Senator Believes Republicans and Democrats Can Meet Halfway on Health-Care Debate
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 4th, 2009 4:33 am by HL
Senator Believes Republicans and Democrats Can Meet Halfway on Health-Care Debate
LOUDON, Tenn. — Republican Sen. Bob Corker stood before a packed high school auditorium this week for his 24th and final town hall meeting of the summer, sketching out his vision for the bipartisan health-care plan he says he is convinced Congress can pass.
Debate Over End-of-Life Care Began in Small Midwestern Town
LA CROSSE, Wis. — This city often shows up on “best places to live” lists, but residents say it is also a good place to die — which is how it landed in the center of a controversy that almost derailed health-care reform this summer.
Obama Will Lay Out Specifics in Health-Care Speech, Aides Say
With President Obama poised to give a health-care address Wednesday before a joint session of Congress, administration officials promised that he will deliver a detailed prescription for reform despite the risks of spelling out exactly where he stands.
In Colorado, a Sizeable Schism on Health-Care Reform
WINDSOR, Colo. — The town hall meeting began with angry protests over an absent congresswoman and a near-confrontation between two men sharply divided over the state of the nation’s health-care system. It ended nearly two hours later, with nothing close to a consensus and the challenges for Pres…
U.S. Threatens Not to Recognize Winner of Honduras Presidential Election
The U.S. government on Thursday toughened its stance against Honduras’s coup leaders and supporters, threatening to put them “in a box” by not recognizing the winner of a presidential election set for November.
