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onsdag, maj 19, 2010

Inside The USA

Statskunskap tillhör mina stora intressen och USA:s inrikespolitik intresserar mycket.  Här har jag plockat nattens "news alert" från Washington Post, f.ö. en av mina "husorgan" (jag har många "husorgan" ;).
Totalt ointressant för en del, mycket intressant för andra.  För de senare erbjuder ju Wash Posts nätupplaga uppföljning. Träningen i engelska man får skall naturligtvis inte heller föraktas. Stöter man på termer man inte förstår, står som alltid Google till tjänst.
Internet är vårt avgiftsfria  universitet, ingen litteraturavgift och inte ens galen kåravgift (kåravgiften tas äntligen bort i Sverige). Det enda som krävs för universitetsstudier på Internet är tid och  lite skeptism.

Nu till sak:

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd  (D-Conn.) has offered a last-minute compromise to resolve one of the few remaining disputes over the Senate's landmark bill on financial regulation: a disagreement over derivatives that has sent shudders through Wall Street. Under Dodd's proposal, the Senate would keep the sweeping provision banning trading in nearly all kinds of derivatives, but delay its implementation for two years while it's studied.

Rand Paul, the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and a favorite of the tea party movement, has won the Republican Senate primary in Kentucky, defeating Secretary of State Trey Grayson, the Associated Press projects.

Rep. Joe Sestak has won the Democratic Senate primary in Pennsylvania, ousting five-term Sen. Arlen Specter, the Associated Press projects. Specter had changed his party affiliation last year from Republican to improve his chances of getting onto the November ballot, and the White House had staunchly backed him in the primary campaign.

Mark Critz (D) has won a special House election in western Pennsylvania and will take over for his former boss, the late Rep. John P. Murtha (D). His opponent Tim Burns (R) called Critz to concede the race.

Arkansas Democrats will need a June 8 runoff election to decide whether Sen. Blanche Lincoln or Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter will go on the November ballot, the Associated Press projects.

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