In Washington, DC, former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean argues today that the health care overhaul bill being formed on the Senate floor will only further empower private insurance...
All I can say at this point is: What planet did these people come from? " The Senate Finance Committee filed its sweeping health care reform bill Monday and its release served largely to highlight the...
In a step forward for healthcare reform, the Senate Finance committee has passed one of the versions in a vote of 14 to 9: "The Senate Finance Committee approved its version of health care reform by a 14-9...
" Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat, may choose an interim successor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy as early as today. "
Senator Mel Martinez of Florida, one of the reasonable voices of the Republican party has decided to step down before his term is due to expire in 2010 according to CNN, MSNBC, and Fox news. Recently,...
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President Obama is holding a prime time news conference on Wednesday, July 22, to discuss the health care reform directly with the American public in order to garner their support and Congress. The...
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On Tuesday the U.S. Senate, in a vote that crossed party lines, voted 58-40 to kill the premier fighter jet program. President Obama and Robert Gates, Defense Secretary, had been arguing that the program was a...
The District of Columbia, commonly referred to as Washington, has no representation in the US House of Congress. However, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Congress is now "moving to right a...
The President had convened the Fiscal Responsibility Summit in the East Room, White House earlier today, Feb.23. The participants included the Vice President, members of Congress, business, and...
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A new website has been launched as of this writing, Feb. 24, that promises Internet users to find all the open TV channels that are available in their regions for use by unlicensed mobile devices. Last...
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Good grief. Suppose that I sit here in my home, and that earlier today I received three telemarketing phone calls. Is it my job to remember that earlier today, three unsolicited commercial approaches were made,...
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In a move that reminds people of how the Russian Communists under Lenin denied their opposition a seat in their Parliament, the Democratic Party which controls the Senate has denied one of their own party members Roland Burris his seat in the Senate.
The reason has been...
Roland Burris, the man nominated by embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to take Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, has been turned away by the Secretary of the Senate, Nancy Erickson. As the 111th...
Former comedian and Democrat Al Franken is set to be decalred the winner of the Minnesota senate race after a tight result resulted in a recount that has lasted since November. " Democrat Al Franken will be...
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California senator Diane Feinstein, a popular senator in her home state and elsewhere in the US, has been appointed as the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee. She replaces West Virginia Democrat John...
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