http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rejects/ en-us Sat, 5 Dec 2009 03:39:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400743/posts LONDON (AFP) – World leaders heading to UN climate talks next week must not be distracted by "flat-earth" sceptics who deny humans are to blame for global warming, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Saturday. "With only days to go before Copenhagen, we mustn't be distracted by the behind-the-times, anti-science, flat-earth climate sceptics," Brown told The Guardian newspaper ahead of the landmark UN summit in the Danish capital. "We know the science. We know what we must do. We must now act and close the five-billion-tonne gap. That will seal the deal." Government advisor Nicholas Stern estimated that 10 billion tonnes... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400743/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 03:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350980/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday easily rejected the inclusion of a government-run "public" insurance option, backed by President Barack Obama, in its sweeping healthcare reform bill. The panel voted 16-8 against a government-run insurance plan in the first of several battles expected in Congress over the issue, one of the most contentious in the raging U.S. debate over healthcare reform. rueters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350980/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:15:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348900/posts “I think President Obama addressed that directly and said that he didn’t feel that was the case,” Pawlenty said His comments came when asked about former President Jimmy Carter's and former Vice President Walter Mondale's arguments that Obama’s race is a factor in the animus against him. "I don't like saying it," Mondale told the online news outlet Politico Thursday. "I don't want to pick a person, say, he's a racist, but I do think the way they're piling on Obama, the harshness, you kind of feel it.” “I think people that are guilty of that kind of personal attack... StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348900/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:20:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255784/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday rejected calls, including by some fellow Democrats, for a truth commission to investigate Bush-era terrorism policies, saying nothing would be gained from it. Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255784/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 21:03:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255697/posts SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California lawmakers should reject Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to sell $6 billion in revenue anticipation warrants to raise cash for the state government as it faces a $21.3 billion budget gap, the state's budget watchdog office said on Thursday. The California Legislative Analyst's office said in a report that Schwarzenegger's plan for the short-term debt would be a "terrible precedent and a poor fiscal policy," and "presents serious legal concerns." Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255697/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 19:11:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225122/posts U.S. envoys met with Pakistani leaders on Tuesday to ensure that the $7.5 billion that President Obama plans to send their way over the next five years will be used to achieve common goals in the fight against extremism. But according to a Pakistani newspaper, regional envoy Richard Holbrooke and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen came up empty-handed and received a "rude shock" when a proposal for joint operations against al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the volatile tribal regions was rejected. The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225122/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 20:57:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219912/posts BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration notified legislative leaders Tuesday that it plans to reject some federal health-care dollars for the poor and uninsured, marking the second time the governor has opposed taking a portion of the economic stimulus package. Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine said accepting the new federal financing would require the state to put up matching money that it doesn't have and could create unaffordable obligations in the years ahead. nola.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219912/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:44:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174504/posts Washington, DC -- During the Bush administration, President Bush displayed his concern for both mother and unborn child by putting an administrative rule in place allowing states to cover unborn children in the SCHIP program. On Thursday, the Senate rejected an amendment to make that administrative rule national law. Sen. Orrin Hatch sponsored the amendment to codify the Unborn Child Rule and the Senate rejected his motion on a 59 to 39 vote. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174504/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093341/posts Libertarians and fiscal conservatives will probably be happy about the news that the House has rejected the bailout bill. Maybe there is hope for the free market after all. However, I'm not so optimistic that this is the end of this saga. Yes, I realize the stock markets may crash in the immediate future if the government doesn't act. Nevertheless, I think the long-term benefit of not having a government bailout is much greater than the immediate partisan political interests of either candidate. Right Werds, Korrekt Speech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093341/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:24:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093336/posts WASHINGTON - In a stunning vote that shocked the capital and worldwide markets, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties that the economy could nosedive without it. Stocks plummeted on Wall Street, beginning their plunge even before the 228-205 vote to reject the bill was officially announced on the House floor. The Dow Jones industrials sank nearly 700 points for the day. Democratic and Republican leaders alike said they were committed to trying again, though the Democrats said GOP lawmakers... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093336/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:16:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016557/posts WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led House on Thursday rejected more funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as many Republicans angry over the majority party's tactics sat out the vote. It did approve more money for the jobless and an expansion of GI education benefits. In a rapid series of votes on the war funding bill and accompanying components, Republicans withheld their votes in protest, leading to the defeat of the Iraq funding legislation by a 149-141 tally. Nearly two-thirds of the House's Democrats voted against continuing to fund the war. Democrats then forced through a nonbinding plan... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016557/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 22:53:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015294/posts WASHINGTON - The Senate has rejected a Republican energy plan that calls for opening an Alaska wildlife refuge and some offshore waters to oil development. Supporters of the measure couldn't get the needed 60 votes to overcome a Democratic-led filibuster threat. Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said more domestic oil production is needed to keep prices in check and to reduce U.S. dependence on oil imports. Opponents said areas such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and coastal waters that have been off limits to drilling for 25 years ought to remain that out of bounds to oil companies.... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015294/posts#comment Tue, 13 May 2008 15:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001382/posts HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's High Court rejected an opposition demand Monday for the immediate release of long-delayed election results, prolonging a political crisis that has paralyzed this southern African nation for more than two weeks. An opposition spokesman said the party would stage a nationwide "stay-away" from work on Tuesday. The main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, says he won the March 29 election outright, and has accused President Robert Mugabe of holding back the results so he can orchestrate a runoff and ensure his 28-year grip on power. Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change had hoped that the court — though... