The Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the bill boosts its prospects. Posted October 7, 2009 by Noam N. Levey Senate Democrats pushing healthcare legislation received a boost from the Congressional Budget Office today as the much-watched nonpartisan agency estimated that a health bill being debated by the Senate Finance Committee would cost $829 billion over [...]
Archive for October, 2009
3 Oct
McChrystal Must Testify
October 2, 2009 By David Swanson opednews.com On Thursday, 22 Democratic congress members introduced a bill to deny funding to any escalation of war in Afghanistan, and 60 Democratic senators voted that Congress should not even speak to a general about that war until after the president has decided whether to escalate it. These two [...]
3 Oct
Rethinking America’s Involvement
opednews.com By Dwayne Hunn For OpEdNews: Dwayne Hunn – Writer Time Magazine (9-21-09) again interviews the Obamas on one of their favorite subjects, “Volunteerism,” while headlining how we must become accustomed to high unemployment and underemployment. America’s decline — shrunken middle class, concentrated wealth, dismantled economy” are the result of our recent paltry investment in [...]
3 Oct
The Time for GOP Shenanigans on Health Care Is Over, Now It’s Up to the Dems — Will They Deliver a Public Option?
Posted by Kos , Daily Kos at 4:34 PM on October 1, 2009. Will it be a robust public option, or some piece of crap? Time will tell, but at least we have a fighting chance with Democrats monopolizing the process. Republicans have been whining recently about being shut out of the drafting of health [...]
2 Oct
Getting Sick, Dying Quickly
thinkprogress.org HEALTH CARE Getting Sick, Dying Quickly “It’s my duty and pride tonight to be able to announce exactly what the Republicans plan to do for health care in America,” announced Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) on the House floor Wednesday night. Taking out a chart, he continued, “Here it is. The Republican health care plan [...]
1 Oct
Senate Climate Battle Is On
Progressive Breakfast: Senate Climate Battle Is On Progressive Breakfast 10/1/09 7:11 AM Isaiah J. Poole Health Care for All An Economy for All 501c(3) Progressive Breakfast The legislative battle to lower greenhouse gas emissions is finally getting into full gear in the Senate with Wednesday’s introduction of a comprehensive climate change bill. McClatchy News Service [...]
1 Oct
Iran agrees to ship enriched uranium to Russia for refinement
By Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev | McClatchy Newspapers GENEVA — Iran agreed in principle Thursday to ship most of its enriched uranium to Russia, where it would be refined for exclusively peaceful uses, in what Western diplomats called a significant, but interim, measure to ease concerns over its nuclear program. The agreement was [...]
1 Oct
Iran Pledges to Allow Nuclear Inspections: UN Envoy
Published on Thursday, October 1, 2009 by CBC News/Canada GENEVA – Iran has pledged to open its recently revealed uranium enrichment plant to UN inspectors, possibly in the next few weeks, according to a senior EU envoy involved in the negotiations. Officials from six world powers met with Iran in Switzerland on Thursday for nuclear [...]
1 Oct
Word from the White House: Reality Check on Taxes, Undocumented Immigrants, Rationing
White House.gov Blog Feed 10/1/09 10:49 AM Jesse Lee It’s no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more open and transparent if we went ahead and published what our focus will be for the day, along with any [...]
1 Oct
Michael Moore Tells Democrats: “Find Your Spine” on Health Care
Wednesday 30 September 2009 by: Markham Heid | Medill News Service / McClatchy News Michael Moore. (Photo: Reza Vaziri / flickr) Washington – Sans video camera, filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday turned his megaphone on the current health care system and those Blue Dog Democrats he claims are “dogging” the health care debate. Moore, an advocate [...]
