Sorry, there was a YouTube error. It’s been less than four months since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act — and, because of reform, about 1 million uninsured Americans are expected to receive coverage by next year. And that’s just the start. A new bill of rights for patients is starting to take effect, […]

Sorry, there was a YouTube error.   Between choice and circumstance: Six stories from the economic trenches By Manav Tanneeru and Katie Hawkins-Gaar, CNN July 8, 2010 11:02 a.m. EDT Editor’s note: Six CNN iReporters are following someone they know in their community for the entire year to get a measure of how things are […]

Sorry, there was a YouTube error. During the healthcare debate I stated categorically that when middle class America got a chance to see the reality of the good and humaneness within the Healthcare Reform Bill that they would come to see it as one of the best legislations ever passed. The legislation did not remove […]

Sorry, there was a YouTube error.   There was a time when everyone took it for granted that unemployment insurance, which normally terminates after 26 weeks, would be extended in times of persistent joblessness. It was, most people agreed, the decent thing to do. But that was then. Today, American workers face the worst job […]

Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Part-Time Perry takes 15 long weekends Another reminder that Rick Perry’s in it for himself HOUSTON — As Texans prepare to celebrate the 4th of July and many anticipate a special long weekend, for Part-Time Perry it’s just business as usual. According to state schedules for 2010, the incumbent […]

Sorry, there was a YouTube error. It is ludicrous that many want us to cut spending now while still in a recession. It is imperative that those who want to be less stimulative educate themselves on  economics and the history of fiscal actions. When I was young and naïve, I believed that important people took […]

Sorry, there was a YouTube error.   Mark Zandi, chief economist with Moody’s Economy.com and a former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), said Friday that Congress needs to hurry up and reauthorize expired jobless aid or risk derailing the nascent economic recovery. "The odds that the economy will slip back into the recession are […]

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Sorry, there was a YouTube error.   Under the Obama administration, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has spent much of his time playing the role of the go-to yet mercurial Republican negotiator. It’s a function previously carried out by his mentor, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and one that can exact a taxing political cost (see McCain’s […]

Sorry, there was a YouTube error.   GOP Sen. Bob Bennett Says His Own Party Is Short On Policy Ideas (VIDEO) The Huffington Post  Elyse Siegel First Posted: 06-30-10 Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) took aim at his own party’s policy ideas when he took to the podium to speak before a group of moderate Republicans […]