Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
While Congress lags on climate, some firms take the lead
Posted on March, 5 at 4:24 am | Filed Under Environmental
by Wood Turner, GreenBiz.com
It’s easy to get the impression that there is no hope for climate action. Perhaps you’ve heard that the recent snowstorms in Washington, D.C., buried any chance to pass a comprehensive energy and climate bill? Or that hacked emails have set the climate movement back a decade?
Ethiopia under Woyanne added to money laundering blacklist
Posted on February, 26 at 3:42 am | Filed Under Health and Fitness
EDITOR’S NOTE: Also remember that a special envoy to the U.N. reported (read here) that much of Al Shabab’s weapons are being bought from Woyanne and Uganda military commanders in Somalia with the full knowledge of U.S. Department officials. The U.S. Congress needs to investigate this corruption and force the State Department to clean up [...]
What We Owe
Posted on February, 18 at 12:18 am | Filed Under Commentary
What the US owes in debt has grown to half of this nation’s GDP because of Obama.
Each family in the US owes $300,000.00 to pay off our national debt – thanks to Obama.
Not only has Obama spent more in his first 6 months than Bush spent in 8 years, Obama also voted for all the [...]
President Obama: the Answer is Medicare for All
Posted on February, 17 at 11:48 am | Filed Under Health and Fitness
Talking points below.
Once again the president and congress are not including any discussion of the only real solution to America’s health care problems – expanding and improving Medicare to cover everyone in America. On February 25th, the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care will be holding a “Sidewalk Summit for Improved Medicare for All” outside [...]
Send a Love Letter to the Editor
Posted on February, 12 at 1:00 pm | Filed Under Health and Fitness
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, can you help us get the message out that Congress and President Obama need to break up with insurance and drug companies and show some love to the American people by supporting the real solution to the health care crisis: improved Medicare for All?
In just a few minutes, you [...]
Repubs, Dems, Blue Dogs and Tea Partiers: Everybody Loves Medicare
Posted on February, 12 at 1:00 pm | Filed Under Health and Fitness
By Donna Smith -
President Obama keeps torturing himself and the 111th Congress by trying to come up with new ways to work together and a single healthcare reform effort that all could embrace politically, morally and fiscally. He need not struggle so hard, as the leaders in each of the groups clamoring for leadership [...]
State-by-State Abortion Rates [INFOGRAPHIC]
Posted on January, 23 at 1:48 am | Filed Under Health and Fitness
Congress is trying to wrap up health-care reform this week. One of the major issues in the bill has been whether it would provide government funding for abortions. In thinking about the debate, it’s good to have a grasp on the scope of the issue. This is a graphic of the abortion rates around the [...]
The Watchdog: Government postpones a identity theft protection program — again – Fort Worth Star Telegram
Posted on December, 27 at 11:24 pm | Filed Under Identity Theft
The Watchdog: Government postpones a identity theft protection program — againFort Worth Star TelegramJay Foley of the Identity Theft Resource Center says, "Each and every time the various lobbies go forward to Congress and say, 'Hey, wait a second. …
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Forum Partner World Resources Institute Analyzes Emissions Reductions in Energy Bills Currently …
Posted on November, 5 at 9:24 am | Filed Under Environmental
New analysis compares emissions reductions in the current Kerry-Boxer and Waxman-Markey bills. WRI has released a new assessment of greenhouse gas emissions reductions that could be achieved under the proposals currently under consideration in the 111th Congress.
Evangelicals and Immigration
Posted on October, 12 at 9:12 pm | Filed Under News
American evangelicals have approved a resolution calling for Congress to approve changes in immigration (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier) law. The resolution by the…
AAFP Board Chair Warns Congress That H1N1 May Affect Physicians’ Ability to Care for Patients
Posted on September, 26 at 11:12 pm | Filed Under Health and Fitness
The novel influenza A (H1N1) virus could overwhelm the nation’s health care system by exacerbating the existing shortages of physicians and other health care professionals, thus leaving some patients who contract the virus without proper medical attention. That was one of the main messages delivered by witnesses who testified before the House Committee on Small [...]
President Obama – You Lie
Posted on September, 12 at 4:00 am | Filed Under Commentary
Yeah, the issue isn’t that someone finally said it, the issue is that the President is lying:
Obama Speech Fact Check (blog.heritage.org)
Fact checking President Barack Obama’s health care speech from last night, the Associated Press reports: “The president’s speech to Congress contained a variety of oversimplifications and omissions in laying out what he wants to do [...]
Obama Gets One Bad Comment and Media Cries
Posted on September, 12 at 4:00 am | Filed Under Commentary
Ok, so there’s one little, two word comment to Obama and you’d think the world was over. Bush had many boos in Congress in 2005… remember?
-Tony
Churches Step Into Health Care Debate
Posted on August, 20 at 8:12 pm | Filed Under News
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Congress may be on summer recess, but Americans who are motivated by their faith are joining the conversation over…
Obama Kinda Whiny
Posted on July, 29 at 4:14 pm | Filed Under News
Is it just me or is Obama kinda whiny?
He’s complaining more about how he got handed a bad deal from Bush. That’s very immature and yeah, childish. Not Presidential at all. Pretty embarassing, too.
Obama knew what he was getting into when he took office.
Obama knew what he was getting into when he signed the stimulus [...]