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An Ad Script for Teddy Kennedy on Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Advertisement, President Obama, Obama, Reform, Veterans, Issue Ad, Marketplace, Edward Kennedy, Uninsured, Insurance, Government Takeover, Government Run, Health Care, Bankruptcy, Kennedy, Public Option, Hospital Bed, Hospital, Democrat, Medicaid, Ad, Congress, Democrats, Teddy Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Competition, Script, Chris Weigant, Health, Health Insurance, Senator Kennedy, Medicare, Free Market, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

In the debate about healthcare reform, why are the loudest voices in the room the ones who seemingly are against all reform? Where are the champions ...

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The Real Danger of Tobacco Legislation

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Big Tobacco, Reform, Tobacco, Legislation, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

"Mr. Pringle, you claim your product's not addictive, but didn't you sign this memo: 'Once you pop, you can't stop'?"

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U.S. To Unveil Regulatory Reform Plan June 17: Reuters

Reuters | Karey Wutkowski and Rachelle Younglai | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Reform, Regulatory Reform, Business News

The Obama administration plans to unveil on June 17 its sweeping plan to overhaul financial regulation, according to a source familiar with thinking a...

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Obama Fuel Standards To Be Announced

AP | KEN THOMAS and PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fuel Plan, Green, Green Living, Reform, Automobiles, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to propose the first-ever national emission limits for cars and trucks as well as average mileage requ...

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Education Reform's Big Stake

Marc Lampkin | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Failing, Education, Achievement Gap, Reform, Minority, Teacher, Status Quo, Union, Classroom, Lampkin, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

As we approach the 55th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the reality is there are still great inequities in the quality of education delivered to students.

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Embrace the Possible: A New Direction in New York

Richard Aborn | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minimum Sentencing, Reform, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Politics News
Richard Aborn

Treatment of drug users is the most effective use of tax dollars to reduce illicit drug use and related crime, while mandatory sentencing is the least effective.

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Hilarious Video: Health Insurance Companies Ruining Your Love Life?

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patient, Reform, Video, Universal Health Care, Doctor, Health Care, Sex, Health, Politics News
Sally Kohn

Insurance companies want to do everything they can to stop us from having a public choice because they like having a monopoly and driving up costs (and their profits). And they'll win, unless you help us stop them.

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Extra! Extra! Schools Not Cause of Current Economic Crisis!

Gerald Bracey | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Arne Duncan, Reform, Economic Crisis, Educaton, Globalization, Education Reform, Economy, Living News
Gerald Bracey

Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, schools have been the scapegoat of choice for any social crisis, real or imagined.

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President Obama: Sign New Emancipation Proclamation to Free Us From Debt Slavery and Free-up the Economy

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rescue Plan, Treasury Department, Credit Crisis, President Obama, Banks, Fico, Economy, Federal Reserve Board, Comptroller of the Currency, Stimulus, Business, Bailout, Housing Crisis, Politics News, Paulson, Credit Card Industry, Credit Scores, Housing, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Just Price Solutions, Bonuses, Politics, Economic Crisis, Breaking News, Bignews, Mortgage Crisis, Reform, Wealth, Banking Industry, Freddie Mac, Ponzi Scheme, Emancipation Proclamation, Debt Slavery, Republicans, Fanie Mae, Tax Cuts, Politics News
Ronald B. Robinson

Mr. President, help us create "a more perfect Union" from the "bottom-up." You can be the Lincoln of our times and free us from the greed and "top-down" bondage that has brought us here.

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Change FICO Credit Scoring to Stimulate Economy and Address Housing and Banking Crisis

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Federal Reserve Board, Economy, Fico, Ponzi Scheme, Credit Crisis, Stimulus, Banking Industry, Mortgage Crisis, Politics, Wealth, Credit Card Industry, Tax Cuts, Credit Scores, Banks, Republicans, Bonuses, Comptroller of the Currency, Business, Financial Crisis, Bignews, Paulson, Housing, Reform, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Crisis, Rescue Plan, Bailout, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Ronald B. Robinson

Republicans are proposing a 4% home mortgage Ponzi scheme that's the modern day version of "40 acres and a mule." It's every bit the false promise that dashed the hopes of ex-slaves after the Civil War.

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Get Ready to Rumble: The Fight for the Next Economy Begins

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Crisis, First 100 Days, Progressive Reform, Global Economy, Lobbyists, Economy, 100 Days, Globalization, Obama Administration, Reform, Industrial Policy, Health Care, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

Forget about a new era of bipartisan consensus and get ready to rumble. We're headed into pitched battles that will succeed only with massive popular mobilization.

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Obama Planning "Substantial Overhaul" For Financial Markets

CNBC | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reform, US Economy, Economic Reform, Economy, Overhaul, Barack Obama, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama told CNBC he plans "a substantial overhaul" of financial markets in the coming months, including a major restructuring of...

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What Real Financial Reform Should Look Like

Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 12.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Bush, Mccain, Finance, Economy, Friedman, Financial Crisis, Globalization, Reform, Obama, Broken Economy, Sean Paul Kelley, Business News
Sean-Paul Kelley

The market will discover it's bottom, no matter what the Fed or Treasury does. But this could have been prevented. And don't let a single damned politician say it couldn't have.

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Regardless of Who Wins the Election, Start Teaching Your Kids Mandarin

Christopher Ingram | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Hero, Social Security, John McCain, Tom Delay, National Debt, George W. Bush, Chris Ingram, Community Organizer, Congress, Maverick, Reform, Mccain, Obama, Dukakis, Campaign, Media, China, Gas Crisis, Sarah Palin, Mortgage Crisis, Mandarin, Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Debates, Barack Obama, Politics News
Christopher Ingram

Voters don't want change. When the American voting public goes to the polls and re-elects the same bunch of losers to Congress year after year, they should expect to get more of the same.

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Advice for Obama: Listen to Mark Twain

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Era, John McCain, Teddy Roosevelt, Dan Balz, Reform, Mark Twain, Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama, Change, Obama Change, Tocqueville, Politics News
Sanford D. Horwitt

The problem with the word "change" is that it's soft and vague -- and that's how too many blue collar and undecided voters perceive Obama.

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Prebuttal: McCain's Reform Credentials Have Turned to Sand

David Donnelly | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Money Watch, John McCain, Clean Elections, Ralph Reed, Reform, Maverick, McCain Lobbyist, Republican Convention, Lobbyist, Abramoff, Rnc, Earmarks, Presidential Campaign, Public Financing, Sarah Palin, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News
David Donnelly

The John McCain who fought for campaign finance reform in the past is not the same John McCain speaking tonight. Here's what he'll claim, and what the truth really is.

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