Archive for December 17th, 2009
Democratic congressman from North Carolina angers supporters by voting against health-care bill
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- To voters in this hard-luck town where stable factory jobs and the health care that came with them have long since disappeared, change looked good a year ago. Change came not only from President Obama, who narrowly won this swing state, but also from a millworker-turned-high...
Democratic congressman from North Carolina angers supporters by voting against health-care bill
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- To voters in this hard-luck town where stable factory jobs and the health care that came with them have long since disappeared, change looked good a year ago. Change came not only from President Obama, who narrowly won this swing state, but also from a millworker-turned-high...
McCaskill calls for increased oversight of contract work in Afghanistan
The chairman of a Senate investigative subcommittee called Thursday for stepped-up government oversight of contract work in Afghanistan , saying Pentagon auditors have already challenged nearly $1 billion in charges by military contractors.
