Posts Tagged ‘worried’

Republicans are Worried They’ll Blow It

Politico: “Republicans are worried one thing could screw up the political gift of three Obama administration controversies at once: fellow Republicans. Top GOP leaders are privately warning members to put a sock in it when it comes to silly calls for impeachment or over-the-top comparisons to Watergate. They want members to focus on months of [...]

New Fracking Rules Have Environmental Groups Worried

The Obama administration is set to unveil major new regulations on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial method of extracting oil and gas, possibly as soon as Tuesday. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

U.S. business groups worried by cybersecurity law aimed at China

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-China Business Council on Monday criticized a new law aimed at thwarting cyber attacks by discouraging the Justice Department and several other government agencies from buying information technology systems from China. "The national security of the United States is critical, but it must not be used as a means of protectionism," [...]

God Worried He Fucked Up His Children

THE HEAVENS—Saying that maybe He wasn’t around enough and could have expressed His divine love a little better throughout the history of mankind, Our Lord God and Almighty Father expressed concern Thursday that He might have fucked up His chil… The Onion Tweet This Post

Why Lindsey Graham Isn’t Acting Like a Worried Man

At the height of tea party fever in spring 2010, Sen. Lindsey Graham walked out of talks on a bipartisan climate-change bill, saying he was angry about Democratic plans to move first on comprehensive immigration reform. It almost seemed like he was anticipating a hypothetical, hyperconservative primary challenger more than four years before his reelection [...]

Potential GOP Senate Candidates Still Worried

Roll Call notes that several congressmen running for U.S. Senate in 2014 or considering a bid voted against final passage of the Violence Against Women Act. Tweet This Post

Washington state governor worried budget cuts will hit nuke cleanup

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state Governor Jay Inslee on Wednesday warned billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts could hamper the U.S. government’s ability to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation site in his state, where six underground tanks were last week revealed to be leaking. Inslee, a Democrat who took office last month, said [...]

Nate Silver Worried He Might Influence Elections

Nate Silver told Student Life that he might stop doing his election forecasts after the 2014 or 2016 elections should his projections actually influence the elections’ outcome. Tweet This Post