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Healthcare Reformers: Dance With The Ones Who Brung Ya

Christine Pelosi | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Delay, Too Big to Fail, Universal Healthcare, Democrats, Legislation, Wellness, Universal Health Coverage, Insurance, Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Transformers, Universal Health Care, Dance, Medicare, Health Coverage, Dancing With the Stars, Healthcare Reform, Pre-Existing-Condition, Health Care, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

While the dance of legislation can be painful to watch, I still like the Democrats' chances for healthcare reform better than Tom DeLay's on Dancing with the Stars.

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Dealers Bail Out Cash for Clunkers

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Fuel Efficiency, Congress, Economic Crisis, Cash for Clunkers, Cars, Auto Industry, Stimulus, Health Care, Legislation, Business News
Ashley Rindsberg

The auto industry (at least the retail end of it) is finally taking responsibility for itself in a way that benefits the public it serves. Perhaps Congress will follow suit.

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Senate/Assembly Pork: Who's Getting The Choicest Cuts?

Times Union | Times Union | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Pork Barrel, New York State Senate, Grants, New York State, Pork Barrel Spending, New York State Assembly, Pork, New York, Legislation, New York News

Under Democratic control of the Senate, upstate lost nearly $26 million in member items, the discretionary grants doled out by legislators commonly ca...

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On the Climate Bill Fence: What Sen. McCain Is Thinking

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Cap and Trade, Waxman-Markey, John McCain, Climate Stewardship Act, Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act, U.S. Congress, Joe Lieberman, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Legislation, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

McCain had been like the Lone Ranger in the Senate working with his Tonto, Lieberman, to push for climate legislation. Suddenly, post the 2008 presidential race, he is on the fence.

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How to Win a Culture War

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Reduction, Culture War, Children, Affordable Health Care, Common Ground, Wedge Issue, United States, Health, Legislation, America, Choice, Culture, Parent, Quality Affordable Health Care, Abortion, Culture Warrior, Women, Conflict, Pregnant Women, Unintended Pregnancies, Policy Debate, Health Care Reform, Rosa DeLauro, Tim Ryan, Health Care, Private Insurance, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one.

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It's Time To Lead, Mr. President

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Lead, Leadership, President Obama, Democratic, Reform, Obama, Legislation, Republican, Pelosi, Congressional Committees, Nancy Pelosi, Single Payer, Obstructionism, Press Conference, Health Care, August, House, Public Option, Democrat, Congress, Bully Pulpit, Democrats, Barack Obama, Chris Weigant, Health, Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Obstructionist, Vacation, Republicans, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama's legislative style has been to vaguely define what he's for, introduce a plan that is quite obviously open to lots and lots of negotiation, and then sit back and let Congress work it out.

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Congress Considers Two Bills to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Investigations, Home Town, Small Business, House of Represenatives, Money, Joe Biden, Sba, Obama, 5-14, Legislation, Make, Senate, 5-15, Barack Obama, Affiliate, Washington, Online, Foreign, Marketing, American Small Business League, Technology, Foxnews, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The American Small Business League (ASBL) estimates that over that $100 billion a year in federal small business contracts actually go to Fortune 500 firms and other clearly large businesses.

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Judging Sonia: In Defense of Judicial Activism and a Wise Latina

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judicial Nomination, Judicial Review, Women Judges, Women Lawyers, Senate Judiciary Committee, Policy Making, Legislation, Law and Cultural Diversity, Sotomayor Hearings, Wise Latina, Judicial Nominee, Judicial Restraint, Judicial Authority, Policy Makers, Judicial Activism, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

What is the role or expectation of a justice on the Supreme Court? An adherent of precedent? A policy maker? And just how did judicial activism garner such a tarnished reputation?

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California Dreamin' Becoming Reality

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Pets, California, Jared Huffman, Puppy Mills, Dogfighting, Factory Farms, Poaching, Ron Calderon, Dean Florez, Cameron Smyth, Animals, Pedro Nava, Legislation, Green News
Michael Markarian

When California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 2, banning the extreme confinement of animals on industrial factory farms, they sent the message loud and clear.

