The Senate Health Committee released their version of a health care bill. This version of the health care bill passed by a vote of 13-10, mostly along party lines. Republicans have said that including a public option in a new health care bill is unacceptable and many have vowed to vote against any bill that includes [...]
The US House of Representatives released its version of a health care bill designed to provide health insurance to all Americans. Under the House’s plan, a new surtax will be placed on Americans earning more than $1 million.
It is expected that there will be a revisions of the bill designed to get the bill passed, but for now this is the bill in its 1,018 page glory. That’s right, 1,018 pages. The house resolution is below.
How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? How do you find a word that means Maria? Apparently Gov. Mark Sanford hasn’t quite figured that out. All jokes aside, though, a paper recently published emails between the governor and his Argentinian paramour that went back and forth [...]
Maybe they got it right this time. You’ll recall that early in May, advocates of same-sex marriage were overjoyed when New Hampshire’s state congress legalized same-sex marriage. Unfortunately for them, the state’s Democratic governor refused to sign the law and sent it back down to the House because of a provision he thought threatened certain [...]
Disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich was officially indicted today on multiple charges. The governor has been declaring his innocence and the existence of an unfounded “witch hunt” since charges of his attempts to sell President Obama’s vacant US Senate seat first surfaced. The indictment includes 16 felony counts, including racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, extortion conspiracy, [...]