...how Western North Carolina senators Kay Hagan and Richard Burr voted, and their reasons for voting so: Sen. Kay Hagan: Today, the Senate passed a health care reform bill that reduces costs, expands coverage, and provides stability for North Carolina famGo to article
...on a strict party-line vote early Thursday. The Senate passed the bill 60-39, with all Democrats, including North Carolina’s Kay Hagan, voting for the measure and all Republicans, including North Carolina’s Richard Burr, opposed. The vote allowed thGo to article
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 97. Bill Sponsor: Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30] Related Bills: H.R.2998, H.Res.587, S.1733
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Bill Sponsor: Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
This is a rather amusing bit of fallout from the Parker Griffith party switch. Apparently there are some high-profile Republicans looking for other party-switchers: Democratic Rep. Chris Carney [of Pennsylvania] received a phone call Wednesday from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) asking him to consider becoming a Republican, a top GOP official told POLITICO.Carne […]
Parker Griffith: The newest Republican congressman. Former Democratic congressman. Doctor. Recipient of $1.4 million in funds from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee . . . . . . and five years ago, a $1500 donor to Howard Dean. Man, a lot can change in five years.
Gov. Bev Perdue sat down with groups of scruffy reporter types Monday and Tuesday at the executive mansion. I joined the Tuesday gaggle and spent about an hour taking turns quizzing the governor.read more
President Obama broke with traditional Just War thinking in his Nobel prize acceptance speech, and so far almost no one seems to have noticed.
Faith Groups Pledge to Fight Climate Change
Prior to the Copenhagen conference nearly 200 religious leaders gathered in England to make the largest ever faith commitment to environmental sustainability, writes Eleni Towns.
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