Articles, tagged with "senate majority leader", page 1
FINALLY, A DEBT DEAL GETS DONE
The Budget Control Act of 2011 is poised to become law – just in time to meet the August 2 Treasury deadline and reassure world financial markets. The framework of the new law is complex and shows that both Democrats and Republicans can claim some victori...
Earn A lot more From Your Blog
A weblog is occasionally said to be merely a way to reflect your inner self on-line where the public can see and read. Blogs are written on any subject from a rant on high gas costs to what you think about the new president. The interesting thing is that ...
Do we need health care?
In the name of reducing the federal deficit, leaders from both political parties have suggested shrinking or eliminating healthcare tax breaks.
Should the tax breaks get cut or eliminated, the obvious result would be that fewer employers would offer he...
Nevada's Angle Brings in Help After Tough Stretch
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Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle enlisted another seasoned political operative Tuesday to help steady a campaign that has been slowed by growing pains...
Reid Ad Faults Opponent for Oil Spill Fund Comment
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seized Tuesday on the devastating Gulf oil spill in a TV ad to depict Republican Sharron Angle as an extremist who would gut f...
Health Insurance Reform: Democrats Go Back To The Drawing Board
The victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election on Tuesday is a game changer for the future of healthcare reform. The carefully crafted compromise among House and Senate Democrats is effectively moot; Brown's presence in the la...
Scott Brown For Health Insurance Reform Before He Was Against It?
Senator-elect Scott Brown won his seat largely due to voter discontent over healthcare reform. The newest Massachusetts senator is a symbol of populist anger, and a possible harbinger for more wide-ranging Democratic defeats in the fall mid-term elections...
G.O.P. Chairman Urges Reid to Step Down Over Remarks
Michael Steele, the Republican Party chairman, called Sunday for Harry Reid to step down as U.S. Senate majority leader in the wake of revelations of Mr. Reid's remarks in 2008 about Barack Obama's skin color and dialect.
A new book about the 2008 cam...
Healthcare - Is There A Solution?
January 2, 2010 (ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - Health insurance is one of the many entitlement programs this country offers its American citizens. As Congress grapples with itself in passing a legislative bill and offering affordable health insurance, ensuing a...
Give Chuck Schumer 1.2 Million Volts For Christmas
Chuck is in the news again. Not Charles Barkley, whom I like, but Chuck (U Farley) Schumer, the senior Senator from New York, who last weekend was on a plane spreading the holiday cheer.
Chuck has a special way of making people feel good when he trave...
The Coming 69% Capital Gains Tax Increase May Be Even Higher
Wall Street Journal editorial, A 69% Capital Gains Tax Hike . . . Pelosi's 5.4% Income Surtax Would Hit Capital Gains and Dividends:
House Democrats are funding their new entitlement with a 5.4% surtax on incomes above $500,000 for individuals and abov...
The Tax Changes in the Senates Health Care Reform Bill
A few weeks ago the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and key Democratic leaders announced their highly anticipated health care reform bill, which has already been voted to the debate floor. For those of you who do not remember, the House of Representativ...
States Can Opt Out of Public Option Health Insurance Plans
There has been much speculation over the possible inclusion of a public option in the healthcare reform bill. Despite the controversy, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to ensure that a government-run health insurance program, intended to compete wi...
Bill Clinton: Imperfect Healthcare Reform Better Than None
The current healthcare reform debate must bring up some bad memories for former President Bill Clinton. He, with the help of then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, tried to enact their own bill to reform the health insurance industry early in his first term...
Will Democrats Pass Affordable Health Insurance Reform?
The fight over healthcare reform has reached the Senate, and may take longer than previously expected. Reform intended to promote the wider availability of affordable health insurance seems to have lost the momentum recently gained via its nail-biting pas...