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Catholic bishops pan Senate health bill
Washington :: WA :: USA | about 1 hour ago
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The nation's Catholic bishops Friday called the U.S...The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a letter urging the Senate to amend the bill along the lines of the House version and keep in place the ban on taxpayer-funded elective abortions,...
Tags: Senate, Catholic, catholic bishops, Washington, Labor, Health insurance, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Religion Belief
HealthCare Bill To Be Voted On In The Senate
Years ago, Elton John sang that "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting." Apparently, Congress has taken these words to heart. Two weeks ago, on Saturday, November 7, the House of Representatives had a marathon session before finally voting on and...
Tags: Senate, Healthcare bill, Washington, November 28, Elton John, 111th United States Congress, Health Medical Pharma, Politics, allnews
Senate, Pentagon launch reviews into Fort Hood massacre
Fort Hood :: TX :: USA | about 4 hours ago
Credibility A US Senate panel vowed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Nov. 5 murders at Fort Hood, opening public hearings on Thursday and invoking a broader discussion on homegrown Islamic extremism. "There were warning signs and red flags galore,"...
Tags: White House, Army&, Hasan&, Pentagon News, services member, Nidal Hasan, Senate, Jack Keane, Muslims, Fort Hood, Terrorism, Baalei teshuva, Joe Lieberman, Robert Gates, Politics
Week Ahead: Data, Not Earnings, Ahead of Thanksgiving
Detroit :: MI :: USA | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Home sales, gross domestic product, and personal income and spending will all be released early next week ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Economists predict reports on October existing and new home sales, to be released Monday and Wednesday, respectively,...
Tags: week ahead, Senate, Detroit, Tuesday, Consumer Confidence Index, Federal Reserve System, The Economist, Business Finance
'Botax' In Senate Health Bill Upsets Plastic Surgeons
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 6 hours ago
Credibility The $848 billion health care bill unveiled Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., includes a 5 percent tax on cosmetic procedures and surgeries. The tax, which would take effect in January, would raise an estimated $5 billion over the...
Tags: plastic surgeons, cosmetic surgeries, Senate, Botox, cosmetic procedures, health care, New York City, Liposuction, Eye surgery, Lip enhancement, Pediatric plastic surgery, Plastic surgery, Surgery, Breast implant, Social Issues
Video: Progressive Change Campaign Committee Robocalls For the Public Option
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Last month, as Majority Leader Harry Reid considered whether to include a public health-insurance plan in the bill he would put before the Senate, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee ran as him hard, pressuring the leader with television ads in...
Tags: Harry Reid, Senate, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, PCCC, Nevada, San Francisco, Politics, Robocall, AlterNet, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
Aanestad earns "A" from taxpayer association
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Sen. Sam Aanestad, R-Grass Valley, rates highly on the latest taxpayer report card issued by the well-known Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. Out of 120 members of the Legislature, 73 received a grade of "F" for 2009. On the other end of the spectrum,...
Tags: senate, the office, Sen. Sam Aanestad, HJTA, Senate District, taxpayer association, State Senate, Northern California, Sacramento, Politics, Sam Aanestad, California Proposition 13, Business Finance
Obamacare heads to Senate for Saturday night vote
A severe recession, double-digit unemployment, record foreclosures and $12 trillion debt doesn’t paint a very rosy picture about the country’s future; Americans across the country are working harder and longer to meet their monthly budget...
Tags: health care reform, Reid, Obama, Social Issues, Senate&, Politics, allnews, Labor, San Diego, Andy Stern, Blue, Harry Reid, The Office, Mary Landrieu, 111th United States Congress, Health insurance, Economy of the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Government debt, health care, United States public debt
Funding for UC Merced medical school missing in Senate's health care bill
Merced :: CA :: USA | about 15 hours ago
Credibility A 2,074-page health care bill unveiled in the Senate this week omits funding for proposed medical schools at UC Merced and other institutions. So now the Capitol Hill maneuvering on behalf of the proposed medical school get more complicated...Lobbyists...
Tags: Senate, medically schools, health care, UC Merced, White House, Dennis Cardoza, care bills, Jim Costa, David Brown, University of California, Merced, Barbara Boxer, United States Senate, Politics, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Merced County California, Health Medical Pharma
Vote records can hamper member's political ambitions
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Running statewide often presents different challenges from running in one’s home district, so while Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) and former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-Conn.) might have done things one way in their House districts, their Senate...
Tags: Senate, Rob Simmons, Mark Kirk, House, Barack Obama, Joe Sestak, voting records, Democratic, Birmingham, Swing district, United States Senate elections, United States House of Representatives elections, Club for Growth, Charlie Melancon, Politics
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