by Ed Demaria | Mar 13, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — A debate over how to balance government openness against the need to protect information vital to national security has reopened on Capitol Hill in the wake of a 2011 Supreme Court decision. In the middle of “Sunshine Week,” designed to...
by Ed Demaria | Mar 7, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON— Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who also is chairman of the Democratic National Convention, on Wednesday criticized the Washington establishment – especially Republicans — for letting partisan bickering stall action, especially denouncing...
by Ed Demaria | Mar 5, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Chuck Fleischmann is an iron man. In just over 14 months in the House of Representatives, the Republican congressman from Tennessee has never missed a vote. More than 1,000 times, Fleischmann has cast his ballot for Tennessee’s third district. “I’m very,...
by Ed Demaria | Feb 28, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on a sticky international law question with corporate personhood implications that found the United States and some of its major allies on different sides. In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., petitioners argued...
by Ed Demaria | Feb 15, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee clashed repeatedly on Wednesday over the legality of President Barack Obama’s recent recess appointments. Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said the president circumvented the rules of the...
by Ed Demaria | Feb 8, 2012 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON – A blue-ribbon commission Wednesday recommended creation of a new government agency to control nuclear waste and a new consent-based strategy to deal with the issue. Members of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future advised a House...
by Ed Demaria | Feb 1, 2012 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON — After two years of deliberations, a presidential commission told a House subcommittee Wednesday what has been undoable for the past 30 years — the United States needs a new agency with the authority to dispose of nuclear waste. Members of the Blue Ribbon...
by Ed Demaria | Jan 31, 2012 | Business, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Netflix supports an update to the Video Privacy Protection Act that would allow consumers’ ongoing consent for posting information, allowing video service providers to use social media better, Netflix’s attorney told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. The...
by Ed Demaria | Jan 25, 2012 | Politics
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., arrive as “dates” to the State of the Union. (Ed Demaria/Medill News Service)Media outlets prepare to catch politicians as they pass through Statuary Hall for the State of the Union. (Ed...
by Ed Demaria | Jan 24, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — After the State of the Union address Tuesday, congressmen crowded into Statuary Hall to be interviewed by various news outlets. Sen. Chuck Schumer, gave two interviews before leaving the hall.
by Ed Demaria | Jan 18, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Republican presidential campaign is roaring toward climactic contests in South Carolina and Florida, but every GOP nominee has won at least one of the two early contests in the northern states of Iowa or New Hampshire since 1968. Neither state...
