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Mar 15 2013
Opinion
Employers Blast Fees From New Health Law
Employers are bracing for a little-noticed fee in the federal health-care law that will charge them 63 for each person they insure next year bringing into focus one of the clearest cost increases companies face when the law takes full effect.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 27 2014
News
States with the most government benefits
Politicians Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan recently introduced a plan to fight poverty by transferring more responsibility to the states. While the federal government offers various assistance programs to U.S. residents in need — anything from unemployment benefits to food stamps — the states provide additional services and benefits.
USA TODAYSep 01 2014
News
Labor Day Turns Attention Back to Minimum-Wage Debate
The White House and union leaders are using Labor Day reinvigorate efforts to raise the minimum wage.
Legislation to increase the federal pay floor from $7.25 an hour stalled in Congress this spring, but Democrats hope the issue will resonate with voters in November, especially in states with closely contested Senate races.
“Raising the minimum wage would be one of the best ways
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 18 2019
News
How gay marriage won America
The decade saw a seismic shift in how society views LGBTQ people.
When Robin Tyler married Diane Olson 11 years ago, she assured her it would be a small, simple wedding. “I promised Diane something very quiet, not a spectacle,” Tyler said, laughing.
The reality was anything but: Friends and family had to stand on chairs to watch the ceremony, which took place on the steps of the
VoxMay 14 2020
Analysis
The Supreme Court Isn’t Eager to Let Faithless Electors Blow Up the 2020 Election
No justice seemed prepared to let 538 obscure party loyalists choose the next president.
The Supreme Court indicated on Wednesday that it probably won’t blow up the 2020 election by letting 538 people you’ve never heard of pick the president. This presidential race promises to be one of the most divisive and chaotic in recent history, and courts should not inject any unnecessary mayhem
SlateMay 05 2014
Opinion
Massachusetts ditches RomneyCare health exchange
RomneyCarersquos pioneering health insurance exchange is headed for the scrap heap. Bay State officials are taking steps this week to junk central parts of their dysfunctional health insurance exchange mdash the model for President Barack Obamarsquos health care law mdash and merge with the federal enrollment site HealthCare.gov. The decision...
PoliticoSep 16 2013
News
U.S. releases illegal immigrants who are sex offenders
The news last week that federal authorities had to release 2,837 convicted sex offenders back onto the streets has renewed focus on a Supreme Court case that requires the government to release immigrants whose home countries wont take them back.
Washington TimesJun 13 2019
News
Trump defends census citizenship question
US President Donald Trump has defended adding a citizenship question to the census after ordering documents that could shed light on the decision should be kept under wraps.
He said it would be "ridiculous" not to ask the question, but critics say it is racially motivated.
Democrats later voted to hold Trump administration officials in contempt for refusing to turn over the files
BBC NewsJan 30 2017
News
Trump’s Order on Refugees: Mostly Right on Substance, Wrong on Rollout
On Friday, Donald Trump signed an executive order halting admission of refugees for 120 days and halting travel from seven majority-Muslim countries — Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, and Somalia — for 90 days while the federal government undertakes a review of admission procedures. He has also imposed an annual cap of 50,000 refugees. The instant backlash, which has culminated in
National Review (News)Dec 11 2012
News
House, Senate Democrats: ‘We’re Not Budging’ on Entitlement Cuts in Fiscal Cliff Deal
Senior House and Senate Democrats said that they were opposed to any fiscal cliff deal that would cut Medicare or Medicaid, telling the White House and House Republicans they opposed any plan that would cut federal health care programs.
CNSNews.com