“You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment.”
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told George Stephanopoulos Sunday that President Obama will try and make the case for a public option to be included in healthcare reform legislation, but he won’t threaten to veto a bill that doesn’t include one.
Gibbs also told Stephanopolous, host of ABC News’ “This Week,” that the White House [...]
Here’s the transcript to Glenn Beck’s vicious attack on Van Jones, which he later claims is “not about Van Jones.” Van Jones is the Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and a renowned civil rights leader. Beck blames Jones for the fact that he has [...]
Bob Schieffer, host of the Face The Nation, spoke with Sen. Chuck Grassley Sunday about some controversial comments the Iowa Republican made last week about President Obama’s healthcare proposal, specifically, that the legislation included a provision that would “pull the plug on grandma.”
Grassley said his comments were in response to a constituent’s question.
“The specific language [...]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio is co-sponsor of H.R 676, a single-payer amendment included in the healthcare reform bill. In a recent discussion about the amendment, Kucinich said the month of August should be about redoubling every effort at the state level to show people that only through a single payer system can healthcare costs be [...]
With Sonia Sotomayor’s swearing in over the weekend as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, legal experts are aggressively debating what was learned from her four days of grueling testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee – and even whether these hearings are instructive or merely Capital Hill’s version of Kabuki Theater.
The nomination of [...]
It isn’t unusual that the Republican party is anti-union.
It isn’t even unusual that the Republican National Committee sent to its base a loaded questionnaire with blatantly leading and highly biased questions.
But it is unusual that the party that claims to ally itself with homeland security has not-so-subtly attacked the firefighters and police who responded to [...]
If you support a healthcare bill with a public option in it, chances are many single-payer advocates don’t trust you. If you supported that same bill in exactly the same way and also advocated leaving in it the language that allows states to create single-payer, those same missing passionate advocates might not line up perfectly [...]
