Livable Communities Act will strengthen communities nationwide
As the United Voice for Housing, the National Housing Conference (NHC) advocates for policies to help ensure that all Americans have access to safe, decent and affordable housing. NHC’s recently elected Chairman Dan Nissenbaum, chief operating officer for the Urban Investment Group, a division of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, is committed to helping NHC achieve [...]
The Big Question, Aug. 12: “Is there any merit to conservative charges that healthcare reform could lead to euthanasia or ‘death panels?’
Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said:
Absolutely, it is a really great line that scares to death millions of people around the country and will help arouse opposition to the health care reform package. And, mainstream reporters are so dumb and/or lazy, they will act like it is a reasonable [...]
Evidence mounts in Bush-era scandal (Rep. Adam Schiff)
In early 2007, the House Judiciary Committee began to investigate the Bush Administration’s removal of nine United States Attorneys in 2006 after information surfaced that indicated inappropriate political considerations were involved in the removals.
After a series of congressional hearings, interviews with several Administration officials, and a report by the DOJ Inspector General, further evidence was [...]
This Week on Ring of Fire!
This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio:
Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern
This week on Ring of Fire, we’ve got Representative Allyson Schwartz who’ll answer some tough questions about how we’re going to pay for healthcare reform, and why Congress isn’t doing more to force the pharmaceutical industry to cough up their fair share for the new proposals.
We’ll also be talking with Mother Jones correspondent Andy Kroll about the growing number of ways that American taxpayers are getting taking advantage of by corporations through the bank bailouts.
We’ve also got Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano, better known to audiences as The Yes Men, who’ll tell us about their role in taking corporate America to task for some of the most egregious corporate offenses imaginable.
Comedian Matt Filipowicz will stop by to give us the lighter side of the news.
Rahm: House Will Vote On Health Care Before Recess
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told NPR Friday morning that the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi intended to push a vote on health care reform, President Barack Obama’s pet policy of the moment, before the August 7 recess begins.
Government takeover of health care is not the answer (Rep. Buck McKeon)
The majority party is taking another step in the direction of government control and intrusion with the recent introduction of the Democrats’ health care legislation. Their plan makes it clear that their goal is to have a full government takeover of our nation’s health care system, where bureaucrats determine what medical treatments Americans receive. It’s [...]
Healthcare reform now (Rep. Cynthia Lummis)
We must reform America’s healthcare system now. For those in Wyoming – including ranchers, small business owners and small business employees — health insurance costs far too much. Accessing the care they need is often a problem as well.
Unfortunately, House Democrats are proposing a healthcare reform bill that will dramatically increase federal spending, raise taxes [...]
New health care legislation lowers costs, preserves choice and expands access (Rep. George Miller)
Three weeks ago, we took a historic step forward in the critical quest to fix our broken
health insurance system. We presented a reform discussion draft to the Congress and the
American people.
Our three committees heard from over 70 stakeholders at hours of hearings on our draft.
We held discussions with our colleagues whose input has strengthened our [...]
Dems answer to health care reform: more taxes (Rep. Lamar Smith)
We’ve finally gotten our long awaited answer to the question, “How will the President and Speaker Pelosi pay for their version of health care reform?” Unfortunately, the answer is worse than originally feared: They’re going to tax individuals, families, and small businesses. They’re going to ration care and restrict medical choices. They’re going to cut [...]
The Big Question, July 14: How big a win will the Sotomayor confirmation be for Obama?
Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), said:
“I think its a big win for the nation. I think it will obviously be a win for Obama, more importantly its a win for the nation.”
Sen. Johnny Isakson (D-PA), said:
“I think everybody expected presidential nominees to be appointed so we’ll have to wait and see what happens but I think [...]
