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Jan 19 2014
News
The White House Just Reportedly Delayed Yet Another Key Obamacare Provision
The White House has reportedly delayed another key provision of the Affordable Care Act — one that prevents employers from providing better health care to top executives versus employees.
According to the New York Times, “tax officials said they would not enforce the provision this year because they had yet to issue regulations for employers to follow.”
“…tax officials said they
The Blaze
Dec 20 2012
News
Boehner to hold vote on ‘Plan B’ to skirt ‘fiscal cliff’
House Speaker John A. Boehner on Wednesday dared President Obama to veto the Republican “Plan B offer to avoid the “fiscal cliff  higher tax rates on those making more than $1 million but tax cuts for everyone else  even as the president pleaded for cooperation rather than confrontation, saying he has already moved halfway.
Washington Times
Aug 18 2020
Opinion
The first night of the DNC did something radical. It let us feel normal again.
You don’t usually need to market normal. But on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, that was the most powerful element of the party’s pitch: Vote for Joe Biden, a regular guy, and you can have some semblance of your everyday life back.
As politics, that’s a modest pitch. But as television, the convention did something impressive: It made ordinary life feel within
Washington Post
Jan 15 2013
Opinion
Faith in Immigration Enforcement Is Misplaced
In immigration reform discussions on Capitol Hill, the Obama administration is supporting stronger border security measures and more penalties for employers that hire unauthorized immigrants in exchange for earned legalization  continuing Obamas actions so far.
Cato Institute
Aug 14 2019
News
Timing is everything: Why 'off year' elections are a turnout buzz kill
The mayor of Fort Worth, Betsy Price, had an answer for her city's historically low turnout in local elections. She blamed the schools.
"Part of the problem is public schools aren't teaching civic engagement," she said during a mayoral debate in May, the election a few days away.
One of her challengers, though, blamed the press. "If the media would get more behind things and get
The Fulcrum
May 03 2019
News
Michael Cohen reporting to prison Monday
"The Situation" and the Fyre Festival fraudster are already there. President Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is up next.
It's not reality TV. It's a federal prison 70 miles from New York City where white-collar and D-list scoundrels can do time while playing bocce ball and noshing on rugelach.
Cohen, 53, is due to report Monday to the Federal Correctional
CBS News (Online)
Mar 29 2013
News
Mary Landrieu's 2014 playbook is her own
Sen. Mary Landrieu hasnrsquot gotten the memo to other 2014 red state Democrats run scared. Instead she is happily following her own playbook. The Louisiana Democrat confidently voted last week for the Democratic budget with its 1 trillion in tax hikes. She was one of only 20 Democrats who favored keeping the medical device tax an element of...
Politico
Jul 08 2013
Opinion
Immigration: Assimilation and the measure of an American
Immigration reform making its way through Congress and the Boston Marathon bombings allegedly committed by two Chechen immigrants has raised heated debate about how we measure the assimilation of newcomers civically culturally economically and even patriotically.
Christian Science Monitor
Dec 16 2013
News
New Report Says Obamacare Navigator Program Marred by Mismanagement, Confusion
A new report produced by Rep. Darrell Issa's House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reveals that Obamacare's controversial "Navigator and Assister" program has suffered from chronic poor management, resulting in widespread disarray, since the law's October 1 launch date. A
Townhall
Sep 28 2012
Candidate Stances
Pushing for the DREAM Act
President Obama recognizes that our immigration system is broken, and hes taking steps to make immigration policy more fair, efficient, and just. He is committed to working with Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform and the DREAM Act
Barack Obama