The mid-term elections have left the voters divided and drawn new battle lines in state politics. Now every one is confused on what happens next-gridlock or real progress. The Americans are confused and have been giving their thoughts to Yahoo for Oregon voters.
For the Republican Gov. elect John Kitzhaber getting back his seat has left some of the voters happy that he may take the opportunity to work with the increased number of Republicans and have more cooperation and have progress in the health care and bold corporations responsible for …

The natural gas in Iraq could be the country’s blessing in disguise. This is according to reports from an energy analyst.
To develop its gas resource the country advertised an auction for the commodity. To the amazement of many only two of the three advertised auctions went through with the third failing completely.
The reasons for this were all politically motivated. The clearest indication of this was testified by the failed auction of the Anbar province which has gas fields. The province was previously known to be the home of Sunni-led insurgents. …

Prince William is engaged. The news of Prince William engagement with Kate Middleton has been declared by the royal family on Tuesday. Yet, the engagement ceremony had taken place in October. As expected, the news of this royal engagement has fuelled up several speculations related to their marriage. Reports state, the couple engaged for nine years are set to get married in 2011.
The royal family has not yet disclosed much detail of their wedding plans. However, some sources reported that the couple’s wedding ceremony will not be celebrated in St. …

A settlement deal has been accepted by the thousands of workers who were exposed to poisonous dust after the 9/11 terror attacks. The workers had sued the city of New York as well as several companies which engaged them in the business of rescuing victims of the attack as well as cleaning up the site. According to the over 10,000 firefighters, laborers and police, measures to properly protect them had not been taken and many have ended up with serious illnesses as a result.
The plaintiffs are expected to collect a …

Results for Prop 19 were negative, with disappointed MJ diggers saying that drug dealers had deliberately sabotaged the legalization bid so that they continue to make a killing with underhand pot dealings. Others said that a more feasible explanation was that the demographic of elderly voters and senior citizens had tilted the vote in favour of a thumbs down to the legalization of marijuana.
Nancy Pelosi after her win stayed mute on the link drawn between MJ and gambling. The vote proves that however liberal California may be, the laws are …

Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, as well as a dozen democrats put Majority leader Harry Reid under immense pressure to strike a deal with republicans to propagate the passing of a bill aimed at letting homosexuals to serve openly in the military.
Reid is being urged to extend debate on the defence policy bill, which repeals the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ 1993 law. Reid declined to give GOP senators two weeks to debate the policy that resulted in their sinking of the measure. Republicans were also adamant that they …

Steven Rattner, an auto czar working in the Obama administration formerly hardly refused to part with $6.2 million as settlement to civil charges after he had a role in a scandal involving the use of influence in the State of New York’s public fund pension.
The announcement was made by the Securities and Exchange Commission as Rattner ended up being barred from working in the securities industry for at least two years.
The allegations have stemmed from accusations that SEC said Rattner used his private-equity Quadrangle Group in questionable dealings in 2004-05 …

Those who have been benefiting from the jobless benefit scheme have a new thing to worry about, because the scheme which expires in December will not be renewed. All this is because the Republicans shot down the bill which would have seen the scheme extended.
As they Shot down the bill, the Republicans said the money which have been used in extending the benefits, to February, should be added to the bill on economic stimulus.
The White House is not pleased with the activities happening in the Congress. This is based on …

There have been changes in the Republicans leadership with party members electing two fresh members from the concluded elections to help the party close the gap between the already established leadership and the incoming members who will be in January.
The new Rep. elect members who have taken the elected roles are Kristi Noem and Tim Scott, expected to serve as liaisons between the party leadership and the 2011 class.
The steps have been taken to ensure the party delivers to the people who voted them in the concluded elections by first …

Some terrorism suspects are to be tried in civilian courts in the US, the Justice Department expressed. The Department says Ahmed Ghailani was convicted of crimes connected to the 1998 bombings of American Embassies in Nairobi and dare s salaam.
The convictions, on several criminal charges, were handed by a New York federal court and the conviction could rise to a life sentence.
Terrorism cases are to be handled by both civilian and military courts.
The trials of 9/11 mastermind and four others is currently on hold due to the opposition in the …