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Aug 14, 2009
-- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday announced lower than expected average premiums in the Medicare prescription drug benefit (also known as Part D) next year. Average mon... more
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Ways and Means Republicans
Apr 1, 2009 -- Clockwise from the top left: Reps. Pat Tiberi (OH-12), ranking member, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures; Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-5); Geoff Davis (KY-4); Dave Reichert (WA-8); Charles Boustany (LA-7), ranking member, Subcommittee on Oversight
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If Stimulus Bill is Working, Where Have the Jobs?
Aug 19, 2009
-- At the six month anniversary of President Barack Obama's signature “achievement” — the $787 billion stimulus measure — it's important to separate economic fact from fiction.
While persuading Democratic lawmakers to pass the massive spending bill without reading it, the White House promis...
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President Obama Compares Government Run Health Care to the Post Office "Always having problems"
Aug 12, 2009 -- New Hampshire Townhall August 12, 2009 President Obama: I think private insurers should be able to compete. They do it all the time. I mean, if you think about -- if you think about it, UPS and fedex are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the Post Office that's always having problems.
Driven by Massive Debt Increase, "Obama Misery Index" (OMI) Continued to Rise in July
Aug 20, 2009
-- Despite the Administration’s claim that the “stimulus” is working, the Obama Misery Index (OMI) continued to rise in July. The OMI measures the combined change in the public debt and unemployment sin... more
Ways and Means Committee Markup of H.R. 3200 "America's Affordable Health Choices Act"
Jul 16, 2009
-- Democrats Refuse to Let Americans Keep the Insurance They Have and Like
2 out of 3 will lose their health insurance
Democrats voted against an amendment offered by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to strike ... more