Politics this week

雨過山頭 · 發表于 2009-4-29 07:39

[font=新宋體]Politics this week
Feb 5th 2009
From The Economist print edition
Barack Obama admitted that he “screwed up” in nominating Tom Daschle for
health secretary. Mr Daschle withdrew his name after it emerged that he had
failed to keep his taxes in proper order and had made late payments. His
departure is a blow for the new administration’s health policy; Mr Daschle, a
former senator, was to have overseen negotiations with Congress over
reforming the health system. See article
The Democrats were also embarrassed when Nancy Killefer said she would no
longer seek the job of the federal government’s first “performance tsar”. She
had failed to pay taxes on a domestic employee and is the third of Mr Obama’s
nominees to have problems with the tax code. See article
The Senate modified the “Buy American” part of the stimulus package (which America’s trade partners
say is protectionist and could lead to a trade war) by inserting a clause promising to abide by America’s
international obligations.
Mr Obama chose a Republican, Judd Gregg, as commerce secretary. Mr Gregg is a senator from New
Hampshire and agreed to take the job only after assurances that the state’s Democratic governor would
pick a Republican to replace him. The Democrats are tantalisingly close to a 60-seat filibuster-proof
majority.
Pat Quinn completed his first week as the new governor of Illinois. Rod Blagojevich was removed from
office by the state Senate on January 29th after his impeachment.
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Politics this week