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Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit.
Health care legislation in Washington has split the Democratic candidates for governor in Alabama, with Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks accusing U.S. Rep. Artur Davis of betraying his constituents by voting against the bill.
Democrats who control the Wisconsin state Senate have unveiled a proposal they say will help create and retain jobs and businesses and improve worker education and training.
House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.
Southern Democrats who watched the trouncing of their party's gubernatorial nominee in Virginia this week are starting to worry that a rising anti-Democratic tide in the South may reverse their hard-fought gains from the last two national elections.
- The 2009 gubernatorial elections provided a much-needed momentum boost for Republicans after back-to-back election cycle drubbings.
Get on the health overhaul bandwagon, or don't count on our help in your re-election.
Suppose your team, the one you bleed for, was stuck with a quarterback. Not any quarterback. A really lousy one, who can’t impress today and doesn’t inspire confidence for tomorrow. Let’s call him JaMarcus Leinart. For lack of a better name.
Next week, the Senate Finance Committee will likely approve a bill designed to overhaul insurance, putting Congress another step closer to restructuring the nation's health care system.
Faced with a stinging rise in unemployment, President Barack Obama summoned Congress' top two Democrats Wednesday to the White House to discuss additional proposals to help the jobless and boost the economy.
Germany's Social Democrats thought their election result would be bad — but not this bad.
The senators who are debating Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus's bill this week are trying to walk a fine line: how to cut spending on Medicare Advantage, while not alienating the seniors in their own states who are happy with the plans.
The traditional kingmaker of German politics — the Free Democrats — hope to return to government this weekend after 11 years in opposition, thanks to their popular pro-business line in a time of economic crisis.
Declaring that he'll be the last president confronted with reshaping health care in America, President Barack Obama proposes a $900 billion plan to overhaul a system that he says has the country at “a breaking point.”
The fate of President Barack Obama’s massive health care overhaul could lie in the hands of centrist Democrats like Indiana Rep. Joe Donnelly, whose constituents seem wary of doing too much, too fast.
Bracing for an August showdown over health care reform, Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama declared themselves united Tuesday on their determination to enact a historic overhaul this year — ideally with Republican cooperation but without if necessary.
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday urged Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special counsel to examine potential abuses by former President George W. Bush's administration.
Having swapped his hip-holstered Blackberry for fishing pliers, the U.S. attorney for eastern North Carolina watches closely from the captain's chair aboard the 45-foot "Jolly Mon" as his crew prepares for a day on the water.
Both those Americans who can’t afford to buy health insurance and those who have decided to get by without it will face the same order from congressional Democrats as they prepare legislation to overhaul health care: buy health insurance. And if they can’t afford the coverage, taxpayers will help them pay for it.
Mainstream Democrats close to Barack Obama are warning Republicans about insisting on too many changes to the president's health care overhaul, saying the Democratic-controlled Congress will move ahead without GOP input if they do.
Former President Bill Clinton rallied Democrats on Saturday with a vigorous defense of President Barack Obama, saying that Obama has done what was needed to spark the economy.
The revelation that Democratic appropriations kingpins may face an ethics investigation of their campaign donations moves Republicans closer to gaining a corruption issue in 2010.
The revelation that Democratic appropriations kingpins may face a House ethics investigation of their campaign receipts from lobbyists for recipients of government grants and contracts moves Republicans closer to gaining a corruption issue in 2010.
Sen. Arlen Specter told Pennsylvania's Democratic leaders Saturday he's "pleased and proud" to be back in the party he left shortly after launching his political career more than four decades ago.
Republican Party leaders are trying to avoid a family feud over a GOP effort to rename the Democratic Party the "Socialist Democrat" party.
Okay I was on Swamijims seed - The Twelve Days Of Palin, modeled after the Twelve Days of Xmas.It was funny so I started posting one of my own rendition of a Spoof on the tune to Gilligan's Isle.
Guess who will profit from Cap and Trade...All we have heard in recent years is how those greedy Republicans were slaves to big oil companies, however it seems the tables have turned. The climate change movement seems to have its fair share of folks on the other side of the aisle that stand to win big should it pass.
ReconciliationFor months few have mentioned it. But as the public option withers on the Senate vine, progressive groups are beginning to push Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to use reconciliation rather than pass a health care reform bill without a public option in it.
