WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law will increase the nation’s health care tab instead of bringing costs down, government economic forecasters concluded Thursday in a sobering assessment of the sweeping legislation. A report by economic experts at the Health and Human Services Department said the health care remake will achieve Obama’s aim [...]
Mediaite: Today in United States v. Rod Blagojevich: following up on his 2008 claims that then-Senator Barack Obama was one of a few people who could testify to his innocence, his defense team issued a motion today to subpoena the President to testify in court. Most of the juiciest bits involving Obama’s role in choosing [...]
The Hill: Michael Copps stressed the debate over whether the government should regulate broadband will not be “solved without a fight.” FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on Thursday stressed the debate over whether the government should regulate broadband providers will not be “solved without a fight.” Copps, one of the committee’s members who supports net neutrality, [...]
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The Hill: President Barack Obama does not support implementing a value-added tax (VAT) in the United States, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Thursday. Geithner’s statement comes one day after Obama said that a VAT would be a “novel idea,” leaving the door open for it to be implemented. “The president does not support [it], but [...]
Los Angeles Times: There are a lot of cities that would eagerly welcome an In-and-Out drive-through burger restaurant in their town. But not San Juan Capistrano. The South Orange County city has rejected plans for the popular eatery to locate on one of the city’s main drags amid concerns that Del Obispo Street had turned [...]
Los Angeles Times: Russell Pearce, who wrote the controversial immigrant crackdown bill, lashes out at the L.A. cardinal, calling him a protector of child molesters. Mahony condemned the bill on his blog this week. Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, who crafted a bill that would require immigrants to carry proof of legal status, lashed out [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The New York Times posted a first quarter net profit Thursday, turning around a loss in the same quarter a year ago, and said it was ready to meet a challenge from the upcoming New York edition of The Wall Street Journal. “When you’re the lead dog people are constantly going to [...]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Satirical animated TV show “South Park” beeped out the words Prophet Muhammad and plastered its Wednesday episode with the word “CENSORED” after being issued a grim warning by a U.S. Muslim group. The irreverent comedy show on Comedy Central also substituted a controversial image seen last week of the Prophet Muhammad [...]
The Hill: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday said the Senate is not ready to tackle immigration reform and that bringing a bill forward would be “CYA politics.” CYA is slang for “cover your a**.” Graham also said moving ahead with immigration would scuttle the Senate’s capacity to deal with climate legislation. “It destroys the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly 4 million Americans — the vast majority of them middle class — will have to pay the new penalty for not getting health insurance when President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law kicks in, according to congressional estimates released Thursday. The penalties will average a little more than $1,000 apiece in [...]
CBS: The defense team for deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich has moved to subpoena President Barack Obama to testify at Blagojevich’s corruption trial. Blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse him of scheming to sell or trade the Senate seat left vacant by Obama’s election as president. The motion filed Thursday says Obama was [...]
Washington Times: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Thursday he and Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a mistake when they called anti-health care protests “un-American” last year. “That was not a good phrase, not a good use of language, it was not correct,” Mr. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, said, adding that he did not see anything [...]
Minnesota Independent: Senate Republicans introduced a constitutional amendment Wednesday that would make Minnesota the first state to require a two-thirds majority vote in the legislature to approve federal laws affecting the state. “Minnesotans enjoy inherent, natural, God-given rights,†the bill states, and “Citizens of Minnesota are sovereign individuals, subject to Minnesota law and immune from [...]
