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Mar 19 2017
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America needs to decide: is health care something we owe our citizens?
What exactly are we fighting over when it comes to health reform? Is there really a fundamental philosophical difference between the parties’ positions? Does either party actually have a philosophy of American health care?
On the one hand, the difference between the parties seems clear: the GOP plan is basically a tax cut for the rich that takes health care away from the poorest
VoxNov 09 2022
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Manchin's Comments Create Hope for Bipartisan Entitlements Deal
Several conservative lawmakers said they welcomed Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., indicating the possibility of bipartisan entitlements reform in the next Congress.
Manchin, a moderate Democrat, suggested that lawmakers from both major parties might be able to find common ground on shoring up solvency for programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
"If we don't look at the trust
Newsmax (News)Oct 18 2022
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UK Prime Minister Liz Truss faces serious pressure to resign after failed budget
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss is facing calls to resign from within her own Conservative Party just six weeks after entering Downing Street.
Truss and her former Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng announced a fiscal package – a so-called mini-budget – on Sept. 23. The measures triggered market turmoil, from a plunging pound to pension panic, and a rare public rebuke by the International
CNBCNov 29 2022
News
Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin dies at age 61
US Rep. Donald McEachin, a Virginia Democrat, died Monday, according to a statement from his office. He was 61.
“We are all devastated at the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin,” Tara Rountree, his chief of staff, said in the statement. “Valiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013
CNN DigitalNov 18 2022
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Why Catholics and Orthodox might once again celebrate Easter on the same date
In a move that could lead to Catholics and Orthodox celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ at the same time, the spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians has confirmed his support for finding a common date to celebrate Easter.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople told media that conversations are underway between Church representatives to come to
Catholic News AgencySep 06 2022
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Liz Truss vows energy crisis action ahead of first day as PM
Liz Truss has promised to deal with surging energy costs and to cut taxes, after she won the Tory leadership contest to become the next PM.
Her plan, set to be announced on Thursday, is likely to include a freeze on energy bills - though precisely how it would work is still unclear.
Ms Truss will be formally appointed by the Queen at Balmoral Castle later, after a final speech by
BBC NewsJun 28 2012
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Ruling plays into campaign narrative for both sides
The U.S. Supreme Court's narrow upholding of the health care reform law's constitutionality will launch a complex political ballet, with President Barack Obama and Democrats claiming victory and Republicans vowing to "repeal it lock, stock and barrel." In a complicated 5-4 decision, the court upheld the law and found that the so-called individual mandate can be constitutional under Congress's
CNN DigitalDec 05 2022
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Rep. Comer: 'Thank Goodness for Elon Musk'; 'He's Providing Evidence'
"Thank goodness for Elon Musk," Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, told "Sunday Morning Futures."
"He's definitely the Grinch that stole Christmas for the Democrat National Committee. And what he's showing here is evidence that the Biden campaign colluded with Big Tech to suppress a story that we now know is 100 percent true,”
CNSNews.comMar 15 2022
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How a Murdoch Hopes to Save American Democracy
Over the last decade, as America’s two dominant political parties pulled farther apart, a group of centrist-minded donors was growing increasingly frustrated.
A gridlocked Congress made bipartisan policy wins close to impossible. Campaign-finance reform? The Supreme Court effectively put a stake in it in 2010. Climate legislation? Time and again, it hit a phalanx of Republican
New York Times (News)Jun 16 2022
Opinion
How the Bipartisan Gun Bill Could Still Fall Apart
Something highly irregular is happening in the United States Senate: Bipartisan gun reform talks haven’t completely collapsed several weeks after they began. You might even say they’re progressing.
A group of twenty senators, including 10 Republicans, signed off on a rough outline of a deal over the weekend in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde. The compromise, according
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