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nytimes.com » NYT > Opinion - 5 hours ago
Senator Christopher Dodd needs to introduce tough and smart legislation to revamp the financial system and protect American consumers.
Also tagged: investment banking, obama barack, treasury department, law and legislation, banks and banking, dodd christopher j, regulation and deregulation of industry, derivatives financial instruments
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - 8 hours ago
For some reason, a program that enjoys the support of overwhelming majorities of Democrats, independents, or Americans as a whole—slice it any way you like—has become synonymous with “hot potato.” No one wants to be …
Also tagged: barack obama, nancy pelosi, health care, house of representatives, dick durbin, phrma, bernie sanders, senate bill, chris hayes, public option, phrma deal
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Politics RSS - 14 hours ago
A long-standing dispute over huge disparities in sentencing between crack vs. powdered cocaine appears to be headed for a resolution in Congress.
Also tagged: politics, in, cocaine, bill, cases, crack, powder, reduce, sentencing, would, disparities
nytimes.com » NYT > N.Y. / Region - 17 hours ago
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has worked against Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand’s candidacy but never said why.
Also tagged: new york city, bloomberg michael r, gillibrand kirsten e
talkingpointsmemo.com » TPM Election Central - 18 hours ago
Senate Republicans are powerless to stop the House from passing health care reform...unless they can get into the heads of Congressional Democrats.
Also tagged: republicans, democrats, health care, house of representatives, reconciliation, judd gregg, mitch mcconnell, house democrats, lamar alexander, john thune
freedomeden.blogspot.com » FREEDOM EDEN - 19 hours ago
Yesterday, Charles Krauthammer commented on the report that Alan Frumin, the Senate Parliamentarian, said the House must pass the existing Senate health care bill first and Obama must sign it into law before they can …
Also tagged: media, republicans, democrats, barack obama, house, health care, joe biden, charles krauthammer
truthout.org » Truthout - All Articles - 19 hours ago
Graduating from college is a great feeling. Not so great: being saddled with $23,200 in student loans, the average debt owed by graduates of the class of 2008, according to the Project on Student Debt. read more
Also tagged: education, barack obama, college, jim webb, congress, mark warner, loans, bill nelson, ben nelson, sallie mae, tom carper, blanche lincoln
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - 19 hours ago
The good news: student loan reform will likely get added to the reconciliation bill in order to meet baseline savings requirements. The bad news? The savings requirement would have been met by the public option, which …
Also tagged: democrats, harry reid, health care, student loans, reconciliation, dick durbin, federal budget, public option, student loan reform
time.com » Swampland - 21 hours ago
Official White House photo by Pete Souza --President Obama has decided to delay his trip to Asia, originally scheduled to begin March 18, in order to work on health care. He is now slated to depart March 21. The window …
Also tagged: miscellany, republicans, democrats, barack obama, élections, foreign policy, congress, white house, health care, gop, middle east peace
dailykos.com » Daily Kos - 21 hours ago
Research 2000. 3/8-10. Likely voters. MoE 4%, 5% for Democratic primary. (8/10-12/2009 results) Let's start with the Senate race: Democratic Primary Arlen Specter (D) 51 (48) Joe Sestak (D) 32 (33) It's all within …
Also tagged: 2010, pennsylvania, governor, arlen specter, anthony williams, joe sestak, jack wagner, pat toomey, tom corbett, pa sen, joe hoeffel, pa gov, dan oronato