment within months

• Obama, citing his smoking woes, signs tobacco law

• Memo Reveals US Plan to Provoke an Invasion of Iraq

• Obama to sign anti-smoking bill

• Democrats may go it alone on gov’t insurance plan

• Agreement to Bring Down Drug Prices for America’s Seniors

• Obama stays with careful response to Iran crisis

• Obama’s own party worried health plan lacks votes

• Obama sticks with careful response to Iran crisis

• Oberstar’s transportation bill a direct challenge to administration

• Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry

• Oberstar’s new transportation proposal has just arrived

• Obama: New consumer protections ‘essential’

• Drug companies may narrow Medicare coverage gap

• Sotomayor quits women’s club after GOP criticism

• Dems’ health care plan stumbles but keeps moving

• Aide: Husband of Sen. Ensign’s ex-mistress sought cash

• Billionaire Stanford jailed in alleged $7B fraud

• Billionaire Stanford to appear in federal court

• Congress passes restrictions on detainees

• House eyes new taxes as senators pare health bill

• Oberstar blasts White House, accelerates highway bill

• At fundraiser, Obama laughs at critics

• WH: Health reform this year despite setbacks

• Congress sends $106B war-spending bill to Obama

• The AMA’s Unhealthy Obsession

• Obama’s plan for Fed worries some in Congress

• Centrist Democrats Make Voices Heard on Health Care

• Hillary Clinton Fractures Elbow in Fall

• Delays, disputes slow progress of health care bill

• Democrats to push through banking overhaul quickly

• Congre$$, Heal Thyself

• Poll Finds Unease With Obama on Key Issues

• New financial rules: Major changes for big, small

• New Obama initiative seeks fix to finance regs

• Senate committee to meet to craft health care bill

• House passes $106 billion war funding bill

• Sotomayor answers GOP as Senate braces for debate

• Dems seek to trim health bill as estimates soar

• U.S. can’t be seen as ‘meddling’ in Iran, Obama says

• Congress to Transfer Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars to the Insurance Industry

• Now comes the Iranian Revolution

• Audit Finds That U.S. Overpaid Blackwater

• GOP lash out at Obama’s health bill, unveil own

• CBO: Healthcare bill exceeds $1 trillion

• In reversal, GOP balks at war funding

• Obama’s counterattack on healthcare

• Obama says Italy will take 3 Guantanamo detainees

• AIG lawyer: Ex-top exec plundered retirement plan

• Obama Open to Reining in Medical Suits

• ABC News to air Obama interview on health care

• Klobuchar to introduce ‘dig once’ bill

• US Gen. McChrystal takes command in Afghanistan

• Obama urges doctors to back his health care plans

• The Healthcare War is Now Official

• Obama welcomes Netanyahu’s two-state speech

• Obama eyes tighter controls on banks, Wall Street

• Marines Out of Iraq by Spring 2010

• Justices May Strike Down Part Of Voting Rights Act

• Regulators Feud as Banking System Overhauled

• Health Plan May Mean Payment Cuts

• Pelosi says no to health co-ops proposal

• Health care mandates: How they work

• Privacy May Be a Victim in Cyberdefense Plan

• Money, Influence and the Election of Judges

• Bank Bailout Turns Out to Have Been Good Business for US

• The Rise of Single-Payer Health Care

• White House applauds North Korea sanctions

• Senators held stock in bailed-out banks

• Fed. Court rules medical residents must pay FICA taxes

• Sen. Dodd’s wife serves on health care company boards

• House set to send FDA tobacco bill to Obama

• Bill to Improve Quality, Lower Cost of Health Care

• Analysis: Republicans may gain ethics issue

• War-funding bill back on track for passage

• No smoking: Historic vote could bring new limits

• IRS expands new car tax break to include fees paid in 6 states with no sales taxes

