The Obama Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against BP and eight other companies on Wednesday for their role in causing in the Gulf oil blowout in an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history. The lawsuit asks that the companies be held liable without limitation under…
Daily Archives: December 15, 2010
Job Approval Rating of Congress the Worst in Gallup History
Public assessment of the United States Congress has hit a new low in the eyes of Americans, with only 13 percent saying they approve of the way Congress is handling its job. The 83 percent disapproval rating is also the worst the Gallup Survey has measured in more than 30 years of tracking congressional job…
Republican Governors Blow Off Money for Green Jobs?
In two states where workers are desperate for jobs — Wisconsin, where the jobless rate is 9.4 percent, and Ohio, where it’s 9.9 percent — the incoming governors rejected $1.2 billion in federal funding for high-speed rail projects, which would have created tens of thousands of good jobs. Republican Governors-elect Scott Walker (Wis.) and John…
President Obama Leaves Bill Clinton in White House Briefing Room?
Talk About a Mistake The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook President Obama leaving Bill Clinton in the White House briefing room is the kind of cool confidence that borders on delusional, according to the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Watch and laugh…
