Posts Tagged ‘House’

“You are jobless” – Edo govt tells Reps

By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin City The Edo State government reacted angrily, yesterday, to the House of Representatives motion asking the Federal authorities to withhold forthwith the monthly Federal all… View full post on All Stories

Agency heads meet with House leaders

State agency leaders have told lawmakers they cannot cut enough in their budgets in the next fiscal year without crippling programs. View full post on All Stories

Obama fights Republican avalanche

Midterm elections: President campaigns to shore up Democrat vote as poll shows 25% of former Obama voters may defect Barack Obama hit the campaign trail again today in a desperate effort to save Democrats facing a Republican avalanche in next month’s midterm elections. An Associated Press poll published today showed a quarter of those surveyed [...]

Republicans likely to take House: Reuters/Ipsos poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American voters unhappy at high unemployment are set to oust President Barack Obama’s Democrats from control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2 elections, a Reuters-Ipsos poll projected on Wednesday. View full post on All Stories

France Raises Retirement Age To Cut Pension Costs

AHN News Staff Paris, France (AHN) – Defying trade union threats, the French Senate on Friday approved an increase in the country’s retirement age from 60 to 62 in an effort to reduce pension costs. Union leaders are expected to protest the move and called a national strike on October 16. Parliament’s Lower House has [...]

IMF warns of UK house market fall

The fund, in its half-yearly World Economic Outlook, said it was ‘worrisome’ that UK property prices still remained so expensive The International Monetary Fund raised the prospect of a double dip in Britain’s property market today when it said house prices were overvalued and vulnerable to a fall. The fund, in its half-yearly World Economic [...]

White House Downplays European Travel Warning Threat

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Monday decided to send mixed signals on the travel alert issued by the U.S. State Department as the White House noted that the particular information “isn’t related to the United States.” During regular briefing, Robert Gibbs, the White House [...]

White House to announce new private industry-community college partnership

President Obama is likely to announce initiatives to boost new partnerships between private industry and colleges on Monday as part of efforts to address high levels of unemployment. View full post on All Stories

Rouse Replaces Emanuel, Obama: “Bittersweet Day At The White House”

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – President Barack Obama made a special appearance on Friday to bid farewell to teary-eyed Rahm Emanuel, the incumbent chief of staff, calling him “an incomparable leader.” Obama also announced his “wise, skillful, and longtime counselor, Pete Rouse,” as the new “interim chief of [...]

Congress Passes Stopgap To Fund Government; Goes On Recess

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Lawmakers passed a resolution on Wednesday, their last day of session before the mid-term elections, funding government operations until after they return from their recess. The stopgap measure was needed since both the House and the Senate haven’t passed a single appropriations bill [...]

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