By Richard Cohen Tuesday, November 24, 2009 In my set, I am known as the guy who always had some reservations about Barack Obama. Sure, I supported him in the primaries against Hillary Clinton and I voted for him, with both glee and enthusiasm, especially after John McCain uttered the most shocking words in American [...]
Archive for November, 2009
23 Nov
Senate health-care bill diverges from House on key provisions
PACKAGE COSTS $848 BILLION Reid hopes to bring it to floor by next week By Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 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 [...]
23 Nov
Public option at center of debate
DEMOCRATIC DISSENT Reid must find compromise to pass health-care bill Sens. Richard J. Durbin (Ill.), left, and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Lieberman said he would part with Durbin and others in the Democratic caucus over the public option. (William B. Plowman/associated Press) By Shailagh Murray Washington Post Staff [...]
20 Nov
A Job Saved Is as Good as a Job Created
Center for American Progress SOURCE: AP/Kristen Wyatt Ryan Stewart, 17, digs out invasive hound’s tongue weeds at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuse in Colorado. Stewart signed up for a summer job with the Mile High Youth Corps after failing to find part-time work. He’s one of thousands of young people who worked government jobs [...]
20 Nov
Preparing for the National Security Threats of the 21st Century
Center for American Progress National Security Strategy Integrating Security SOURCE: AP/Kevin L. Moses, Sr. The Obama administration faces an array of security challenges, and success will depend on ensuring its policies live up to our shared values and how ably it can draw on the U.S. government’s full capabilities and tear down the bureaucratic boundaries [...]
19 Nov
Gates says Afghan surge could happen swiftly
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. [...]
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 [...]
