Pressure Grows for Ensign to Bow Out
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 10th, 2010 4:31 am by HL
Pressure Grows for Ensign to Bow Out
Health Care Reform That Works
Sen. Mary Landrieu, Times-Picayune
After 100 years of determined effort without result, Congress has finally delivered meaningful health care coverage to all Americans. The health care bill that passed the U.S. Senate with 60 votes on Christmas Eve was approved by a majority of the House of Representatives and signed into law last month by President Obama.For months, people throughout Louisiana have heard hysterical cries from some quarters that the bill is unconstitutional and that it should be repealed. These naysayers are using these scare tactics to distract attention from the many important provisions in the bill.
In Defense of Chairman Mike
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Will no one utter a word in defense of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele? With attacks pouring in from both the left and the right, won't someone at least pretend to take his side? Sigh. Must I do everything around here?All right, I'll give it a shot. Looking past the fact that I disagree with Chairman Mike on just about everything, and the fact that he has brought most of his trouble on himself, and the fact that letting party funds be spent at a bondage-themed Hollywood lounge was definitely not a smooth move for the titular head of the “family…