After the hundreds of comments from readers complaining that Jim Marshall hadn't read the Health Care Reform Bill, I thought it was important to find out how he could justify voting against H.R. 3200 without reading it.
Rep. Marshall is in Afghanistan this week, so I spoke to Doug...
Posted August 28, 2009 | 18:06:16 (EST)
It's because the Senate has never ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 (ICESCR).
In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).1 The problem was that declarations by the General Assembly are not binding...
Posted August 27, 2009 | 18:54:45 (EST)
Terry Humphrey reported from Warner Robbins, Georgia, as part of HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Town Hall Watch.
Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) held his second town hall meeting on health care in Warner Robins, Georgia, on August 24th. The papers reported that over 1,000 people attended.
Marshall started...
Posted August 27, 2009 | 18:37:02 (EST)
Terry Humphrey reported from Warner Robbins, Georgia, as part of HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Town Hall Watch. Join the citizen coverage by clicking participate at the bottom of the article.
Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) held his second town hall meeting on health care in Warner Robins, Georgia, on...
Posted August 28, 2009 | 22:52:55 (EST)