Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Scott Nance
In a sign that it seems to want to capture the same anger that has threatened healthcare reform, a prominent group of anti-immigration activists are charging that congressional Hispanics are supporting healthcare reform because President Obama promised also to push immigration reform this year.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Thursday called for passage of Obama’s healthcare [...]
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Filed under: Bigotry, Congress, Conservatives, Healthcare, House of Reps, In The News, Obama Administration, Political News, President Barack Obama, Progressives, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Voters, Wingnuts
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Millions of out-of-work Americans are poised to lose critical benefits due to the opposition of one Republican senator who would only agree to an extension of those benefits if they come out of federal economic stimulus dollars, according to the Senate’s top Democrat.
The Senate adjourned for the week with Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) continuing to [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Conservatives, Consumers, Democrats, Economic News, Economy, In The News, In The News, Jobs, Obama Administration, Political News, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans, Senate
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As Stuart has noted in the post below, Tom Daschle has withdrawn from consideration as the nominee for for Secretary of Health and Human Services.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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Filed under: Democrats, Healthcare, In The News, John Kerry, N.Y. Times, Obama Administration, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, President Barack Obama, Senate
Posted on November 4th, 2008 by The Country Doc
Sarah Palin has received much deserved criticism on everything from her position of issues, to her lavish wardrobe, to her lack of regular reading, but on election day I thought I would give her a single point of praise. Palin’s so called release of her medical records showed that her primary care provider is a [...]
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Filed under: Gov. Sarah Palin, Healthcare, Presidential Election, The Country Doc
Posted on October 8th, 2008 by The Country Doc
Amidst a discussion of health care in which both candidates rattled off plans for tax credits, debated employment based health care, and praised electronic health records, it was the question from an audience member that really told of one of those “fundamental differences”.
The question of the night went to Lindsey Trella, “Senator, selling health care [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Healthcare, The Country Doc
Posted on September 13th, 2007 by Bernard Pollack
Bernard Pollack, AFL-CIO field coordinator, sends us this report on the campaign to elect a working family-friendly governor in Kentucky.
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Filed under: Economy, Politics, Republicans
Posted on August 1st, 2006 by Nick
So I voted for John Kerry, so I’m partisan, so my favorite baseball team is suffering through it’s 9th straight sub-500 season (or is it me who’s doing the suffering?) blah-blah-blah.
The Kerry healthcare speech yesterday, gotta love it! Any Democrat (or anybody to the left of Dick “I really do shoot first” Cheney) can [...]
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Filed under: Healthcare, John Kerry, Politics
Posted on March 18th, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
Recently John Kerry came up with some key points that progressives need to use for the upcoming November elections. The points resonated with many of us and I agree they need to be repeated clearly and often. So I made up a list that can be used for posting or just getting them in your brain.
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Filed under: Bush, John Kerry, Politics, Republicans, Senate
