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The GOP Health Plan: Ways to make care cost less NY Post ^ December 5, 2009 MATT PATTERSON Posted on Saturday, December 05, 2009 6:35:12 AM by Scanian Democrats have done a good job portraying Repub licans as health-care-reform obstructionists.
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Ryan, Cantor On Obama's T.A.R.P. Temptation -- By: Robert Costa
After Thursday's job summit, the White House is considering using leftover funds from the financial bailout to help boost job creation.
Math drills made child-father-of man Orszag into a deficit hawk
As questions about costs and financing cropped up, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid repeatedly turned to the man he called Mr.
John Stossel: Health bills' magic an illusion
When you knowingly pay someone to lie to you, we call the deceiver an illusionist or a magician.
Healthcare Reform: Republican Legislation 1995-2008
Nov. 29, 2009 10:18 a.m. Republican Control of Government excluding the Courts: 1995 = 0 Republican Congress 1996 = 0 Republican Congress 1997 = 0 Republican Congress 1998 = 0 Republican Congress 1999 = 0 Republican Congress 2000 = 0 GW Bush & Republican Congress 2001 = 0 GW Bush & Republican Congress 2002 = 0 GW Bush & Republican Congress 2003 = 0 ...
Hysterical Republican Whoppers And Talking Points
Over at TPM , Brian Beutler has come up with his top five "hysterical Republican whoppers and talking points." Agree, disagree, or do you have your own top five ? Back in the Spring, when Democrats were putting together the federal budget, House Budget Committee ranking member Paul Ryan released a much-mocked Republican alternative ... his numbers ...
When you knowingly pay someone to lie to you, we call the deceiver an illusionist or a magician.
Paul Ryan: When Will You Look At the Facts About the Deficit?
In his crusade to reach the White House, Paul Ryan published another piece of phony history and econoomics last week.
South Bend pushes bid for high-speed train line
If the federal government approves funding for a high-speed rail line through South Bend, passengers here could travel to Chicago's Union Station in just one hour.
House Health Care Reform Adds $89 Billion To Debt When Medicare...
Doctors meet with President Obama to discuss Meidcare and health-reform legislation.
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July 27, 2009: Anti-Health Care Reform Study Created by Health Insurance Corporation
Lewin Group logo. [Source: WNY Media] The Republican National Committee plans to spend a million dollars in August on television ads opposing health care reform.
Supreme Court ruling could play in 2010 governor's races
Twenty-two states prohibit direct corporate spending in state candidate elections, including eight that allow union donations: States that prohibit corporate and union donations: Alaska , Arizona , Colorado , Michigan , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Dakota , Texas , Wisconsin and Wyoming .
Supreme Court ruling could play in 2010 governor's races
If the Supreme Court opens the door to more corporate money in political campaigns, it could affect laws in nearly two dozen states and a host of governor's races next year, including high-profile contests in Texas and Connecticut, experts say.
Brent Batten: Republicans have Pawlenty to think about
Asked to handicap the race for the 2012 Republican nomination for president, Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty left one name off the list of contenders _ his own.
Florida CFO Alex Sink backs gay adoption
Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer and the leading Democratic candidate for governor, told the state's largest gay rights group Sunday that homosexuals should be allowed to adopt if it's in the children's ``best interest.'' Florida is the only state with an outright ban on adoption by lesbians and gay men.
Jack Kemp Tax Cuts for the Middle Class
He is referring here to his proposal for a $500 refundable income tax credit for all workers, except those in the top 5 percent of income earners.
Audit: Pawlenty staffing arrangement lacked disclosure
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's office has been getting computer support staffing from a state technology office without a formal agreement that would have triggered detailed reporting of the costs.
Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio was announced Thursday as the keynote speaker of the Conservative Political Action Conference, a high-profile platform that marks Rubio's fast climb as a favorite son of the conservative movement.
The 2008 also-ran is suddenly the hottest Republican in the 2012 presidential field.
Obama: "Your Loved Ones Endure...Their Memory Will Be Honored"
President Barack Obama told the families of the 13 victims of the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage Tuesday that neither the country nor the values upon which the U.S. was founded could exist without such men and women.
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