"Senate Democrats shut down this government, and now Senate Democrats need to open this government back up," Ryan said in a midday speech.
In a midday news conference at the Rutgers University athletic center in Piscataway, N.J., one player said that the team would soon meet privately with Mr. Imus.
In a midday press conference, Peter Shumlin, Vermont's governor, said "my heart goes out to the hardworking employees and their families" but nonetheless said: "This is the right decision for Vermont, and it's the right decision for Vermont's energy future".
From the island city of Key West to the country-club-filled municipalities of northern Palm Beach County, people more or less live to golf, play tennis, go boating, fishing or Jet Skiing, or simply indulge in a midday siesta.
"While this war is difficult, it is not endless," he said in a midday speech in the main hall of the White House, where he also announced that he will cut future Army combat tours in Iraq from 15 months to 12 months.
"What about San Francisco and Camden, where bishops have made excuses for returning suspected priests to ministry?" In a midday news conference, one reporter told the bishops that the Survivors Network had given the bishops a grade of "D" for their performance so far in carrying through on the commitments they made last June in Dallas.
