Friday, June 29, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Obama's Legacy at Risk After Health Fight
Mike Dorning, BusinessWeek
The outcome of a 100-year fight for U.S. national health care rests on the verdict today of nine justices, who will emerge from behind a red velvet curtain.Just four months before the presidential election, the Supreme Court is poised to rule on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's biggest legislative achievement, which would extend coverage to at least 30 million uninsured Americans in the biggest overhaul of the nation's health-care system since Medicare and Medicaid were enacted in 1965.Â
The outcome of a 100-year fight for U.S. national health care rests on the verdict today of nine justices, who will emerge from behind a red velvet curtain.Just four months before the presidential election, the Supreme Court is poised to rule on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's biggest legislative achievement, which would extend coverage to at least 30 million uninsured Americans in the biggest overhaul of the nation's health-care system since Medicare and Medicaid were enacted in 1965.Â
John Kerry Harry Reid Barbara Boxer Dianne Feinstein Orrin Hatch
GOP lawsuit challenges campaign contribution caps
The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit last week challenging campaign contribution limits set by the federal government, continuing the party’s efforts to dismantle the laws restricting money in political campaigns.
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Groundhog Day in California
Reed Galen, RealClearPolitics
Here in California we do things differently -- everyone says so. In San Francisco it's cold in the summer, we watch sunsets over the ocean instead of sunrises, and in Los Angeles the regular-people foibles of movie stars lead the local newscasts. And, speaking of movies, we don't experience "Groundhog Day" in February. It's in June, when the geniuses in Sacramento try to cobble together a state budget each year.This year, like every year, we have another state budget deficit -- this one is $16 billion -- and, as always, lawmakers have the same solution: raise taxes....
Here in California we do things differently -- everyone says so. In San Francisco it's cold in the summer, we watch sunsets over the ocean instead of sunrises, and in Los Angeles the regular-people foibles of movie stars lead the local newscasts. And, speaking of movies, we don't experience "Groundhog Day" in February. It's in June, when the geniuses in Sacramento try to cobble together a state budget each year.This year, like every year, we have another state budget deficit -- this one is $16 billion -- and, as always, lawmakers have the same solution: raise taxes....
Rand Paul John Kerry Harry Reid Barbara Boxer Dianne Feinstein
Summer showdown: Beach vs. mountains
Every once in a while, the Fix mind wonders from politics. (Yes, it’s true.)
And when that happens, we are almost always thinking about one of two things: 1) Catholic University field hockey or 2) vacation.
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