In advance of a planned summit between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to address health care reform legislation, several key Republicans are raising questions about the aims of the meeting.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Wednesday renewed his call for Obama to scrap his health care reform proposal in advance of the meeting.
A new Gallup poll released Wednesday showed that 63% of Americans say their sympathies in the Middle East situation lie more with the Israelis than with the Palestinians, a near record high for U.S. support for Israel.
The poll, which surveyed 1,025 adults February 1 - 3, also showed that only 15% said their sympathies lie with the Palestinians. Another 23% either support both sides equally or don’t support either side at all.
With a number of Republicans joining with Democrats, the Senate voted 70-28 to pass the $15 billion Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act on Wednesday.
n the final vote, 13 Republicans voted in favor of the jobs bill while Senator Ben Nelson, D-Neb., was the only Democrat to vote against final passage of the bill.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been released from a Washington, D.C. hospital after recovering from a mild heart attack he suffered earlier in the week.
Cheney was admitted to the hospital on Monday after experiencing chest pains. Cheney representatives confirmed the following day that the former vice president had suffered a mild heart attack but said he was recovering and would be released from the hospital soon.
With Senate Democrats looking at the possibility of using reconciliation to pass health care reform, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., said that kind of talk could cloud the purpose of the upcoming health care reform summit.