Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swiftly, despite logistical hassles that force almost all major deliveries of troops and supplies to go by air. By ANNE GEARAN AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. [...]
Archive for November 19th, 2009
19 Nov
Reid Says Saturday Vote on Health Care Bill Likely
By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Published: November 19, 2009 WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, [...]
19 Nov
Limbaugh falsely claims undocumented immigrants “are covered” under House health care bill
Quick Fact: Limbaugh falsely claims undocumented immigrants “are covered” under House health care bill Media Matters for America 11/19/09 5:41 PM S.S.U. On his November 19 radio show, Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that undocumented immigrants “are covered” under the recently passed House health care bill. In fact, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. [...]
19 Nov
Reality Check: The Very Real Jobs the Recovery Act is Supporting
White House.gov Blog Feed 11/19/09 11:38 AM Liz Oxhorn White House Economy Three months ago, the critics denied that the Recovery Act was making any jobs. Today, everyone – including the critics – can see those jobs for themselves on Recovery.gov. Now that the evidence has proven them wrong, they are left to cast doubts [...]
19 Nov
The New Senate Health Bil
HEALTH CARE (It’s another long slog if you try to get through the whole thing… For you brave hearts here is the link to the PDF file. [ Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ] Jim) Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) released the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which merged the [...]
19 Nov
The GOP’s no-exit strategy
By E.J. Dionne Jr. Thursday, November 19, 2009 Normal human beings — let’s call them real Americans — cannot understand why, 10 months after President Obama’s inauguration, Congress is still tied down in a procedural torture chamber trying to pass the health-care bill Obama promised in his campaign. Last year, the voters gave him the [...]
19 Nov
Sarsh Palin and the conservative descent
The 19th century American writer Henry Adams said the descent of American presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant was enough to discredit the theory of evolution. The same could be said of the pantheon of conservative political heroes, which in the last half-century has gone from Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan to Sarah [...]
19 Nov
Senate unveils health-care bill
WaSHINGTON POST By Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid presented an $848 billion health-care overhaul package on Wednesday that would extend coverage to 31 million Americans and reform insurance practices while adding an array of tax increases, including a rise in payroll taxes for high earners. [...]
