U.S. officials pushed products deemed unsafe by China

Emily Flitter Reuters 3/9/2011

(Reuters) – When it comes to protecting consumers, American politicians in China don’t always practice what they preach, unpublished U.S. diplomatic cables show.

In 2007, two U.S. Congressmen privately admonished a Chinese official about the sudden spike in potentially harmful Made-in-China products being shipped around the world, according to a cable […]

Obama names anti-gun extremist as next BATFE head

Kurt Hofmann St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner 11/16/2010

Well, it’s official (if misspelled, in the New York Times)–Andrew Traver is President Obama’s choice to be the BATFE’s next Supreme Leader:

Nearly two years into his term, President Obama on Monday finally chose a director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Mr. Obama […]

GOP Sees Risks in Push to Repeal Health Law

AP/FoxNews.com 3/31/2010

WASHINGTON — Top Republicans are increasingly worried that GOP candidates this fall might be burned by a fire that’s roaring through the conservative base: demand for the repeal of President Barack Obama’s new health care law.

It’s fine to criticize the health law and the way Democrats pushed it through Congress without a […]

Census should cut SEIU ties because of ACORN, Kirk says

BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Chicago Sun-Times September 25, 2009

Since the U.S. Senate voted 83-7 earlier this month to cut off funding for ACORN, the activist/voter registration group has become so controversial that some are calling for sanctions against groups associated with it.

The debate is invading the race for U.S. Senate in Illinois.

Republican […]

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