Free speech: It's the ACLU's deal The American Civil Liberties Union is vilified by conservatives as a left-wing lobby disguised as an advocate for free speech for all. And certainly it's true that many supporters of the organization are liberal in their political views.
You can't cut the deficit without a bill that cuts the deficitPeople who want to cut the deficit should support this bill, and support its implementation. The alternative is no bill that cuts the deficit, and thus no hope of cutting the deficit.
The Silver Lining of the left in PowerThere may be a major silver lining for conservatives and for America's future thanks to the foreign and domestic policies of President Obama and the Democrat-controlled House and Senate: For the first time in their lives, millions of Americans are coming to understand the left.
Obama: "This country wasn't built on greed." The President Shows His Excellent Grasp of the Issues[video]Take a look at his video. The President details not only the nuts and bolts of his math and science initiative, but profoundly underscores the larger purpose and its importance. Then come back here and try to argue that he isn't right and he doesn't know what he is talking about.
BREAKING: San Diego ACORN Document Dump ScandalOn October 1st, 2009 California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that an investigation had been opened into ACORN's activities in California, resulting from undercover videos showing employees seemingly offering to assist the undercover film makers with human smuggling, c …
Lawmakers Propose 'War Surtax' to Pay for Troop Increase in AfghanistanTwo top Democrats say they want to impose a new tax on the wealthy to finance any increase in U.S. troops for the Afghanistan war.
"Climate Change" Skeptics & Supporters Call For Inquiry Into Destroyed Freedom Of Information Act Requests and Manipulated Data Voices on both sides of the climate change debate today called for an independent inquiry into claims of collusion between climate scientists after it emerged last week that hundreds of their emails and documents had been leaked that allegedly manipulated data and destroyed evide …
Obama now pleading for money to fight Sarah PalinNever shy about $eeking money, Democratic President Obama's Organizing for America is now using the threat of Republican Sarah Palin as an opportunity to acquire more.
With trillions of dollars at stake, and their very viability in question, many scientific views have been working hard in proving themselves right recently.
The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% Of Workers Are UnemployedAs experts debate the potential speed of the US recovery, one figure looms large but is often overlooked: nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of work or under-employed.
Splits widen for Democrats over health reformPresident Barack Obama's mission to reform US healthcare vaulted another legislative hurdle over the weekend, but the scramble to secure his own party's votes sheds light on the messy compromises that may be needed to get it to the finish line.
Mary Landrieu: The Louisiana PurchaseAll it took for Senator Mary Landrieu to vote to open debate on the Democrats' leviathan health care reform measure was a $100 million.
Obama the Racist?The question was recently posed to me, "Do you think Obama is a racist?" I answered, "Obama is the best kind of racist to whites, but the worst kind of racist to blacks." My questioner was perplexed.
Advice From GrandmaThomas L. Friedman doesn't believe that we have to cede this century to China:
In Case You Missed It: The Senate Health Bill **Requires** Congress To Give Up It's Health Benefit and Join The Healthcare Exchange The Bill CreatesThere are a couple of aspects of this historic vote that deserve notice here:
Healthcare reform would aid seniors AARP has exhibited breath-taking defiance of its more vocal members by backing the House healthcare reform bill.
Yankee go home NOW!!!"People hate the Americans from the bottom of their hearts," Haji Akhtar Mohammed Shinwari said as he recalled how the US military had brought death to his homeland.
UnGrateful Dead California BudgetIn the end, the budget's going to be very ugly -- in form and in impact. The Legislature and governor should just get it over with quickly, without the usual scapegoating, spatting and stubbornness that sicken voters. California is sinking faster each day!
Advice To Blanche Lincoln: Speak Softly, But Carry Firm Position on Health Care ReformIf I were Blanche's Lincoln's Chief of Staff, my advice to her would be as follows: 1. Vote for cloture. 2. Vote against the bill itself. 3. Articulate this position clearly. 4. And then Shut The Hell Up.
Limbaugh: "Democrats Are The Equivalent Of Political Suicide Bombers"Rush: Democrats have become the "Kamikaze party"
Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate - NYTimes.comThe Senate voted on Saturday to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling President Obama's top domestic initiative over a crucial, preliminary hurdle in a formidable display of muscle-flexing by the Democratic majority.
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