February 01, 2008

Earlybird Roundup: Senate GOP Threatens Stimulus; Ban Urges Peace In Kenya

Congress. Senate Republicans pledged to block the $157 billion economic stimulus package penned by their Democratic colleagues, as Majority Leader Harry Reid scheduled a vote on the highly anticipated bill for Monday.

Supreme Court. Justices blocked another scheduled execution yesterday as the court continues to mull the constitutionality of lethal injections.

Kenya. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Kenya today to lend his diplomatic weight to the efforts to restore peace there.

Iraq. The number of U.S. deaths in the war rose in January after a steady, four-month decline in casualties.

Afghanistan. As lawmakers clashed with the Bush administration over the level of progress being made in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Germany to boost troop levels there.

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