Tag: democrats
member name: Cheri Cabot
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December 11, 2009 02:13 AM EST --
Last night Democrats in the Senate offered to scratch the public option in return for the expansion of Medicare to Americans 55 to 67 as well as a low-cost, public insurance plan run by . . .
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November 20, 2009 02:15 AM EST --
Among the first to be invited to the table to talk to President Obama about health care reform were the drug makers. Much to the chagrin of Democrats on the Hill, the White House made a . . .
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October 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT --
In a huge step toward making public option health care a reality, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that the bill he intends to send to the Senate floor next month would . . .
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August 12, 2009 03:44 PM EDT --
An estimat ed crowd of 3,000 descended on Alhambra, CA, Tuesday night for Congressman Adam Schiff’s town hall meeting on health care. A Democrat, representing California’s 29th district, Schiff . . .
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October 12, 2009 12:22 AM EDT --
Blue Dog Democrats are the biggest roadblock for a public option health care plan being passed, since Republicans are a non-consideration. Some of the most stubborn Blue Dogs resisting a . . .
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August 25, 2009 03:05 AM EDT --
First, some sobering statistics:
• Since 2002 the average increase in health care premiums paid to U.S. health-insurance companies: +87% (Harpers)
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February 12, 2007 11:53 PM EST --
The perjury and obstruction of justice trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, is a case of White House spin turned . . .
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March 27, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and the Justice Department seem to have fallen down the dark rabbit hole and can’t get out.
On Friday, which is the day of the week the . . .
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April 03, 2007 08:39 AM EDT --
Three weeks ago my daughter had a baby. She will be taking three months of maternity leave, just as she did with her first baby. There was never any doubt or question that she would be allowed to . . .
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April 25, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
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September 07, 2007 02:19 AM EDT --
Hypocrisy: 1) a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one des not; the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion 2) an act or instance of hypocrisy
Dave Barbee, head of the Richmond . . .
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November 01, 2007 12:32 AM EDT --
Bulletins have been coming in fast and furious this week from various points in Iowa.
Larry in Ames has been very prolific in providing information. He told me, “Cheri, in my total un-scientific . . .
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January 04, 2008 01:54 AM EST --
My son-in-law called me from Northeast Iowa as soon as he got home from his caucus this evening. It was the first time he and his folks had participated in a caucus. In the past they has always supported . . .
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January 22, 2008 10:00 PM EST --
Neither Wall Street, nor stock markets around the world, were impressed with Bush's proffered economic stimulus. While Wall Street was closed Monday, markets from Brazil to Tokyo nose-dived . . .
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March 13, 2009 03:25 AM EDT --
Call it what you will, pork, pork barrel, pet projects, political gifts or earmarks, it is all the same thing: money from the federal government – manna from heaven. A longtime tool used by politicians . . .
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April 10, 2007 09:40 PM EDT --
A record number of students are heading to college, which means for the . . .
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May 01, 2007 05:44 PM EDT --
Right on the heels of the financial aid scandal at the university level, comes more disturbing news. John Higgins, the Education Department’s inspector general, has asked the Justice . . .
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June 12, 2007 08:21 PM EDT --
Suddenly, from seemly out of nowhere, Bush announces plans to put missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic, right at Russia’s doorstep, under the guise of a NATO defense shield. A defense . . .
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June 20, 2007 08:07 PM EDT --
If you take a look at all the Republicans running for president, which includes “announced candidates”, “possible candidates”, and my personal favorite, . . .
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June 26, 2007 07:29 PM EDT --
In one fell swoop yesterday the Supreme Court managed to strike a significant blow to the Constitution, limiting free speech and loosening the separation of church and state. In other decisions . . .
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