ABC: President Obama told ABC News’ Charles Gibson in an interview that if Congress does not pass health care legislation that will bring down costs, the federal government “will go bankrupt.†The president laid out a dire scenario of what will happen if his health care reform effort fails. “If we don’t pass it, here’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – A moderate Democrat whose vote could be crucial said Thursday an attempted Senate compromise on abortion is unsatisfactory, raising doubts about whether the chamber can pass President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul by Christmas. “As it is, without modifications, the language concerning abortion is not sufficient,” Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, a key [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week as the recovery of the nation’s battered labor market proceeds in fits and starts. The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of new jobless claims rose to 480,000 last week, up 7,000 from the previous [...]
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BBC: Two UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan sacrificed their lives to stop suicide bombers attacking a packed marketplace, their commanding officer has said. L/Cpl David Kirkness, 24, of West Yorkshire, and Rifleman James Brown, 18, from Hampshire, both of 3rd Battalion The Rifles, died on Tuesday. They were killed by an explosion at a vehicle [...]
The Wall Street Journal: I recently suggested that seniors will die sooner if Congress actually implements the Medicare cuts in the health-care bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. My colleagues who defend the bill—none of whom have practiced medicine—predictably dismissed my concern as a scare tactic. They are wrong. Every American, not [...]
Gallup: PRINCETON, NJ — After the release of her much-publicized autobiography and the ensuing book tour, Sarah Palin is still viewed more unfavorably than favorably by Americans, though her favorable rating has improved slightly (now 44%, up from 40% in October). While releasing a best-selling autobiography may have had a modest positive effect on views [...]
“ Who were the lame engineers who came up with a system that runs without encryption? Even the graduates of the local high school programming courses know better than to leave to chance an important security hole. †— John Cierra The Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON — Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software [...]
Reason.com: “There are those who claim we have to choose between paying down our deficits…and investing in job creation and economic growth,†President Obama said last week. “This is a false choice.†During the same speech, he asked his audience to “let me just be clear†that his administration, having racked up the biggest budget [...]
CNS News: Forget the public option. Even without it, the health care bill presented in the Senate by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) would make some middle-class American families pay what amounts to a $15,200 annual federally-mandated insurance fee, according to facts revealed in analyses published by the Congressional Budget Office. The fee would result [...]
McConnell.Senate: ‘And here’s the most outrageous part: at the end of this rush, they want us to vote on a bill that no one outside the Majority Leader’s conference room has even seen. That’s right. The final bill we’ll vote on isn’t even the one we’ve had on the floor. It’s the deal Democrat leaders [...]
CNS News: As President Obama and congressional Democrats push for a second stimulus package, a federal auditing agency is reporting that less than one-quarter of the economic stimulus money allocated for spending by the states has been used–the majority of which went to cover increases in Medicaid. In a December report to Congress, the Government [...]
