Posted on March 18th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Healthcare reform legislation in the Senate already is very bipartisan, according to a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Refuting one of the key charges Republicans have leveled against healthcare reform — that Senate Democrats have crafted a highly partisan bill devoid of GOP ideas – spokesman Jim Manley says the package more than 145 [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Eight Senate Democrats are looking not only to finally approve comprehensive healthcare reform, they want to enact a federally run public option under a controversial procedure known as reconciliation.
The lawmakers — Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Al Franken (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Sheldon [...]
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Posted on June 18th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
I’m balancing running my business, a part-time job and 3 blogs these days. Needless to say there are not enough hours in the day. So before I dash out the door… Here’s the must read of the day from John Kerry in the NY Times: With Iran, Think Before You Speak.
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Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Iran is spinning out of control. The whole world is watching as Stuart noted below.
Will Bunch posted this tonight… For What It’s Worth:
Shots were fired at the protests today and at least one person is reported to be dead. President Obama spoke on the situation there tonight with an “emphasis on non-violence“:
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Posted on May 29th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
I’m not a fan of texting. It’s a time consuming distraction that can cause accidents and even take lives. I haven’t had a cell phone for a few months now and I am not missing it one bit. Even when I did have a cell phone I rarely used the text feature.
The NY Times has [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Howard Kurtz reports in the WaPo today that the NY Times is moving forward with their plans to shutter the Boston Globe:
The New York Times Co. said last night that it is notifying federal authorities of its plans to shut down the Boston Globe, raising the possibility that New England’s most storied newspaper could cease [...]
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Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The NY Times reports that the NSA “intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year.” Is anyone surprised?
Several intelligence officials, as well as lawyers briefed about the matter, said the N.S.A. had been engaged in “overcollection” [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that in the wake of President Obama’s first trip abroad, “Americans are more positive about the respect accorded to a U.S. president than they have been in years.”
Sixty-seven percent say world leaders respect Mr. Obama, while 18 percent say they do not respect the president. That’s a [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Last night I was watching Senator Claire McCaskill on MSNBC’s Hardball, talking about her legislation that proposed a pay limit “to all companies that receive Treasury money.” McCaskill told Chris Matthews that she felt the proposed legislation would get support from the Obama Administration. My reaction to that was that the Obama Administration had damn [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
As Stuart has noted in the post below, Tom Daschle has withdrawn from consideration as the nominee for for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle’s full statement on his withdrawal is here.
I’m a little torn about all of this, it seems we’re having a spell of nominations with issues, to say the least. I [...]
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