Official: Obama To Repeal 4 Bush Executive Orders
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:45:52 -0800
President Barack Obama intends to overturn four Bush-era executive orders that unions opposed, a labor official said Thursday. Obama planned to reverse one order Friday that allowed unionized companies to post signs informing workers that they were allowed to decertify their union, an order some claim is unfair because nonunion businesses are not required to post signs letting workers know they were legally allowed to vote for a union. The official also said the other three orders address
Illinois state senate votes to remove Governor Rod Blagojevich from office
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:59:29 -0800
The Illinois state senate today convicted Governor Rod Blagojevich of abuse of power for allegedly attempting to sell the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama. Reuters reports: More than two-thirds of the 59 senators, acting as a jury following the two-term Democrat's impeachment on Jan. 9, voted to find him guilty, effectively ousting him from office. The vote was televised live from the state capitol building in Springfield, Illinois. Blagojevich is the first governor in Illinois
Umno disciplinary board to expand scope on money politics (The Malaysian Insider)
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:20:45 -0800
By Shannon Teoh KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Umno’s disciplinary board will be given added assistance to expand its investigations into money politics within the party. Party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi told reporters this tonight, even as several Umno leaders including supreme council member Datuk Norza Zakaria are now being investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ...
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