The administration takes issue with a move by the Alabama Republican senator to hold up nominations for government posts over some home-state projects.
White House Blasts Shelby Hold On Nominees
By KATE PHILLIPS and JEFF ZELENY, New York Times
Fri, 02/05/2010 - 10:24am
RELATED ARTICLES
- LIVE STREAM: Fox News GOP debate
Follow the Fox News GOP debate along with us. We’ll provide up-to-the-minute updates throughout the debate, offer additional insight on topics as they are being discussed and share the best of what we find on social media. More - Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’
A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More - Professor explains wild airline rant: In-flight cigarette was ‘revolutionary’ act of ‘civil disobedience’
A Penn State professor was arrested over the weekend in a bizarre videotaped incident that went viral. Karen Halnon, who teaches sociology at the university’s Abington campus, was flying from Nicaragua to Miami when she lit up a cigarette and ranted about Venezuela and President Barack Obama. More - Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran
WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More - EPA, other US agencies expand urban waters effort
The Environmental Protection Agency, the White House and other federal departments announced Friday that they are expanding a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide. More
BING NEWS:
- Carroll Shelby left his name on racetracks and cars all over the world
At age 7, Carroll Shelby moved to Dallas. He was the son of working-class parents, balanced precariously on the poverty line. He had a leaky heart valve that reminded him ...
11/19/2024 - 1:15 am | View Link - Spay and neuter clinic poised to open in Shelby
A new spay and neuter clinic is poised to open in Shelby, meeting a long-time need in the county. Dr. Jessica Hildebran, along with partner Dr. Reid Rollins, opened SNIP, Spay & Neuter Initiative of ...
11/18/2024 - 9:40 pm | View Link - 'Like winning a Super Bowl'; Beshear announces historic $712M investment coming to Shelby County
Friday morning, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Shelbyville Battery Manufacturing, a subsidiary of e-Storage, is building a state-of-the-art, 6-gigawatt hour battery cell, module and packaging ...
11/15/2024 - 8:19 am | View Link - More
- Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 1987 to 2023. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2018 to 2021.
11/19/2024 - 12:07 am | View Website - Richard Shelby | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Richard Shelby (born May 6, 1934, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.) is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1986 and represented Alabama from 1987 to 2023; in 1994 he joined the Republican Party. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–87).
11/18/2024 - 1:13 am | View Website - Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (1934- ) served six terms in the U.S. Senate, from 1987 until 2023. His 36-year tenure in the Senate is so far the longest of any Alabamian. He is widely considered to have been one of the most important and successful Senators from the state, on par with John Sparkman, Lister Hill, and few others.
11/16/2024 - 6:05 pm | View Website - Sen. Richard Shelby evolved and thrived over 44 years in ...
In 1992, running as a conservative Democrat not aligned with his party’s presidential nominee, Richard C. Shelby cruised to victory with 65 percent of Alabama’s vote.
11/16/2024 - 3:10 am | View Website - Shelby: Bipartisanship 'good for the country' | AP News
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, who is retiring after being a shrewd force in state and national politics for more than four decades, on Wednesday stressed the importance of bipartisanship as he prepares to leave office.
11/16/2024 - 1:51 am | View Website - More
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more