Tag: politics
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March 13, 2009 03:33 PM EDT --
I received this chart, from The Washington Monthly , in an email this morning. I thought I would pass it along in case you have not seen it.
The media has been obsessing about President Obama's . . .
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August 17, 2009 11:10 AM EDT --
Don't let political gamesmanship keep you from taking action on health care reform. At least one Democratic leader is convinced there will be a public option in the final bill.
Too many voices, shouted . . .
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August 20, 2009 02:10 PM EDT --
At least that's what he admits in a new book to be released Sept. 1. Tom Ridge, our nation's first director of Homeland Security, was asked to raise the terror alert three days after the Democratic National . . .
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November 05, 2009 08:31 AM EST --
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. "
~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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August 20, 2009 02:47 PM EDT --
I am sitting in on a meeting right now on health care reform meeting with Barack Obama. Join us online.
Yes we can!
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November 05, 2009 02:38 PM EST --
Finding savings in our current health care system is not just about paying for reform in the short-term – it’s about controlling unsustainable health care costs in the long run, or "bending . . .
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June 30, 2009 02:27 PM EDT --
The state Supreme Court of Minnesota has declared Al Franken the winner in his race for the U.S. Senate. The court today dismissed Sen. Norm Coleman's challenge of the election results.
Now, let's seat . . .
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May 21, 2009 08:17 AM EDT --
It's no secret that Americans are unhappy with the Republican party. If the elections of 2008 are not enough proof for the naysayers, recent polls and infighting certainly document the growing discord. . . .
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August 17, 2009 11:45 AM EDT --
I had the opportunity to attend a town hall meeting last week, and, like many others in my district, waited for shouting to quiet down before asking for the hard facts on health care reform as it relates . . .
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November 05, 2009 04:09 PM EST --
The Affordable Health Care for America Act: Short Summary The Affordable Health Care for America Act provides quality affordable health care for all Americans and controls health care cost growth. CBO . . .
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April 30, 2009 08:04 PM EDT --
As a Catholic with many friends who attended Notre Dame University, I was appalled when I heard about the controversy over President Obama's invitation to give the commencement speech there.
The . . .
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November 04, 2009 08:09 AM EST --
Democrat Bill Owens defeated conservative Republican Doug Hoffman in a hotly contested race for Congress in New York's 23rd congressional district. For the first time since the Civil War, the seat will . . .
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May 07, 2009 09:22 AM EDT --
The right wing of the GOP continues to ridicule members of the Republican Party who don't espouse extremist views, digging itself into a deeper hole politically and reinforcing its image as the party . . .
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August 20, 2009 10:24 PM EDT --
Eric Cantor, the Republican from Virginia who has been one of the Recovery Act’s most outspoken critics, hosted a job fair in Chesterfield County this week touting jobs funded by ... the stimulus. . . .
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September 03, 2009 08:22 AM EDT --
Even as Pfizer faces the largest health-care fraud settlement in history -- $ 2.3 billion -- some experts are saying it won't do much to curb big pharma's bad behavior. Pharmaceutical companies will continue . . .
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September 03, 2009 10:05 AM EDT --
The biographer of William F. Buckley has written a thoughtful and provocative history of the modern-day American conservative movement. In The Death of Conservatism , author Sam Tanenhaus asks the . . .
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August 21, 2009 08:22 AM EDT --
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. ~ Elbert Hubbard
When an 80-year-old well-dressed woman stood up at a town hall meeting in my community, you could hear her gold . . .
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September 30, 2009 10:11 AM EDT --
How could the Senate Finance Committee vote down amendments to the public option, when between two-thirds and three-fourths of all Americans are for it?
The 6 Senate Finance Committee members known . . .
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October 21, 2009 11:23 AM EDT --
The Atlantic magazine is reporting the results of a new study that shows 250,000 education jobs have been saved as a result of the economic stimulus. Many state governments facing budget shortfalls . . .
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October 21, 2009 12:15 PM EDT --
Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R) who represents the people of Butler County, Pa. in the state legislature, wrote the following email about the veterans’ clean energy initiative called Operation . . .
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