2010

Pelosi Broaches Healthcare Deal with Pro-Life Democrats

President Vows He Won’t Be Influenced by Polls in Healthcare Debate

Decrease in Reported Crime Rate Sparks Debate over Cause

Harsh Winter Inspires Obama Climate Panel

President Rejects Plea for Moderation

Proposed Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Stirs Controversy

President Hits Campaign Trail in Ohio

Massachusetts Newspapers Endorse Coakley

Administration’s Efforts Against al-Qaeda Take Unexpected Turn

Homeland Security Chief Defends Air Safety System

2009

The Best of John Semmens’ Semi-News — 2009

Congressman Wants Critic Jailed

EPA Gets Serious about CO2 Crackdown

Obama Says Health Care Reform Is ‘Jobs Program’

Department of Justice Says Congressional Ban Won’t Stop Admin Payments to ACORN

Administration Demonstrates Resolve to Counter Major Threat

President Touts Domestic Employment Initiative

Health Care Bill Would Require People to Pay More, Get Less

Obama Administration Warns CBS News

Democrats Reject Cheney Criticism of Afghan Policy

Senate Majority Leader Rejects Tort Reform’s Cost Savings as 'Insignificant'

Nobel Committee Explains Peace Prize Award

President Fails to Medal in Olympic Bid

Senator Defends Plan to Jail Uninsured

ACORN Caught on Film

President Explains How Everyone Will Benefit from His Health Care Plan

Parents’ Concern over President’s Address to Schools Called 'Silly'

Bill Granting President Authority to Shutdown Internet Advances

President Says He will Sacrifice Second Term for Health Care Reform

Deletion of 'Death Panels' from Health Care Bill Decried

President’s Critics Criticized

Court Nominee Questions Right of Self Defense

Treasury Secretary Says ‘Stimulus’ Working as Planned

Obama Meddles in Honduras

Fed Audit Feared

President’s Lawyer Defends Walpin Firing

Bulldozing Cities Idea Gains Traction in Obama Administration

Tiller Murder Elicits Outrage

Voters See Government Spending as Major Problem

House Democrats Reject Republican Call for Probe of Pelosi Charge against CIA

Pelosi Contends She Was Tricked on 'Enhanced Interrogation' Techniques

First Lady Says She and Obama will Transform American Families

Obama Nominee Says Freedom Must Not Thwart Democracy

U.N. Says U.S. Obligated to Prosecute Those Complicit in Torture

Department of Homeland Security Warns Against 'Right Wing' Terror

President Vows Strong Response to Somali Pirates

President Apologizes to Europe

Senator Says Chief Justice Roberts Dishonest

Obama Scraps Idea of Billing Vets for Service-Related Injuries

Court Upholds EPA Crackdown on Agriculture

President Rejects Charge of Hypocrisy on No Earmarks Pledge

Russia Rebuts Charges of Genocide

Obama Warns Officials Not to Let Taxpayers See Waste, Fraud or Inefficiency

Stimulus Bill Includes New Rules for Health Care

Senator Says It’s Time to MakeTalk Radio Accountable

President Declares He Will Decide Who Can Earn

High School Bars Criticism of President Obama

Congressman Seeks Repeal of 22nd Amendment

Obama Says He Will Try Diplomacy with Iran 

Dem Govs Say $1 Trillion Needed to Save States

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