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Senate Finance Committee Approves Amendment Providing Millions for Abstinence Education
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The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday night approved an amendment providing tens of millions of dollars to fund abstinence education programs for teens. The proposal, offered by Sen. Orrin Hatch... More
Submitted 5 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder on Healthcare | 0 Comments |
Washington Independent's Public Option Scoreboard
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As the health care debate twists and turns through the Senate, the prospects for a public option remain murky. This scoreboard, updated daily, can serve as your one-stop shop for senators’ stances... More
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The Waiting Room
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But Susan Collins (R-Maine), a key swing senator who some expected to follow the lead of her colleague Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), backed further away from the public option yesterday when she... More
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ACLU Responds to Mandatory E-Verify
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Here’s what Chris Calabrese, American Civil Liberties Union legislative counsel, had to say about E-Verify going into effect today: "In the middle of the toughest job market in decades, the... More
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E-Verify Mandate Begins Today
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The Obama administration today begins implementation of a new mandate to require all federal contractors to check the legal status of their employees to confirm their eligibility to work in the United... More
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Filming the Financial Crisis
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For many people, one of the confounding things about the financial crisis has been trying to grasp exactly what happened on Wall Street — and how things could have gotten so out of hand. The... More
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Ron Paul: Kennedy Death Is to Health Care as 9/11 Was to Foreign Policy
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Some blunt talk in a local news interview from Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), tying in to my story from last night on how Republicans are trying to make Ted Kennedy’s death irrelevant to the health care... More
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Mike Huckabee: Obama-Style Health Care Might Have Made Kennedy ‘Take Pain Pills and Die’
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Sam Stein listens in to Mike Huckabee’s little-noticed radio commentaries for ABC and finds a bit of bad taste. Huckabee’s commentary on the morning of Aug. 27, which aired hours after the death... More
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Immigration Advocates Eye New GOP Florida Senator
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Immigration advocates are wondering what the newly chosen Florida senator-to-be, George LeMieux (R), is going to mean for their campaign for immigration reform — as well as how the pick could... More
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Immigration Advocates Mourn Kennedy’s Passing
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There’s been an outpouring of praise for the life and legacy of Sen. Edward Kennedy from advocates of immigration reform, who call him the leading champion for immigrants’ rights, from his... More
Submitted 6 months ago by saramediaconsortium on Immigration | 0 Comments |
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