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Service employers international union, seiu president, andy stern confirmed speculation he will be stepping down. he has led the organization for 14 years. on capitol hill, house energy and commercial committee chairman henry waxman cancelled a hearing in which he was expected to grill big company ceos over their reaction to the health reform law. waxman has been informed that they took huge profits because they were required to do under the accounting rules. he and other democrats initially were outrage and accused companies trying to make the new law look bad. now, the hearing has been dropp...

Service employers international union, seiu president, andy stern confirmed speculation he will be stepping down. he has led the organization for 14 years. on capitol hill, house energy and commercial committee chairman henry waxman cancelled a hearing in which he was expected to grill big company ceos over their reaction to the health reform law. waxman has been informed that they took huge profits because they were required to do under the accounting rules. he and other democrats initially were outrage and accused companies trying to make the new law look bad. now, the hearing has been dropp...

John paul stevens. today, senate democrats complained of what they characterized republican obstructionism for the president's pick for the federal bench. >> the overall pattern set by the republicans on the other side of the aisle is one of partisanship, not principled argument. the republicans are avoiding answering yea or nay on the nomination and prefer saying just maybe. that is what it is about on these. >> bret: about all the picks for federal bench, the republicans countered today saying the judiciary committee held hearings for 77% of president obama's new mexico kn -- nominee, up fro...

To further distance them from mainstream america and damage the public's opinion of them. a coordinator for the new york state tea parties sees the attack as a good sign that the tea party message is gaining ground. price to get the international astronauts to the international space station is going up. with nasa shuttle program ending this year, the u.s. will soon have to rely on russia for a ride. the space agency signed a contract to pay $56 million per astronaut for flights through 2014. the "washington times" editorial report writes, "the day this nation cedes con crest to others is the ...

Obama's policies now. there are tax credits and tax cuts. 1/3 of the stimulus was tax credits and tax cuts and if people don't know that, then they probably need to get a new accountant because the reality is there's tax credits for childcare, tax credits for people who are going back to school. tax credits for people who have college-aged children now. >> tax cuts for health care reform. >> tax hikes. >> but they don't begin right away. right now this year, over $1,000 will be saved by the average person because of the obama tax policies which the tax policies center said are more generous th...