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Space Coast Politics » start http://spacecoastpolitics.com Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:57:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pelosi says bailout plan has to pass (Reuters) http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/pelosi-says-bailout-plan-has-to-pass-reuters/ http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/pelosi-says-bailout-plan-has-to-pass-reuters/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:24:03 +0000 Administrator http://2120434604

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) listens to a question during a weekly press conference in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, September 25, 2008. (Mitch Dumke/Reuters)

Reuters – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday a plan to rescue U.S. financial institutions “has to happen,” but final agreement is up to conservative Republicans who revolted against the plan being negotiated between Congress and the Treasury Department.

]]> http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/pelosi-says-bailout-plan-has-to-pass-reuters/feed/ 0 First McCain-Obama debate remains doubtful (AP) http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/first-mccain-obama-debate-remains-doubtful-ap/ http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/first-mccain-obama-debate-remains-doubtful-ap/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:52:12 +0000 Administrator http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/first-mccain-obama-debate-remains-doubtful-ap/ AP – The first presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama remained in doubt Friday, the very day it was to be held, embroiled in the same partisan divisions that were holding up a Wall Street bailout plan.
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]]> http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/first-mccain-obama-debate-remains-doubtful-ap/feed/ 0 US wrangling and mutual collapse sparks new market fall (AFP) http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/us-wrangling-and-mutual-collapse-sparks-new-market-fall-afp/ http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/us-wrangling-and-mutual-collapse-sparks-new-market-fall-afp/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Administrator http://2053799403

US President George W. Bush (left) speaks during a meeting with members of congress including presidential candidate Barack Obama (right) in the White House in Washington, DC on September 25. Deadlocked talks on a bailout of the US financial system and the collapse of Washington Mutual bank sparked new falls on global markets despite the injection of tens of billions of dollars by central banks.(AFP/Tim Sloan)

AFP – Deadlocked talks on a bailout of the US financial system and the collapse of Washington Mutual bank sparked new falls on global markets Friday despite the injection of tens of billions of dollars by central banks.
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]]> http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/us-wrangling-and-mutual-collapse-sparks-new-market-fall-afp/feed/ 0 Lawmakers to tackle bailout plan again Friday (Reuters) http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/lawmakers-to-tackle-bailout-plan-again-friday-reuters/ http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/lawmakers-to-tackle-bailout-plan-again-friday-reuters/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:05:47 +0000 Administrator http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/09/26/lawmakers-to-tackle-bailout-plan-again-friday-reuters/

President Bush (C) meets with Bicameral and Bipartisan Members of Congress in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, September 25, 2008. Bush is joined by (L-R) Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Minority House leader John Boehner (R-OH), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Majority leader Senator Harry reid (D-NV), House Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL). (Jim Young/Reuters)

Reuters – Congressional leaders will try again on Friday to save a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan after talks broke down in acrimony against the backdrop of the nation’s biggest-ever bank failure.

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A small portion of the Louisiana delegation remaining at the convention stand for the National Anthem at the start of the first session at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 1, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)

AP – Republicans set aside the agenda to focus on hurricane relief in the opening hours of their national convention, only to see the scaled-back program for Day One overshadowed by jarring disclosures about the family and work life of John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin. Read more…

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., and his vice presidential running mate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., appear together Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

AP – Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware Saturday as a man “ready to step in and be president,” and the newly minted running mate quickly turned his campaign debut into a slashing attack on eight years of Republicans seeking four more years in the White House.
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AP – John McCain and the Republican National Committee started August with a hefty $96 million, financially flush and strongly positioned to compete with prolific fundraiser Barack Obama and the Democrats.
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]]> http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/15/mccain-rnc-report-96-million-cash-on-hand-ap/feed/ 0 Huge protests expected at political conventions http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/14/huge-protests-expected-at-political-conventions-reuters/ http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/14/huge-protests-expected-at-political-conventions-reuters/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Administrator http://spacecoastpolitics.com/?p=307

Reuters – Thousands of protesters are expected to jam the streets of Denver and St. Paul at the Republican and Democratic conventions in a noisy counterpoint to the parties’ carefully scripted speeches.

]]> http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/14/huge-protests-expected-at-political-conventions-reuters/feed/ 2 Consumer price index expected to show another rise http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/14/consumer-price-index-expected-to-show-another-rise/ http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/14/consumer-price-index-expected-to-show-another-rise/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Administrator http://spacecoastpolitics.com/?p=260 AP – The Labor Department is expected to report a rise in the consumer price index for July, but not as large as June’s increase. The median estimate from economists surveyed by Thomson Financial/IFR was for a 0.4 percent gain, and after food and energy prices are stripped out, a 0.2 percent advance. In June, the index rose by 1.1 percent the second-fastest monthly pace in 26 years.
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]]> http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/14/consumer-price-index-expected-to-show-another-rise/feed/ 1 Arkansas Democratic chair shot at HQ: police http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/13/arkansas-democratic-chair-shot-at-hq-police/ http://spacecoastpolitics.com/2008/08/13/arkansas-democratic-chair-shot-at-hq-police/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Administrator http://spacecoastpolitics.com/?p=230 Reuters – The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party was wounded by gunfire at its headquarters in Little Rock, police and party officials said on Wednesday.
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