Recess to Give Obama the Floor
“I don’t think anyone should assume that we’re leaving the playing field.
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“I don’t think anyone should assume that we’re leaving the playing field.
When the journalist introducing Frank noted, in a customary statement read before every Press Club speech, that anyone watching or listening to the event should not assume that any applause came from the
There’s no telling why Congress signed off on an extension of the rum tax rebate late last year without thoroughly investigating the USVI incentive package to Captain Morgan, but there’s still time
“Nonprofits don’t have that kind of money,— she said, clarifying that it should be $51,000 for the quarter — a bit less than the previous eye-popping figure.
“The scope of such a plan should be limited to the uninsured, the self-employed and small businesses.
group met with Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf and an official from the Joint Taxation Committee, adding that the six Senators in the group also met alone for part of the time, without
.— Many of the individual plans relied heavily on either stimulus money or Congressional funding, which Norton claimed would not be granted without a master plan.
The solution is to continue with stimulus policies as necessary, but at the same time, the president should immediately announce a plan to reduce the deficit and close the long-term fiscal gap.
Plus, they say, without a bill in hand, they cannot defend or sell the package to a wary media and public.
“This is why many of us are proposing reforms that should be easy for everyone to agree on, such as reforming our medical liability laws, strengthening wellness and prevention programs that would encourage
Choices Act (H.R. 3200) has no credibility with the thousands of pharmacists across the country who actually hear consumer frustrations and treat patients.From a pharmacist’s point of view, the bill should
While most agree that we need to find ways to expand access to health care for the uninsured, there are ways to accomplish that without expanding government’s role in the lives of patients or their doctors.According
Though he frequently accuses opponents of his health reform plan of using fear tactics, President Barack Obama in his weekly address Saturday offered a dire portrait of a country without a new health system
Dissident House Democrats are threatening to block a health care bill if their leaders try to bypass the Energy and Commerce Committee, where odds of passing it appear dim without a major overhaul.The
My fellow Washingtonians and I pay the second highest per capita federal income taxes yet our sons, daughters and friends are sent to war without a voting Member in Congress to represent them.
The good news is that we now know that if we can get women, as well as men, to the age of 50 without developing risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, being overweight or smoking
I believe it is just as important as achieving universal coverage — because if we provide universal coverage without controlling costs, the result would be a financial catastrophe that cripples our nation
“They should not be soft,— she promptly informed him, with a smile.
It is a history worth understanding.McCaskill is attempting to isolate the progress of Alaska Native Corporations and espousing this progress as if these corporations that Congress created in 1971 should
But that’s clearly not what I intended in the context of my broader speech,— Sotomayor said, arguing that her record as a judge demonstrates that she has acted fairly and without bias.