Right Voices (Free subscription) | yesterday
It fell on deaf ears though “It’s worrisome, but I understand it: The strategy of the Republicans has been to stop anything from happening – and people think that nothing is being done to help their lives,” says Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) of Michigan.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Bipartisan Efforts Oppose $27.4 Million Funding Cut to State's Medicare Beneficiaries LANSING, Mich., June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Health Care Association of Michigan (HCAM) and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) today praised Senators Debbie Stabenow (D) and Carl Levin (D) and Representatives Bart Stupak (D-1) and Dale Kildee (D-5) for helping lead bipartisan efforts in the U.S....
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
After casting a 'yea' vote on Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6304 -- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978) I received an email from Senator Debbie Stabenow today. The subject: "Filibuster-Proof Senate in 2008!" After effectively killing the efforts of Senators Dodd and Feingold to filibuster the attempt to pass the bill giving President...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
WASHINGTON - She came, she saw, she hugged. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D., N.Y.) returned to Congress yesterday for the first time since suspending her presidential campaign, to a loud round of applause and hugs from Democrats as they try to repair the rifts left by a long, bruising primary.
Top Stories (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Her return to the Hill includes crowd of adoring interns, hugs and an ovation. See also: WJC endorses Obama
The Future of Aging Blog (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Congressional Quarterly is reporting that Senate negotiators have brokered a deal on a bill that would block the scheduled 10.6 percent cut to Medicare physician reimbursements, but that would not be vetoed by President Bush. According to Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), several concessions were made to Republicans on the issue of Medicare Advantage funding. Sen. Orrin [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Stephen Rapundalo, executive director of MichBio, Michigan's life science industry trade association trade, appealed to the U.S. Senate today to pass progressive legislation that would boost R&D tax credits for businesses, including those in the life sciences sector. "These incentives could be a critical resource to help sustain biotech firms that in turn will...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
A woman accused of having paid sex with the husband of Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of trespassing.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
A woman accused of having paid sex with the husband of Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of trespassing.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
"This agreement will have very clear rules about the treatment of investors and China's need to comply with those rules with respect to transparency and the rule of law," said one administration official. The officials briefed on condition of anonymity because they were speaking before the formal announcement at the closing news conference.The two countries were also announcing other agreements in...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
However, critics complained that the Bush administration was failing to push the Chinese hard enough to stop manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages. American manufacturers contend that the Chinese yuan is undervalued by as much as 40 percent, even though it has risen in value by 20 percent against the dollar since July 2006."The unfair price advantage that the undervalued (Chinese...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
WASHINGTON -- General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. will send nearly $2 billion worth of vehicles, parts and machinery to China during the next few years, part of a package of 30 deals between American businesses and China announced Monday before trade talks. The deals come as China faces growing political pressure on Capitol Hill over trade and currency policies.
An Inconvenient Blog (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Designing plug-in electric cars turns on developing powerful and reliable batteries that can last a decade. But auto industry executives say radios, apartments, toys and extension cords also factor into the mass-market equation. “Most consumers wouldn’t sacrifice a radio for more electric range,” Troy Clarke, president of General Motors Corp North American operations, told an electric [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Two days after U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign officially passed into history, so did a notable 94-year-old Michigan woman who, for a time, could believe she might actually live to see a woman president.
LSJ Blogs: Capitol Journal (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Someone asked me yesterday, with all the discussion of possible VP candidates, if anyone from Michigan was on either John McCain or Barack Obama's short list.
