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• in Politics
  Hey Congress, Do You Need A Hearing Aid?
  The Nation is tired, frustrated, and perplexed. Our politicians do not have a clue.
  by joseacolon / on Nov 1, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Senate”

• Loud Calls for a Senate Hearing on New Mammogram Recommendations

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 157
  A bipartisan group of 22 senators representing are calling on the leaders of the chamber’s health committee to examine the new breast cancer screening guidelines that have ignited a recent firestorm on and off Capitol Hill. “These recommendations, which have been widely criticized by patients and doctors alike, ...
  10 hours ago

• Don’t Vote For Kelly Ayotte: GOP Candidate Helped Illegal Aliens

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 628
  By Debbie SchlusselToday’s USA Today cover has a picture of New Hampshire U.S. Senate Seat candidate Kelly Ayotte . . . along with her Mr. Mom hubby taking care of the kiddies, which is sad in and of itself.  (Dude surrendered his man card at the door.)  The article is about at-risk Democrats on the [...]
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• How Mike Capuano Can Become the Next Senator from Massachusetts

  
  Democrats.com - The Aggressive Progressives! — Authority: 559
  By David Swanson Congratulations are in order for Congressman and senate-candidate Mike Capuano of Massachusetts for openly acknowledging that Dick Cheney should be prosecuted for his crimes. Calling Dick Cheney a vampire recently helped Congressman Alan Grayson raise over 1/2 million dollars in a day. But for ...
  11 hours ago

• Grassley Goes After Proposed Medicare Payroll Tax Increase

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 157
  It was inevitable that conservatives would attack the Senate health care reform legislation over the proposed o.5 percent hike in Medicare’s payroll tax for the country’s highest earners. Now they’re drilling down into the specifics. Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Senate Finance ...
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• Breast Practices

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 708
  The Senate is proposing a "botax" on plastic surgery in its health care bill. Slates Christopher Beam tells us why they shouldnt: If Americans were concerned about Congress getting its grubby hands on their Medicare , wait till it touches their breast implants. Among the ways the Senate health care bill pays ...
  12 hours ago

• New Jersey Democrats rethinking marriage push

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  After meeting to discuss a marriage equality bill yesterday, New Jersey Democrats failed to schedule the measure for a vote in the Assembly.  Some Democrats worry they will be seen as “distracted by social issues,” in the Assembly’s lame duck session during tough economic times.  The New York Times reports: ...
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• NY: Another Poll Shows Giuliani Ahead Of Gillibrand

  
  The Hedgehog Report — Authority: 144
  Democrat John Zogby is out with a new poll that Rudy Giuliani might look at if he is deciding whether or not to run for the US Senate next year. US SENATE – NEW YORK (Zogby) Rudy Giuliani (R) 45% Kirsten Gillibrand (D-inc) 43% Kirsten Gillibrand (D-inc) 43% George Pataki (R) 38% This poll was done ...
  13 hours ago

• With school aid fund cuts final, schools sharpen knives to carve budgets

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 649
  Schools across the state are making headlines as they prepare to ax millions of dollars half way through their 2009-2010 budget year. The cuts are necessitated by a state budget passed in Oct. which resulted in significant cuts to the school aid funding allowance, as well as a line item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm ...
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• David Brooks as Oliver Twist’s Workhouse Villain

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 766
  There ya go, Brooksie (photo by alan synchronicity, detail) Except for Dick Cheney, David Brooks must be the only man who has read Charles Dickens and imagines himself as the workhouse manager rather than the starving boy asking for more food. He admires, too, Scrooge and his counting houses, not the Bob Cratchets ...
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• The First Draft: Is the US healthcare debate making Americans feel better?

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 693
  The healthcare reform debate brewing in the U.S. Senate may cause dyspepsia for some special interests.      But the mere prospect of reform could be making the American public feel better already — about health coverage, at least. That’s according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , a nonpartisan ...
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• Fiorina: Boxer Cant Count On Womens Vote Against Me

  
  RealClearPolitics - Politics Nation — Authority: 685
  Carly Fiorina defended her assertion that her gender makes her the stronger Republican candidate to face Barbara Boxer next fall, arguing that she can the stronger appeal to women voters on economic issues. "Barbara Boxer - and in some cases the Democratic Party - has taken the womens vote for granted because they ...
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• GOP Leaders Assert Health Care Bill is Too WIDE

  
  The Satirical Political Report — Authority: 561
  “IT’S REALLY A SLIPPERY SLOPE. ONCE YOU GO BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL 8ай x 11 BOND PAPER, IT’S CLEAR A BILL HAS TRANSGRESSED THE BOUNDARY INTO SOCIALISM.”
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• Ethics Probers Still Havent Talked To Hampton On Ensign Matter

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 771
  Last night, Nightline aired its full interview with Doug Hampton, about the amazing circumstances surrounding the affair between Hamptons wife Cindy and his former boss, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV). Some of the best stuff trickled out early , but there are still a few good new nuggets. For instance: Hampton ...
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• NRSC - New Report Highlights Reality Of Hodes Reckless Government Spending Spree

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 492
  NRSC Says 2010 Election Gives Voters Chance To Restore Government Accountability WASHINGTON – As Senate hopeful U.S. Representative Paul Hodes (D-NH) and his Democrat colleagues move forward with their multi-trillion government-run health care plan, a report by the New York Times today details the impending ...
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• Casey, and the Next Chapter of His Familys Pro-Life Legacy

  
  Swampland — Authority: 743
  Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey will tell you that he doesnt get many more calls from fundraisers or constituents about abortion than he does the public plan, death panels or immigration. "Were getting a lot of inquiries from lots of different groups on several differnet topics," he demurrs. "I dont think its any ...
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• Wade Rathke and the Myth of ACORN

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  -By Anita MonCrief Wade Rathke, former chief organizer of the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), spoke at the University of Memphis yesterday and expressed his dismay at the current predicament ACORN finds itself in: “Rathke stepped down from ACORN in 2008. Since his departure, ...
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• Rand Paul Confused About Medicaid

  
  Page One — Authority: 547
  Check this statement from Rand Paul: U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul said today that Medicaid spending would be better controlled if managed at the state level. “Medicaid can be more frugally managed as a block grant program” he said. “This change would improve America’s fiscal health without hurting ...
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• HEALTH: Centrists Get Ad Deluge From Both Sides

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 516
  by Kasie Hunt Centrist Democratic senators will face a barrage of advertising from the left and the right as they return to their districts for the Thanksgiving holiday in the wake of Saturday’s key procedural vote to move comprehensive health reform legislation forward. Top targets are Sens. Blanche Lincoln , ...
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• Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs to run for the President’s chair in 2012?

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington DC, Nov 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs is perhaps looking forward to a political career in the White House in 2012. The speculation is rampant and he is not denying it either. He said that the talk about his running for the Oval Office is not crazy. In saying so he [...]
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• Words Mean Things

  
  RedState — Authority: 820
  The Senate healthcare bill has numerous flaws – but you needn’t know the details to know that it erodes freedom, restricts your ability to care for your family according to your wishes, costs trillions of dollars, increases taxes, increases premiums and is so massive that it is impossible to comprehend fully. In ...
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