http://www.datasoftsystem.com/news/ Latest news from datasoftsystem http://www.datasoftsystem.com/news/http://www.datasoftsystem.com/N/images/logo.gif AFP - US General Stanley McChrystal briefed President Barack Obama and his war cabinet on Friday on "progress" in the first big offensive of the US Afghan surge strategy, the White House sai... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250627.html CQPolitics.com - Another round in the health care debate advertising assault were fired off Friday, with groups both for and against the Democratic-backed legislation dropping approximately $1.5 milli... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250628.html AP - Good evening sunshine, America says hello, you light up our evenings, we light charcoal below. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250624.html AP - The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of decades-old campaign spending limits gives states scant time to face an election-year dilemma: brace for a flood of new money in politics, or find new w... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250625.html AP - President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250626.html AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday after breaking her neck and back in a traffic accident that also injured the senator's daughter, a spokesman said. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250618.html AP - As the Justice Department hunts for the latest batch of missing federal e-mails, the officials who oversee spending of $71 billion a year for information technology got a big raspberry Friday... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250619.html Politico - The speaker vows to stay in session until the chamber comes to a vote on health care reform. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250620.html Politico - p;ldquo;Yes, I'm proud that we kept the world safer than it was," former Bush adviser tells BBC. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250621.html AP - Justice Department officials say that when senators were considering Eric Holder's nomination to be attorney general last year, he didn't given them all the legal briefs he had signed f... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250622.html AP - Sen. John Kerry says he is pushing environmental reforms to create jobs and spark energy independence, with climate benefits along "for the ride." http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250623.html AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is voicing fresh confidence there are enough votes to pass sweeping health care legislation, saying lawmakers are "one day closer" to a historic achievement. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250505.html Politico - San Francisco Democratic mayor plans to launch a bid for lieutenant governor. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250506.html Politico - The Detroit congresswoman has been called to testify along with one of her aides. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250507.html AP - President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250508.html Reuters - The House of Representatives Budget Committee on Monday will consider a reconciliation bill that Democrats hope clears the way for final congressional approval of an overhaul of U.S. healthc... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250509.html AFP - President Barack Obama will delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days until Sunday March, 21, his spokesman said Friday, as he battles for health care reform. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250510.html AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife remained hospitalized Friday with serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on a ... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250381.html Politico - In an Ideas piece, the authors praise a new measure as much needed update for the 21st century. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250382.html Politico - Surging libertarian streak in the new conservative movement worries the Christian right. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250383.html AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daugh... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250312.html Politico - Dodd says Dems canp;rsquo;t keep waiting for GOP. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250313.html Politico - Democrats and the Senate Budget Committee are signaling support for the move. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250314.html AP - Republicans in Pennsylvania have nominated a political newcomer to fill the congressional seat of the late Rep. John Murtha. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250315.html AP - The majority leader of Utah's House of Representatives says he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250316.html CQPolitics.com - President Barack Obama has taken to nonstop demonizing of the insurance industry -- a sign of desperation over the prospects of passing health care reform. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250317.html Politico - Dem leaders gear up for hearings that will start clock on final, down-to-the-wire vote. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250212.html Politico - The Defense Department is switching its decision to cancel the program after it ran out of money. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250213.html AP - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is endorsing an end to the election of judges at the state and local levels. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250214.html McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON p;mdash; Long-awaited Senate legislation that would direct the broadest overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression will be introduced on Monday wi... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250215.html Politico - Senators already agitated by a trickle of bad news about the program make their discomfort plain. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250051.html Politico - They'll offer resolution to continue investigation. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250052.html AP - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eri... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250053.html AP - The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines, a problem exposed by an air crash last year that killed 50 peop... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250054.html AP - In an election-year appeal to voters frustrated with Washington, House Republicans promised Thursday not to stuff any of this year's spending bills with pet projects for their districts. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250055.html AFP - President Barack Obama's trip next week to his childhood home of Indonesia will be no vacation and is unlikely to be delayed by his health reform drive, the White House said Thursday. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250056.html CQPolitics.com - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he is leaving it up to his caucus to decide whether to wrap a health care overhaul and a student loan bill into a single budget reconci... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250057.html AP - Over the years, "Little Billy" learned much from the country's top minds. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249897.html Politico - But he says talks with Sen. Bob Corker continue. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249898.html AP - Excerpts from the responses by prominent figures to letters from "Little Billy," the grade-schooler alter ego of prankster Bill Geerhart, appearing in the book "Little Billy's... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249899.html AP - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has sided with a truck dealership in a dispute with a major manufacturer of semitrailers. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249900.html Politico - Tensions are rising as the caucus attempts to address the high unemployment rate among blacks. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249751.html AP - One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyon... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249752.html Reuters - President Barack Obama, anxious to spur growth and tackle unemployment, will name two top executives from Boeing and Xerox on Thursday to spearhead his drive to boost U.S. exports, the White... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249753.html Politico - Both Democrats and Republicans are speaking against the ban. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249682.html Politico - Mike Allen speaks with Karl Rove about his new book "Courage and Consequence." http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249683.html The Christian Science Monitor - It’s starting to look like the Hatfields versus the McCoys. Except, in this instance, it’s two branches of government duking it out: the judicial branch (Chief Just... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249684.html AP - Honeycreeper birds, a fly and several ferns, trees and shrubs found only on a Hawaiian island were among 48 species added Wednesday to the endangered species list, boosting the number of such cla... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249685.html CQPolitics.com - While Senate Republicans boast top-flight female candidates in several marquee races, there appears to be a dearth of GOP women running in some of the most competitive House races acr... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249686.html AP - The House Democratic campaign chief said Wednesday the ethics committee has ended an investigation of former Rep. Eric Massa, but the freshman's alleged harassment of his staff members p;... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249589.html