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Corporal Punishment of Young People
Engr | 12 hours ago by Ricky Jake
about the detrimental effects of hitting children and alternative positive parenting methods and a committed investment in family services to support parents. Conference therefore calls for legislation to ban all physical punishment of ch read more
Protection of Desert Land Faces Off With New Energy Sources
daily two cents | 12 hours ago by Kfblog
New York Times - By Todd Woody - Dec. 22 (News Report) - Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to protect a million acres of the Mojave Desert in California by scuttling planned solar plants and wind farms.NewsTrust Rating: Not rated yet - read more
Senate OK's health care bill in victory for Obama n (AP)
THE PEREZ NOTES | 12 hours ago by pereznotes
AP - In an epic struggle settled at dawn, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed health care legislation Thursday, a triumph for President Barack Obama that clears the way for compromise talks with the House on a bill to reduce the ranks of the unin read more
Peter Dreier: Pass the bill - then improve it
show me yours | 15 hours ago
There are many lessons to learn from the health care war that has raged over the past year. We'll get to some of them below. But here's the bottom line: Pass the bill, then improve it. The health care bill that will emerge from the House-Senate c read more
Senate OK’s health care bill in victory for Obama - Yahoo! News
Here, the tongues do the slashing! | 15 hours ago by Jake
WASHINGTON – In an epic struggle settled at dawn, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed health care legislation Thursday, a triumph for President Barack Obama that clears the way for compromise talks with the House on a bill to reduce the ran read more
The Realities Of Passing Health Care & The Risks Of Not
Donklephant | 15 hours ago
Time and time again during this grand debate, I’ve said that compromise was not only appropriate, but also absolutely necessary if we wanted anything passed. Yes, this legislation is flawed. But all important legislation is. Eventually, weR read more
Health Care Reform: A Year In Review
The Apathy Remedy | 16 hours ago by Corey P
This year, we have accomplished something and we should not forget that. Dems tried bipartisanship, but didn't let failed attempts impede them from passing legislation. The legislation from both houses is predicted to cut costs over a ten year perio read more
Americans will warm to health care bill
Thaifiles.net | 18 hours ago by tagecho seagullt
Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd says he expects the federal health care legislation to be extremely popular, despite opinion polls that show a majority of Americans oppose it.1 Vote(s) read more
Obama Hails ‘Historic’ Passage of Senate Health Care Bill 200…
MastiFunda.com - Fashion And News Magazine | 21 hours ago by Rana Ahsan
Barack Obama Hails ‘Historic’ Passage of Senate Health Bill, With the US Senate passing on Thursday its version of legislation to overhaul the US healthcare system, President Barack Obama said supporters were “incredibly close read more
Obamacare To Cost Middle Class Families $15,000 A Year
MyInfo4U.net | 21 hours ago by Emanuel
Paul Joseph WatsonPrison PlanetFamilies struggling in the midst of a deep recession who earn a combined total greater than $88,200 and don’t have their health care covered by their employer will be hit with a mandatory annual fee of about $15,000 a read more
Decades-long struggle
American Election News | 22 hours ago
Today, the Senate made history when we voted to pass our version of the health care reform bill. The decades-long struggle to ensure Americans have adequate health care coverage has been a long and winding path, with great leaps forward and painful read more
Obama Hails ‘Historic’ Passage of Senate Health Care Bill 200…
Pakistan News | 22 hours ago
Barack Obama Hails ‘Historic’ Passage of Senate Health Bill, With the US Senate passing on Thursday its version of legislation to overhaul the US healthcare system, President Barack Obama said supporters were “incredibly close” read more
Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul Bill
Suzie-Q | 22 hours ago
President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., spoke at the White House after Senate voted on the health care bill on Thursday. - Luke Sharrett/The New York Times ROBERT PEAR | NYT | December 24, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Senate voted read more
Video: President Obama Statement on Health Reform Passage
RootsWire | 22 hours ago by Steve Hanson
Original Author: noreply@blogger.com (Lowell) In a historic vote that took place this morning, members of the Senate joined their colleagues in the Ho read more
Senate OKs health care measure, reaching milestone
Entertainment | 23 hours ago by Farazuddin
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history. read more
We Can Still Stop Government Takeover Of Health Care
Congress Check | 23 hours ago
