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On Wednesday, U.S. President Obama awarded 16 individuals the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. The list of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients include scientists, activists, actors, an athlete and a preacher….
Chairman of The Center for Equal Opportunity, Linda Chavez, testifies at Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings. Here is the full transcript of her testimony: WHITEHOUSE: We’ll now from Linda Chavez, who’s chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity and a political…
Cap and trade vote full results! House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, in supporting the legislation, prepared the following floor speech after the energy and climate-change measure won 219-212 votes. The cap-and-trade legislation that aims to reduce greenhouse gas…