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Creating a tax credit coupled with 100 percent expensing for clean coal technology and installation would accelerate American innovation without further crippling the already-contracting economy,
Their objectives should include: Providing Strict Oversight of Energy Funding in the Stimulus.
The Arizona Republican warned, however, against the government spending any taxpayer dollars without a clear idea on how to pay them back in the long run.
If that authority had existed last year, the bonuses wouldn’t have been a problem and AIG’s counterparties could have been required to take a “haircut,— Bernanke said.Geithner said he should have known
“Should he open a restaurant one day during life after Congress, he thinks it’s best if a chef doesn’t reveal his culinary expertise,— Mszar said. You Betcha. When Sens.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) to ensure that staffers can give tours whenever they want, without going through CVC officials.
Finally, the increasingly acrimonious debate over whether reconciliation instructions should be included in this year’s budget resolution is a hoot, at least by federal budget standards.
Conrad told CBS’ “Face the Nation— he will not include reconciliation in his budget proposal for either health care or climate, arguing that the fast-track procedure should be reserved for deficit
The second option would likely be a meek attempt to pass the bill without debate, a scenario Republicans would likely object to, as they did last week.
This should be job No. 1, is dealing with the economy,— National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) said.
We have learned from past efforts, and there is broad recognition that while we must reform and improve the system, a reform plan should build on the way coverage is purchased today — using the efficiency
I work from the driving principle that health care should be a right, not a privilege, a belief that my father shared during his 23 years as a Member of Congress.
Several GOP lawmakers have said Geithner should step down, including Sen. Jim Bunning (Ky.) and Reps. Connie Mack IV (Fla.) and Darrell Issa (Calif.).
Those who can afford outpatient care should not impose the costs associated with inappropriate use of the hospital emergency room for their primary care on responsible Americans who deduct the cost of
Medical decisions should remain in the hands of patients and physicians, not federal bureaucrats. Patients need useful, reliable information about cost and quality to make informed decisions.
Without such details, stakeholders are merely “at the first pitch of a nine-inning game,— said Elizabeth Hall, vice president for public policy at Wellpoint Inc., a health benefits company.
That’s a reasonable strategy, but not one wholly without risk.
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One more benefit to writing HOH: It gives you the chance to refer to yourself in the third person without sounding like Rickey Henderson.
Generals without effective subordinate commanders usually lose.