Archive for December 19th, 2009
Pentagon contract saves jobs at Wisconsin truckmaker Oshkosh Corp.
OSHKOSH, WIS. -- Just as the recession was threatening the Oshkosh Corp. with ruin, after builders stopped ordering drywall lifters and cement mixers, and cities stopped buying fire engines and garbage trucks, the little-known specialty truck company went after a long-shot Pentagon contract.
Deal on health bill is reached
Senate Democrats said Saturday that they had closed ranks in support of legislation to reform the nation's health-care system, overcoming months of internal division and clearing a path for quick Senate passage of President Obama's top domestic policy priority.
Senate passes defense spending bill
In a rare early Saturday morning vote, the Senate passed a massive Pentagon spending bill that includes nearly $130 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a measure Republicans had tried to block as a means of delaying action on President Obama's health-care overhaul.