Kurt Nimmo Prison Planet.com Thursday, December 24, 2009 RELATED: Senate Passes Healthcare Reform But Negotiations With House Will Be Tough Democrats in the Senate have rammed through their totalitarian Obamacare at gunpoint bill. But there is much read more
Quick takes [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom | 23 hours ago by Jeff Goldstein
Senate Democrats prove their lust for power trumps what their constituents want or the Constitution. The legislation would ban the insurance industry from denying benefits or charging higher premiums on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions. T read more
Senate Passes 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'
Kansas Free Press | 23 hours ago by Everyday Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This morning, the U.S. Senate passed (60-39) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The House of Representatives had passed their own health care bill last month. Now, with two different bills passed by the two bodies, read more
Chamber of Commerce on ObamaCare passage…
Legislative Aid | 23 hours ago by Anonymous Staffer
Chamber of Commerce on ObamaCare passage: Despite numerous polls showing the majority of Americans are opposed to the Senate health care bill, sixty senators chose to ignore their objections. The business community has been consistent in calling for read more
Partisan Vote to Restructure 16% of the U.S. Economy
The Tax Lawyer's Blog | 23 hours ago by Peter
As expected, this morning the Senate passed its healthcare reform bill on a 60-39 strict party line vote. Here’s the line score: Healthcare Reform Act of 2009 – 0% Republicans and 100% Democrats Compare this to the bipartisan “y read more
It’s done. ObamaCare roundup: Right Win…
Legislative Aid | 23 hours ago by Anonymous Staffer
It’s done. ObamaCare roundup: Right Wing Nut House: I must confess that the more I read of the health care reform bill that just passed the senate this morning, the more it grows on me. Unfortunately, that growth is a cancerous tumor, one that read more
Rasmussen: Voters Waking Up To Health Care Lies
America Needs Me | 23 hours ago by Stephen Kruiser
If only Harry Reid was capable of a Grinch-like epiphany. Senate Democrats are celebrating this morning for passing their version of health care reform, but voters still don’t like much of what they see. At the start of the week, 41% of voters nat read more
Senate’s Christmas Gift: “Abortion For All, At Taxpayer-Expen…
Congress Check | December 24th 2009
Anti-abortion group slams Senate’s 7am Christmas Eve “betrayal” Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com Thursday, Dec 24, 2009 The passage of the healthcare overhaul in the Senate has prompted strong reaction from a leading anti-abortion gr read more
Simmons Statement On Senate Passage Of Health Care Legislation
Ameriborn News | December 24th 2009 by William Landers
(MYSTIC) - Rob Simmons, candidate for US Senate, made the following statement in reaction to Senate Democrats' passage of health care legislation: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] read more
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) on Marijuana Legislation
NORML's Daily Audio Stash Blog | December 24th 2009 by NORML
Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 2943, the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009. I appreciate your views about the use of marijuana. Its use remains controversial with men and women of good will on both sides of read more
Greece: Immigrants to get citizenship
Islam in Europe | December 24th 2009 by Esther
Greece: Immigrants to get citizenshipCabinet approves pioneering draft law to give foreigners and their children greater rightsSecond-generation immigrants are going to be given the right to claim Greek citizenship and vote in the country’s electio read more
NRF Calls Senate Health Care Bill Unwanted Gift, Says Passage Cou…
Congress Check | December 24th 2009
Business Wire Thursday, December 24, 2009 WASHINGTON – (Business Wire) The National Retail Federation expressed disappointment at today’s Senate passage of health care reform legislation, saying the measure does little to reduce costs for read more
Critics React To Passage Of Health Care Bill
Congress Check | December 24th 2009
Prison Planet.com Thursday, December 24, 2009 “Not even Ebenezer Scrooge himself could devise a scheme as cruel and greedy as Democrats’ government takeover of health care. Sen. Reid’s health care bill increases premiums for fami read more
As Dorgan Clears The Way For New Carbon Regulation, ND Oil Patch…
Say Anything | December 24th 2009
I’ve posted previously about Senator Byron Dorgan using a procedural maneuver in the Senate, at the behest of majority leader Harry Reid, to kill legislation that would have prevented the EPA from seizing broad new regulatory control over gases read more
Senate Passes Health Care Reform --A Great Day for the USA
Grace Sign Posts | December 24th 2009 by Deb
This morning after an arduous, long and dramatic ordeal, the US Senate approved the Health Care Reform Act. While the struggle to provide health care for all is far from over, this is an historic achievement.While I was sceptical whether the Democra read more
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