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House Passes Landmark Healthcare Bill with Amendment Backed by Anti-Abortion LawmakersAdobe Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher is required to watch video inline on this webpage, and JavaScript must be enabled. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. House Passes Landmark Healthcare Bill with Amendment Backed by Anti-Abortion Lawmakers The ...
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Community: The Structure of Belonging - Peter BlockThis book is written to support those who care for the well-being of their community. It is for anyone who wants to be part of creating an organization, neighborhood, city, or country that works for all, and who has the faith and the energy to create such a place. I am one of those people. ...
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Malpractice: Savings Reconsidered | FactCheck.orgMalpractice: Savings Reconsidered New evidence shows limiting malpractice liability could cut health care spending by 0.5 percent, CBO says. October 13, 2009 Summary In 2004 we accused President Bush of using "dubious statistics" to support his claim that limiting malpractice awards to ...
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Bill Moyers: Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government?Bill Moyers: Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government? Moyers interviews Marcy Kaptur, a hero of Michael Moore's latest documentary and former IMF head Simon Johnson on Wall Street's purchase of our democracy. The following is excerpted from the ...
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Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBSOctober 9, 2009 Just over a year after economic calamity brought promises of reform from Washington, has Wall Street really changed? Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson and US Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) report on the state of the economy.
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On the government's owners - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comOn the government's owners The most revealing political quote of the last year came, in my view, from the second-highest ranking Democratic Senator, Dick Durbin, who told a local radio station in April : "And the banks -- hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many ...
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House Votes to Expand Hate Crimes Definition - NYTimes.comHouse Votes to Expand Hate Crimes Definition WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to expand the definition of violent federal hate crimes to those committed because of a victim’s sexual orientation, a step that would extend new protection to lesbian, gay and transgender people. Democrats ...
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Obama Prepares For Crucial Health Care Speech : NPRObama Prepares For Crucial Health Care Speech A A September 7, 2009 President Obama got in a little relaxation Sunday afternoon with a game of golf ahead of a pivotal week for one of his administration's key policy objectives: health care. On Monday, Obama plans to attend an AFL-CIO ...
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As a Foreclosure Judge, Arthur Schack Tosses Out Cases, Brooklyn Style - NYTimes.comA ‘Little Judge’ Who Rejects Foreclosures, Brooklyn Style The judge waves you into his chambers in the State Supreme Court building in Brooklyn, past the caveat taped to his wall — “Be sure brain in gear before engaging mouth” — and into his inner office, where foreclosure motions are piled ...
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The BRAD BLOG : SIBEL EDMONDS' DEPOSITION: VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT RELEASEDJust over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly on the record. Twice gagged by the Bush Dept. of Justice's invocation of the so-called "State ...
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