• Obama rules out socialized medicine in America

• Congress: Git’mo detainees can now face trial in US

• Obama declares time to fix health care is now

• Senate votes to give FDA power to regulate tobacco

• Senate to vote on FDA power to regulate tobacco

• Big Breakthroughs for Single-Payer Health Care

• Overseer to Set Executive Pay at Rescued Companies

• Geither: Admin. won’t seek exec pay cap limits

• House Republicans Draft Energy Bill With Heavy Focus on Nuclear Power

• Palau to take Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay

• Kennedy health plan includes long-term care

• Trial of Guantanamo detainee tests US legal system

• Obama pitches pay-as-you-go plan for Congress

• SAVE ON GAS, AND REDUCE POLLUTION WITH “CASH FOR CLUNKERS” VOUCHERS

• 10 big banks get OK to repay $68B in bailout money

• Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight

• Bird-proof engines, pilot training on NTSB agenda

• Feds set to say which banks can repay bailout cash

• Justice Dept.: 1st Gitmo detainee arrives in US

• Sources: House Democrats consider taxing benefits

• Obama repackages stimulus plans

• Supreme Court delays Chrysler’s sale to Fiat

• Supreme Court rejects challenge to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

• Intel Pick Bows Out Over CIA Ties

• U.S. to Weigh Returning North Korea to Terror List

• Where’s The Jobs?

• CBC backs public Medicare-like program

• Obama’s Economic Circle Keeps Tensions Simmering

• Run-off voting delays finance disclosure

• SPIN METER: White House straddles health tax issue

• ‘Single-Payer’ Supporters Challenge Democrats

• Kennedy Details Vision for Health Care Insurance

• DNC lays foundation for healthcare reform

• Obama to Forge a Greater Role on Health Care

• Obama spends time sightseeing with family in Paris

• Obama hails `sheer improbability’ of D-Day victory

• Global Migration Flows Reverse for the First Time Since the Depression

• Obama Pays Tribute to D-Day

• Military-backed public schools on the rise in US

• Crisis at the VA as Benefits Claims Backlog Nearly Tops One Million

• Obama: Considering New Approach Toward North Korea

• SEC Goes After Countrywide CEO and Other Top Execs

• VA Awards $5.2 Million for Minnesota Veterans Homes

• What President Obama Promised in Cairo

• Kennedy draft bill seeks overhaul of healthcare system

• Obama says time is right for healthcare reform

• Kennedy bill would make employers provide care

• Report: US weighs guilty pleas in some 9/11 cases

• Mideast envoy to visit region next week

• President Obama Nominates B. Todd Jones for US Attorney for the District of Minnesota

• Obama: TRANSITION TO ALL-DIGITAL PROGRAMMING—June 12

• Obama’s Islamic homage wins praise

• Sotomayor’s personal assets top $1M

• Obama Speech Gets Solid Reaction World-Wide

• Obama calls for new beginning between US, Muslims

• Obama calls for new beginning between US, Muslims

• Administration Meeting with Governors on Future of U.S. High-Speed Rail

• Baucus to Meet With Single-Payer Advocates

• Sotomayor makes rounds on Capitol Hill

• Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo

• Obama visits Saudi king to open a Muslim dialogue

• Cabinet officials head to hard-hit auto states

• Military: Gitmo detainee dies of apparent suicide

• Sotomayor counters GOP critics over bias claims

• Obama said to be open to taxing health benefits

• Sotomayor meets with Reid, top Senate Democrat

• Obama to tap Republican congressman for Army post

• Obama refutes Cheney: He’s ‘wrong’

• Construction companies complain stimulus isn’t helping

• Clinton tries to remake US image in Latin America

• Obama Sees ‘Painful’ Birth of New G.M.

• Judge: Gitmo legal documents must be public

• Judge Clears Way for Sale of Chrysler to Fiat

• Obama Statement on Chrysler Court Order

• Congress set to tackle health care overhaul

• AG orders protection in wake of doctor slaying

• Analysis: Obama couldn’t let automaker fail

• Geithner says Obama will bring down deficits