Iraq’s Election: No Promised Land at the End of All This
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 8th, 2010 5:31 am by HL
Iraq’s Election: No Promised Land at the End of All This
A Furious Health Care Push — But What About Jobs?
Ben Feller, AP
President Barack Obama's furious, final push to get a health care bill passed threatens to shove aside the message he promised would top his list this year: creating jobs.Even as the White House juggles several enormous issues at once, the public takes its cues about the president's chief concern from how he spends his time, energy and capital. As Obama himself put it on Wednesday, from now until Congress takes a final vote on a health care overhaul, “I will do everything in my power to make the case for reform.”That kind of now-or-never campaign means the nation can…
In Iraq Elections, Winner Could Be U.S.
Alan Bock, Orange County Register
D.C. to Takeover Student Loans?
Sen. Lamar Alexander, Washington Post
While health-care reform occupies the spotlight, the Obama administration is pushing for another Washington takeover — this time of the student loan system. Last month, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan made the administration's latest pitch on this page. Here is what the administration and congressional Democrats have told us about this latest attempt: Starting in July, all 19 million students who want government-backed loans will line up at offices designated by the U.S. Education Department. Gone will be the days when students and their colleges picked the lender that best fit…
