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Blog Entries for Monday, August 31
The President's Vacation
I have to admit that I'm puzzled by how the White House handled President Obama's vacation plans for this week. Something just is odd about it. Last week, the First Family was up in Martha's Vineyard. We all know that a President doesn't really ever vacation, and last week was prime evidence ...
A Week To Go
Congressional Democrats are probably somewhat excited about turning the calendar today to the month of September, for what they hope is a fresh start to the troublesome debate over health care policy. August was supposed to be the month in which lawmakers from the Congress would seal the deal for ...
Treading Water
It's now September, and that must be a reason for Democrats in the Congress to breathe a sigh of relief. But when it comes to health reform, we seem to be on hold until lawmakers are back at work next week. If you look back at the last two plus ...
More Dirt On Rangel
When Congress returns to work a week from today, Democratic leaders in the House will face new questions about the financial dealings of the Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charlie Rangel. Last week it was reported that Rangel had quietly amended his 2007 financial disclosure forms ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, August 30
Obama On Vacation
The White House suddenly announced Sunday night that President Obama would remain on vacation for a second straight week, snuffing out any thoughts about starting a public health care pushback. I don't begrudge any President who wants some time off. It's got to be a brutal job. On the other ...
The Kennedy Finale
Watching the final goodbye in Washington, D.C. to Sen. Edward Kennedy, it was hard not to draw the parallels to the earlier farewells for his two brothers. But in 2009, this Kennedy's death wasn't a full scale shot to the mental solar plexus of many Americans, as he had been ...
Congress Stays Put
I had a good, long chuckle on Sunday afternoon, when a poll from Rasmussen Reports was released, which showed that "57% Would Like To Replace Entire Congress." My laugh became even louder when I read that back in October, 59% of those surveyed wanted to Throw The Bums Out. Let's ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, August 27
The Senate Shuffle
The death of Sen. Edward Kennedy opens up a prime committee chairmanship in the U.S. Senate, which has the chance to set off a scramble for power and turf among Democrats. The person with the biggest choice right now is Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, who is next in line ...
Health Care Limbo
What a weird time this is right now for the health care reform debate. Congress isn't back for another eleven days, as Democrats struggle to turn this battle back in their favor. I had thought next week would be one where President Obama could try to swing things to his ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, August 26
Making Tough Choices
Did you see what's happening in Rhode Island right now on the budget front? It might give us some clues as to what the federal government may some day experience. Like many states, Rhode Island is getting hit hard by the recession, as tax revenues are way down, and even ...
Senator Ted Kennedy
An era is certainly over in the U.S. Senate with the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, the third longest serving Senator in Senate history. One thing I learned fast when I started covering politics was how much of a lightning rod he was for voters and for political groups on ...
Obama on Ted Kennedy
Here is a statement issued overnight by the White House after the announcement that Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) had died after a fight with brain cancer. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary_________________________________________________________________For Immediate Release August 26, 2009 Statement from President Obama: Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, August 25
Health Care Reports
It is probably an understatement to say that the federal government is swimming in reports that are mandated by the Congress. So it shouldn't be a surprise that health care plans from Democrats would mean even more. The health care bill moving through the House contains language requiring dozens of new ...
Red Ink Central
The latest budget update from the White House confirms what everyone has known for the past six months, that federal deficits are going to fill Washington, D.C. with red ink in coming years, unless there's a big change. The estimate of the deficit for the current fiscal year has settled ...
Blog Entries for Monday, August 24
More Illegals-Health Care
My blog on Monday about health care reform proposals and illegal aliens generated a lot of questions and some interesting missives, so let's take a look at where we are on that hot button subject. First, let's review the situation under current law. Illegals can't get government funding for health ...
Pick A Page
Since I started writing this blog, I have tried to use it to reveal more details about various bills moving through Congress, most recently the health care reform bills being proposed by Democrats. So yesterday, I just decided to pick a page. Planes popped into my mind, so I went ...
Even More Red Ink
Critics of health care reform legislation in the Congress will get more ammunition for their arguments today, as new budget deficit figures are released, showing even more red ink under budget plans from the Obama Administration. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand the budget numbers right ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, August 22
Unconstitutional Health Reform?
I've been getting a few emails in recent days about an interesting question, are some of the main reforms in the Democratic health reform bills even Constitutional? One listener said they violated the First Amendment, which I found a bit hard to believe. But I've always wondered how the Congress ...
Blog Entries for Friday, August 21
Illegals and Health Care
One of the thornier arguments right now about health care reform legislation in the Congress is whether it would allow for government money to go to pay for the coverage of illegal immigrants in the United States. When you search through the bill, there really isn't much that mentions illegal ...
Health Care Gobbledygook
During these Dog Days of Summer, it's not hard to find something in the Democratic health care bills in Congress that make you shake your head and want to sit by the pool with a cold beverage instead. Just go to page 17 of the bill that was introduced in ...
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