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On the Climate Bill Fence: What Sen. Alexander Is Thinking

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, U.S. Congress, Lamar Alexander, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Policy, Legislation, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Despite Alexander's conservative credentials, the environmental community has long hoped he could be counted on in a legislative vote to sap greenhouse gas emissions.

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House Health Care Bill (Pages 401-442)

Backstage | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Health Policy Reform, Health Care Reform, Singl Payer, Health Care, Legislation, Eyes and Ears, Politics News

P. 401 Subtitle B--Reducing Health Disparities SEC. 1221. ENSURING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN MEDICARE. (a) ENSURING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BY THE...

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House Health Care Bill (Pages 301-350)

Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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P. 301 whether it should be made only upon use of post acute care services or for every discharge. (3) Whether the bundle should be applied acros...

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House Health Care Bill (Pages 351-400)

Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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P. 351 such amount as would provide for a benefits ratio of at least .85; ''(B) for 3 consecutive contract years, the Secretary shall not permit ...

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House Health Care Bill (Full Text)

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Health Policy Reform, Health Care Reform, Singl Payer, Health Care, Legislation, Eyes and Ears, Politics News

House Democrats have released their newest version of the health care reform bill, weighing in at a whopping 1,018 pages, and HuffPost's Eyes and Ears...

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House Health Care BIll (Pages 251-300)

Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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House Health Care BIll (Pages 251-300) P. 200 '(I) periodically identify services as being potentially misvalued using criteria specified in clau...

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House Health Care Bill (Pages 201-250)

Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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House Health Care Bill (Pages 201-250) P. 201 ending with fiscal year 2019 as is not taken into account under subparagraph (A). ''(4) STUDY OF FE...

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House Health Care Bill (Pages 151-200)

Posted 08.14.2009 | Home

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House Health Care BIll (Pages 151-200) P. 151 aggregate wages paid by the employer during such calendar year. (4) AGGREGATIONRULES.--Related empl...

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House Health Care BIll (Pages 101-150)

Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Health Care, Legislation, Health Policy Reform, Eyes and Ears, Politics News

House Health Care Bill (Pages 101-150) P. 101 coverage, for the period of time beginning on the date of birth and ending on the date the child othe...

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House Health Care BIll (Pages 51-100)

Posted 08.14.2009 | Home

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House Health Care Bill (Pages 51-100) P. 51 covered by this Act shall be provided without regard to personal characteristics extraneous to the provi...

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Health Care Bill Released: What Does Congress Hope You're Missing (INTERACTIVE INVESTIGATION)

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Health Policy Reform, Health Care Reform, Singl Payer, Health Care, Legislation, Eyes and Ears, Health Care Bill, Current Health Care Bills in Congress, Politics News

House Democrats have released their newest version of the health care reform bill, weighing in at a whopping 1,018 pages, and HuffPost's Eyes and Ears...

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Obama's Weak Congress

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, White House, Politics, Intelligence, Bush Administration, Senate, Congress, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security, President Obama, Bush Legacy, Leon Panetta, Legislation, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, The New Republic, Walter Lippmann, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

I fear a Congress that, while not so much parasitic, is so fearful of being attached to any of Obama's failures that it misses every opportunity to be a part of his successes.

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U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Challenged to Put Up or Shut Up on Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

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Lloyd Chapman

I have talked to hundreds of Hispanic business owners and Hispanic chambers of commerce across the country that want nothing to do with the USHCC.

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Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?

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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vision, Capitol Hill, White House, Debate, Family, Children, Scripture, Low Income Families, Legislation, Common Good, Values, Policy Debate, Single Payer, Sin, Health Care, Class, Faith, Private Insurance, Church, Fear, Leaders, Money, Politics, Biblical, Democrat, Congress, Health, Election, Families, Healthcare, Democrats, Moral Issues, Faith Community, Health Insurance, Republicans, Ethics, Partisan Politics, Unions, Medical Care, Partisan, Politics News
Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, History, Leadership, Love Your Neighbor, Global, Slavery, International, Opportunity, Poll, Trade, Sacrifice, Green, Clean Energy, Congress, Emissions, Priorities, God, Poor, Consumption, Legislation, America, Church of England, Slave Trade, Climate Treaty, Christ, Climate Change, Land, Consumers, Polluting Industries, Security, Christian, Creation, Green News
Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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