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Bills Pass on Debt and War Funds - NYTimes.comBills Pass on Debt and War Funds WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday narrowly approved a short-term, $290 billion increase in federal borrowing power, setting the stage for a major fight over national fiscal policy in 2010. As the House finished its business for the year, lawmakers, in a ...
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Unemployed Face End of Subsidy for Cobra Health Insurance - NYTimes.comStrains Felt in Health Coverage for Jobless While lawmakers in Washington continue to debate how to make health care affordable for more Americans, thousands of unemployed New Yorkers like Rhonda R. Baumser are suddenly struggling to hang onto their health coverage. Ms. Baumser, a lifelong ...
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Health Care Reform and Social JusticeHealth Care Reform and Social Justice This is a transcript of a talk by Bruce Bodaken, CEO of Blue Shield of California. Bodaken was a distinguished visiting scholar at the Center Nov. 5 and 6, 2009. PowerPoint slides from the talk More Information on Health Care Ethics I want to ...
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Congressman Kucinich’s Response to President Obama’s “Just War” Doctrine | CommonDreams.orgFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2009 11:07 AM CONTACT: Congressman Dennis Kucinich Nathan White (202)225-5871 Congressman Kucinich’s Response to President Obama’s “Just War” Doctrine WASHINGTON - December 11 - “Yesterday, our president mused about the inevitability of war, war’s ...
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The face of rotted Washington"When the sad and destructive history of the U.S. over the last decade is written, the coddled, nepotistic, self-serving face of Evan Bayh should be prominently included. It embodies virtually every cause."
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Two Former Bagram Detainees Held Without Charge Describe Torture and Wrongful ImprisonmentThe Mail Tribune newspaper of Southern Oregon published a story on Amy Goodman’s tour stop in Ashland, Oregon. Reporter Paris Achen wrote, "Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! , told a crowd of about 300 people at Ashland’s Southern Oregon University Sunday night that print and TV media have ...
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OpEdNews - Kevin Gosztola: Rejecting the Narrative for Health Reform in America, Believing in a Better WayNovember 23, 2009 at 10:09:23 Rejecting the Narrative for Health Reform in America, Believing in a Better Way By Kevin Gosztola ( about the author ) Page 1 of 4 page(s) For OpEdNews: Kevin Gosztola - Writer To the extent that politicians in Washington, D.C. have not attempted reform of ...
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Payback Time - Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government - Series - NYTimes.comWave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government WASHINGTON — The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.’s on terms that seem too good to be true. But that happy situation, aided by ultralow interest rates, may not last much longer. Treasury ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Visceral Has Its Value - NYTimes.comVisceral Has Its Value WASHINGTON It’s easy to dismiss Sarah Palin. She’s back on the trail, with the tumbling hair and tumbling thoughts. The queen of the scenic strip mall known as Wasilla now reigns over thrilled subjects thronging to a politically strategic swath of American strip malls. ...
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New Consensus Views Stimulus as Worthy Step - NYTimes.comNew Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step WASHINGTON — Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent , some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The ...
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