Senate health-care bill would still leave millions uninsured
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 2nd, 2010 5:35 am by HL
Senate health-care bill would still leave millions uninsured
Even as Democrats seek the biggest expansion of health coverage in decades, as many as 23 million people could still be without insurance by 2018, illustrating the complexity of achieving the long-held Democratic goal of universal health care.
Before vote, some senators knew of testimony error by TSA nominee Southers
Democratic senators rallied around President Obama’s pick to head the Transportation Security Administration on Friday as new details emerged indicating that key lawmakers already knew when they voted in November to advance his nomination that he had mischaracterized a personal incident in his…
Politically charged atmosphere makes it harder for presidents on vacation
KAILUA, HAWAII — Before heading to a luau on Wednesday, President Obama did something much more somber, his aides said: He called CIA Director Leon Panetta to discuss the deaths of seven agency officers in a suicide attack in Afghanistan.
Eclectic bunch of donors — near, far, left, even right — gave to Clinton group
Foreign governments, longtime Democratic fundraisers, entertainers and thousands of individuals gave money to former president Bill Clinton’s charitable foundation in 2009, according to a list of donors the foundation released Friday under an agreement with President Obama to prevent the appearan…
In hiring new lobbyists, GM shows that it’s playing the Beltway game
In naming new leaders to General Motors’ lobbying office in Washington on Wednesday, company chairman and chief executive Edward E. Whitacre Jr. tacitly underscored the importance of government policies to the recovery of the nation’s largest automaker, according to those who follow the industry.
