With the health care debate preoccupying the mainstream media, it has gone virtually unreported that the Barack Obama administration supported the renewal of provisions of the George W. Bush-era USA Patriot Act, the same bill that many democrats considered as infringement on basic freedoms.
By Rachel Alexander.
The country is in the midst of a Tea Party revolt movement that began last spring and has not lost steam. The revolt began over the federal bailouts – and McCain, labeled “Obama-lite” as a result – voted for several of them.
New polls show Republican candidate Scott Brown pulling ahead in key districts in the Massachusetts Senate race. Democrat Martha Coakley is running a new television ad featuring President Obama. The ad features parts of Mr. Obama’s speech from a Sunday Coakley campaign event.
As 2009 ended, Democrats watched a string of their House members announce retirements and one congressman defect to the GOP.
All sorts of speculations are now being launched as to whether the party, which seemed unflappable just a year ago, is restructuring.
Democrats, who have a 60-40 Senate majority that includes two independents who vote with them, [...]
Which is more powerful, fear or inspirational vision? This is a question that as a Party, Republicans must ask themselves as they prepare for elections this fall, and the positioning that they will take to capture the hearts and minds of the electorate.
Senate Democrats decided to pass the health care bill before the Christmas break. With Republicans unanimously opposed, Democrats need the support of their entire caucus to overcome a filibuster and move to a final vote on the bill later this week.
President Obama appealed directly to democrat senators yesterday. He urged them to stand together and overhaul the nation’s health care system.
Obama made a trip to the Capitol during a rare weekend legislative session to ask rank-and-file Democrats to work for compromise and do it quickly.
Harry Read, Senate Majority Leader also invited Vice President Joe Biden [...]
People around the country are held in the uncomfortable position of anxious uncertainty awaiting possible healthcare legislation to come from Washington. The healthcare debate, which has been ongoing since last spring, has evoked strong opinions and emotions from both parties, nearly every public official, and the constituencies of many congressmen. Numerous protests and demonstrations have popped [...]
The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 to send its version of reform legislation to the Senate floor, becoming the last of five panels to act on legislation marking the biggest advance so far toward health care reform.
The battle over health care reform has only just begun. Republicans are still overwhelmingly opposed to U.S. President Barack [...]
The Senate Finance Committee voted to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education. One abstinence education supporter said the action was a victory for “the hard work of grassroots” efforts.
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) sponsored the measure, which passed over the objections of committee chairman Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.). All ten Republicans [...]
