With the last holdout Democratic senators signaling that they will vote tonight to let the health care legislation move forward, Democratic leaders said they have the support they need to bring the bill to the floor, the New York Times reports. Both Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) "cautioned that their support on what was expected to be a party-line vote on Saturday evening...
If Matthew Hoh could tell you one thing to help you understand the U.S.'s predicament in Afghanistan, he'd tell you: The presence of our ground combat troops is not doing anything to defeat al-Qaida. Think about that for a moment. We are paying roughly $1 million per troop, per year in Afghanistan . That's roughly twice the per-troop cost in Iraq. We've suffered well more than 800 deaths in Afghanistan...
Today on the Senate floor, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) railed against Medicaid, the health insurance program funded by both the federal and state governments for low-income Americans, by calling it a “medical ghetto” and blasting Democrats for proposing to expand the program: – “We’ve heard eloquent statements about how moving 15 million low-income Americans into [...]...
One out of every five people in Arkansas does not have health insurance coverage. However, today over 1,500 uninsured Arkansans received healthcare at a free clinic hosted by Communities Are Responding Everyday (CARE) at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. A wide variety of medical services, including physicals and screenings for such conditions as [...]
What would a health care debate be without some good ol' fashioned race-baiting from the G.O.P.? Transcript: Dumping of 15 million low-income Americans into a medical ghetto called Medicaid that none of us or any of our families would ever want to be a part of for our health care... ..Moving 15 million Americans into this medical ghetto... ...Moving 15 million low-income Americans into a program called...
We’ve never tried blogging about booze, the hard stuff, the sauce, here before. So I’m going to give it a try. First off, I don’t know much about hard alcohol. But I’ve been watching a lot of “Mad Men” and I’m fairly certain I will look more or less exactly like Roger Sterling when [...]
DOWNLOADS: (4) PLAYS: (58) Lou Dobbs was interviewed on Mexico's Telemundo yesterday by Maria Celeste (h/t Andrea Nill ), and she cut quickly to the point: Celeste: You mention that this criticism and this perception, misperception of yourself, it's only in the extreme, ah, extreme left, and that might be the case in the Anglo market, but trust me, in the Hispanic world, you are viewed by many, by...
Having used creative bribery (with our tax dollars), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apparently has all sixty Democrats on board for a cloture vote to begin debate on his 2,074-page health care bill. While this vote will bring the legislation one step closer to passage, we still have a ways to go before Democrats succeed [...]
This is odd. An Obama-Jihadist billboard is stirring debate in Denver. Maintenance man David Lee of Arvada, Colo., puts the finishing touches on a sign featuring drawings of President Barack Obama for a sales lot for pre-owned vehicles along Interstate 70 in the northwest Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colo., on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. [...]
This is a guest note by Ted Sorensen, whose most recent book is Counseler: A Life at the Edge of History. Sorensen, former special counsel and adviser to President John F. Kennedy, is a widely published author on the...
The Economist looks at the politics and economics of reducing the deficit: Historically, politicians are most likely to tackle deficits when prodded by markets. Denmark in 1982, Ireland in 1987 and Canada in 1995 all embarked on ambitious programmes after...
Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.
Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
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WASHINGTON – Economic Recovery Act, approved today by 349 votes to 62. Reverse auctions make it become a "doing bad economy is illegal." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said: "We want to send a clear message that the bad results will not tolerate the economy." Dereliction of duty if convicted could face a maximum of economic 5 years in prison.
Joseph Cao: Voting For Health Reform Was " Decision Of Conscience (Video) The one House Republican to support health care reform said on Sunday that his decision to back the bill was driven by his conscience and the needs of his district and not back-room dealing with the White House or Democrats. From that stand point, it makes perfect sense for Cao to support a House Resolution that would bring direct
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