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The president, speaking at a town hall meeting in Virginia, says only public pressure can trump lobbyists' influence on legislators in the healthcare debate. Reporting from Washington - With Capitol Hill lawmakers struggling to reconcile clashing views on overhauling the nation's healthcare system, President Obama on Wednesday appealed to the public not to let Congress put off action on his top legislative priority. "In order to make it happen, I'm going to need ordinary Americans to stand up and say now's the time," Obama said at a town hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College in the Washington suburb of Annandale, Va. "If Congress thinks that the American people don't want to see change, frankly the lobbyists and the special interests will end up winning the day." The president issued a pointed critique of the... [read full story]
The surf was up on the coast on Sunday, including in Porthcawl, Bridgend county Two surfers were rescued by an inshore lifeboat after getting into difficulties off the Ceredigion coast. The pair were spotted by the volunteers...
