Thursday, February 26, 2009

McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair

Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall. Lieberman’s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] "eliotcobb.com"

Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There’s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com. Check it out……… [...] "eliotcobb.com"

The chiefs of the “Big Three” US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] "eliotcobb.com"

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