February 26, 2010 Greetings! Yesterday, President Obama held a bi-partisan summit on healthcare and presented a plan for honest reform to members of both parties. His plan will supply 31 million uninsured Americans with healthcare and provide tax credits for millions of Americans who need assistance in acquiring insurance. No longer will insurance companies [...]
Archive for February 26th, 2010
26 Feb
Today’s Broad Brush Issues
Campaign for America’s Future By Bill Scher February 26, 2010 – 8:36am ET After Summit, Dems Move To Pass Bill Without GOP Summit ends with presidential call for action, despite continued GOP obstruction. W. Post: “President Obama declared Thursday that the time for debate over health-care reform has come to an end, closing an unusual [...]
26 Feb
Kyl Does The Despicable: Holds Unemployment Benefits Hostage For Estate Tax Cut
Campaign for America’s Future www.ourfuture.org By Isaiah J. Poole February 25, 2010 – 2:45pm ET McJoan at DailyKos says it best: “How despicable can these guys get?” This is how despicable: Starting Monday, 1.1 million people will lose their unemployment benefits because right-wing Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., thinks its more important to give tax breaks [...]
26 Feb
At summit, Republicans prove they aren’t putting America’s health first
Republicans say the country can’t afford President Obama’s health-care proposals. (Marvin Joseph/the Washington Post) By Steven Pearlstein Friday, February 26, 2010 I’m not sure what else was accomplished at Thursday’s Blair House summit, but surely one result is that we learned what Republican “leaders” really think about health care and health insurance. The most important [...]
