Halimah Abdullah

Isakson quietly goes about his senatorial business

Sen. Johnny Isakson isn't one of those flashy types of Washington lawmakers who regularly spar with the gaggle of reporters clogging the halls on Capitol Hill or pontificate for the major network news cameras after press conferences | 06/10/11 12:15:00 By - Halimah Abdullah

Once again, Georgia misses out on high-speed rail funding

Chalk it up to mixed signals or funding roadblocks, but for a multitude of reasons Georgia's high-speed rail plans just keep getting derailed. Georgia was snubbed by the Obama administration this year for federal high-speed rail money. | 05/27/11 13:38:00 By - Halimah Abdullah

Surplus federal property for sale; call Obama if interested

The Obama administration recently asked Congress to set up a special commission that would make it easier to get rid of those surplus federal properties. The White House would like a nonpartisan panel resembling those that closed military bases, a move federal officials believe would cut red tape and other impediments to disposing of surplus property. | 05/13/11 13:58:00 By - Halimah Abdullah

Bin Laden photos 'quite gruesome,' lawmakers say

Though a select group of lawmakers are getting a chance to view the graphic photos of Osama bin Laden's body this week, several Georgia lawmakers, many of whom sit on intelligence committees, have thus far passed on the opportunity. | 05/13/11 12:12:00 By - Halimah Abdullah

Bin Laden photos 'quite gruesome,' Kentucky's Chandler says

Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., is among a select group of lawmakers who have viewed the graphic photos of Osama bin Laden's body. "They were gruesome, quite gruesome," said Chandler, who sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and who saw the photos Thursday morning. | 05/12/11 12:48:00 By - Halimah Abdullah and Michael Doyle

Some fear that EPA is going too far in regulating pesticides

Many farmers across the nation want to make sure that federal regulators don't make it more difficult to spread chemicals on their land. On Capitol Hill, those farmers have found allies in Republicans and some Democrats who are working to ease the regulations and strip some power from the Environmental Protection Agency. The back and forth speaks to broader tension between some Republicans and the Obama administration over environmental policy. | 05/06/11 16:34:00 By - Halimah Abdullah and Rob Hotakainen

For U.S. Muslims, bin Laden's death may not end stigma

A tumble of kindergarteners sat cross-legged on their classroom carpet, reading in tiny voices a list of rhyming words: best, rest, west, nest. At this Islamic school in suburban Washington, where an American flag hangs in the lobby and pupils' Earth Day posters decorate the hallways, teachers guide a generation of youngsters defined by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. | 05/05/11 17:16:00 By - Halimah Abdullah and Barbara Barrett

Bin Laden's burial observed Islamic law, White House says

Osama bin Laden's burial at sea largely followed widely accepted interpretations of Islamic law — a politically expedient step by a White House carefully navigating the delicate balance of satisfying Americans' desire for justice and the powder keg of geopolitics. | 05/02/11 18:31:00 By - Halimah Abdullah

Hispanic population growth could realign South's politics

Huge surges among Hispanic populations in the Deep South could mean a political sea change over the next two decades, as immigrants become naturalized and they and their American-born children register to vote, political and demographics experts say. | 04/22/11 17:11:00 By - Halimah Abdullah

Drug czar unveils plan to attack prescription drug abuse

The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled a plan to fight prescription drug abuse, noting that accidental overdose deaths now exceed those of the crack epidemic of the 1980s and black tar heroin in the 1970s combined. | 04/19/11 12:56:00 By - Halimah Abdullah and Lesley Clark

EPA settles with TVA over pollution from coal plants

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a sweeping settlement Thursday with the Tennessee Valley Authority over pollution from 11 coal-fired power plants in at least three states. The agreement requires the TVA to shut down many of its coal-fired boilers and invest an estimated $3 billion to $5 billion on new and upgraded pollution controls. | 04/14/11 20:45:00 By - Halimah Abdullah and Mary Cornatzer

House panel hears about 'pill mill pipeline'

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Florida Gov. Rick Scott, whose states anchor either end of what's known as the "pill mill pipeline," testified Thursday on the destructive underground prescription-drug network that weaves its way up from Florida's pain clinics to Kentucky's Appalachian mountain communities. | 04/14/11 14:56:00 By - Halimah Abdullah and Lesley Clark

Abortion politics becomes big part of budget drama

Planned Parenthood, always a lightning rod for social conservatives, rose front and center in the divide between Senate Democrats and House Republicans over federal spending — and the disagreement came perilously close to shutting down the federal government. | 04/08/11 19:52:00 By - Maria Recio and Halimah Abdullah

House passes EPA limits a day after Senate defeated them

In a largely symbolic gesture driven by growing Republican frustration with the Obama administration's environmental policies, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed a measure that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. | 04/07/11 17:11:00 By - Halimah Abdullah

Facing expulsion from church, priest vows to live for peace

Days before his expulsion from both his order and the Roman Catholic priesthood for ordaining women, the Rev. Roy Bourgeois sat in chilly spring sunshine staring at the White House, contemplating what life will be like after he's defrocked. | 04/07/11 15:37:00 By - Halimah Abdullah

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