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001382/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:05:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987073/posts NEW YORK - Former President Clinton is pushing back on criticism that he fanned racial tension while campaigning for his wife in South Carolina. In an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" broadcast Monday, Clinton said he had gotten a "bum rap" from the news media after he compared Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's landslide victory in South Carolina's Jan. 26 primary to Jesse Jackson's wins in the state in 1984 and 1988. Clinton was widely criticized for appearing to cast Obama as little more than a black candidate popular in a state with a heavily black electorate. "They made up... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987073/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:52:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948382/posts A judge has ruled that disgraced political donor Norman Hsu's 16-year-old plea to a fraud charge remains in effect, meaning the one-time Democratic rainmaker is likely headed to state prison. Superior Court Judge Stephen Hall rejected Hsu's bid Friday to dismiss his 1992 no contest plea, and was set to sentence him to three years in state prison. Hsu also faces federal charges in New York. Hsu's lawyers asked the judge to toss his plea, arguing his right to a speedy trial was violated because authorities weren't actively pursuing him during his years as a fugitive. They could easily have... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948382/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:59:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945660/posts ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan rejected foreign help in investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Saturday, despite controversy over the circumstances of her death and three days of paralyzing turmoil. The Islamic militant group blamed by officials for the attack that killed Bhutto denied any links to the killing on Saturday, and Bhutto's aides accused the government of a cover-up. President Pervez Musharraf ordered his security chiefs to quell rioting by Bhutto's grieving followers that has killed at least 44 people over three days and caused tens of millions of dollars in damage. "Criminals should stop their despicable activities,... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945660/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877714/posts ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday that talk of U.S. military strikes against al-Qaida in Pakistan only hurts the fight against terrorism, and his troops bombarded militant hideouts in their strongest response yet to a month of anti-government attacks. Ten suspected militants were killed. The assault by artillery and helicopter gunships "knocked out" two compounds in Daygan village in the tribal belt near the border with Afghanistan that were being used as staging posts for attacks on security forces, said Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad, the army's top spokesman. Ten militants were killed and at least seven were... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877714/posts#comment Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:25:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867418/posts MIAMI - A federal judge refused Tuesday to acquit Jose Padilla and two co-defendants on terrorism support charges, clearing the way for defense lawyers to begin presenting their case this week. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke, ruling after a daylong hearing, said the evidence and testimony offered by the prosecuton over the past nine weeks was enough proof to let a jury decide the men's guilt or innocence. "That is something the jurors will have to find," Cooke said. The trial is expected to last well into August. Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi face possible life in... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867418/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:06:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867383/posts CAIRO, Egypt - Hamas rejected President Bush's proposal for a Mideast peace conference, denouncing it Monday as nothing but lies, while Syria said it fears the offer is "just words." Without cooperation from key Arab players, Bush's last major push for a Mideast breakthrough could falter. Washington's close Arab allies, including the region's traditional powerbrokers Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, welcomed Bush's proposal, but stressed the importance of making an Arab land-for-peace proposal first adopted in 2002 key to any talks. Israel's support was also qualified, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokeswoman saying it was too early to talk about... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867383/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846599/posts WASHINGTON - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Thursday rejected the Bush administration's vision of a Korea-type, decades-long U.S. troop presence in Iraq and suggested a need for benchmarks to gauge progress. "Our objective would not be a Korea-type setting with 25-50,000 troops on a near permanent basis remaining in bases in Iraq," the former Massachusetts governor told the Associated Press. "I think we would hope to turn Iraq security over to their own military and their own security forces, and if presence in the region is important for us than we have other options that are nearby," Romney said.... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846599/posts#comment Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:15:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836009/posts SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected an application Friday by an Australian energy company to build an $800 million floating liquefied natural gas terminal off the Southern California coast. BHP Billiton's proposal previously was rejected by the State Lands Commission and the California Coastal Commission. The company needed permission from both bodies and the governor to build the terminal. Schwarzenegger said he was open to the idea of building a terminal off the coast as a means of diversifying the state's fuel supply. But he said the current proposal did not pass muster. "Liquefied natural gas can and... AP on Yahoo Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836009/posts#comment Fri, 18 May 2007 22:13:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1825927/posts The head of Russia's space agency says that the US has rejected a Moscow proposal that the two countries join forces to explore the Moon. "We were ready to co-operate, but for unknown reasons, the United States have said they will undertake this programme themselves," Anatoly Perminov said. bbc.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1825927/posts#comment Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:11:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812227/posts A federal judge on Wednesday refused to throw out a lawsuit by automakers aimed at blocking states from regulating emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The decision by District Court Judge William Sessions III came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that automobile emissions are subject to regulation by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Sessions' ruling clears the way for a trial scheduled to begin Monday over rules drafted by California and being followed by Vermont and nine other states. Under those rules, states would regulate carbon emissions. The federal Clean Air Act allows California to set... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812227/posts#comment Thu, 5 Apr 2007 02:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800506/posts PARIS - France's highest court Tuesday rejected as unlawful the first marriage by a gay couple in France, annulling the union of the two men. Stephane Charpin and Bertrand Charpentier were married in a civil ceremony on June 5, 2004, in Begles, a town in the southwest Bordeaux region. The government immediately said the union was outside the law, and a series of court decisions unfavorable to the couple followed. In the latest decision, the court ruled that "under French law, marriage is a union between a man and a woman," backing a 2005 decision by an appeals court in... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800506/posts#comment Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790753/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Friday rejected an international call to abandon the use of cluster bombs, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. "We ... take the position that these munitions do have a place and a use in military inventories, given the right technology as well as the proper rules of engagement," McCormack said. Forty-six countries meeting in Oslo on Friday pledged to seek a treaty banning cluster bombs by next year, with major user and stockpiler Britain and manufacturer France signing on, Norway said. "We, ourselves, have already taken a couple of other steps with regard... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790753/posts#comment Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:07:32 GMT