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Government - Legal Pages : Federal : Executive Branch
Wall St. Weighs a Challenge to a Proposed Tax
Wall Street’s main lobbying arm has hired a top Supreme Court litigator to study a possible legal battle against a bank tax proposed by the Obama administration...

FDA Says "No Way" to Chinese Shrimp Imports
FDA Ignores Its Own Inspection Data and Refuses Chinese Shrimp Exports to the U.S., According to FDAImports.com, LLC...

Briefing by DHS Secretary Napolitano & Security Brennan
Briefing by Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Brennan, and Press Secretary Gibbs, 1/7/10

Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparency
As a Candidate, President Obama Promised to Put Health Care Reform Negotiations on C-SPAN...Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stressed today that "the president wants to get a bill to his desk as quickly as possible."

AP sources: Obama OKs taxing high-end health plans
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they'll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health insurance plans to pay for health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans.

President Obama speaks to preliminary info on Flight 253
Statement by the President on Preliminary Information from his Ongoing Consultation about the Detroit Incident...

Obama vows to use power to thwart terrorists
HONOLULU (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to use "every element of our national power" to keep Americans safe and said the failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner was "a serious reminder" of the need to continually adapt security measures against changing terrorist threats...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on yesterdays terrorist attempt
The Department of Homeland Security immediately put additional screening measures into place -- for all domestic and international flights -- to ensure the continued safety of the traveling public....

Top Cuban official: Obama lied during Copenhagen
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's foreign minister called President Barack Obama an "imperial and arrogant" liar Monday for his conduct at the U.N. climate conference, a reflection of the communist island's increasingly fiery verbal attacks on the U.S. government... Visit AP / Breitbart Website

Obama says 'meaningful' deal reached on climate
COPENHAGEN (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Friday a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" had been reached among the U.S., China and three other countries on a global effort to curb climate change but said much work was still be needed to reach a legally binding treaty. "It is going to be very hard, and it's going to take some time," he said at the conclusion of a 193-nation global warming summit. "We have come a long way, but we have much further to go." Visit Associated Press Website

Nobel peace prize: Norwegians incensed over Barack Obama's snubs
"Of all the things he is cancelling, I think the worst is cancelling the lunch with the king," said Siv Jensen, the leader of the largest party in opposition, the populist Progress party. "This is a central part of our government system. He should respect the monarchy," she told VG... Visit guardian.co.uk Website

Acceptance Speech by President Obama of the Nobel Peace Prize
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations -- that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.

U.S. EPA Issues Nevada Toxic Release Data
Latest report shows 202 million pounds of toxics released into environment, a decrease of nearly 22 million pounds

Library of Congress Wrongly Fires Former Gitmo Lawyer
ACLU Says Congressional Research Service Violated First Amendment When It Fired Col. Morris Davis

Take back Al Gore's Oscar Academy members demand in light of Climategate
Two Hollywood conservatives (yes, there are some) have called upon the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to rescind the prestigious, profitable gold Oscar statuette that it gave ex-Vice President Al Gore et al two years ago for the environmental movie "An Inconvenient Truth." Visit Los Angeles Times Website

The President on the Economy in Allentown, PA
In the two years since this recession began, too many members of our American family have felt the gut punch of a pink slip. Eight million Americans have lost their jobs...

Rumsfeld Cries Foul on Obama Troop Claims
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday lashed out at President Obama for claiming the Bush administration rebuffed commanders' repeated requests for more troops in Afghanistan... Visit Fox News Website

Top White House lawyer to be pushed out
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- In the first major shakeup among President Obama's senior staff, White House Counsel Greg Craig announced his resignation Friday... Visit CNN Website

Pawlenty slams Obama from Iowa
DES MOINES – Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty used his Iowa debut as a potential presidential candidate Saturday to excoriate President Obama and congressional Democrats for not doing more to address the still-wheezing economy... Visit Politico Website

President Obama on gaining the support of AARP and the AMA
I am extraordinarily pleased and grateful to learn that the AARP and the American Medical Association are both supporting the health insurance reform bill that will soon come up to a vote in the House of Representatives.

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