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Idaho first to sign law aimed at health care plan

Seeded on Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:46 PM EDT (Google)

Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance.

democrats, politics, republicans, dissent, health-care-reform, states-dissent-on-health-care

The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality

Seeded on Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:22 AM EDT (The New York Times)

THE opening salvo, fired on Fox News during Thanksgiving week, aroused little notice: Dana Perino, the former White House press secretary, declared that "we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term." Rudy Giuliani upped the ante on ABC's …

politics, foreign-policy, carl-rove, dick-cheny, assault-on-obama

Tea Partiers storm Capitol Hill in last-minute protest of health-care bill

Seeded on Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:19 AM EDT (dailycaller.com)

The goal is to speak to someone — anyone — other than a congressional member's receptionist. And thanks to a memo from Democratic leadership, Tea Partiers may not only make it past the front desk, but also get a cup of coffee.

politics, health-care, tea-party, tea-partiers, tea-parties-storm-capitol-hill, last-minute-protest

Amid Democratic Impatience, Senators Move on a Jobs Bill

Seeded on Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:17 AM EDT (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — The Senate cleared the way on Monday for final Congressional approval of a Democratic plan to spur job creation as Democrats grew impatient with delays in enacting what they hope is the first in a series of economic measures.

senate, democrats, politics, republicans, poltics, jobs-bill

GOP Senators Question $1M Salary for Boys and Girls Club CEO

Seeded on Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:26 AM EST (FOXNews.com)

The chief executive of the charity closing doors for lack of funding earned nearly $1 million in 2008 while officials spent $4.3 million on travel, $1.6 million on conferences, conventions and meetings and $544,000 in lobbying fees.

gop, us-news, nonprofit, salary, boys-and-girls-club, ceos, boys-and-girls

Mexican military copter over U.S. neighborhood

Seeded on Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:13 AM EST (The San Antonio Express-News)

BROWNSVILLE — The Zapata County sheriff Thursday was questioning why a Mexican military helicopter was hovering over homes on the Texas side of the Rio Grande.

texas, mexico, u-s, us-news, mexican-military, rio-grande, us-mexico-realations

Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school

Seeded on Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:28 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

politics, republicans, lesbian, homosexual-rights, gay-rights-democrats

I might give this another try

Tue Mar 9, 2010 5:10 PM EST

At last my hiatus from Newsvine may be coming to and end... I know you've missed me, we'll see how long my return shall be, whether or not there have been changes to the vine beyond the superficial and whether or not discourse has improved amongst viners.

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Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man'

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:16 AM EST (TheHill.com)

The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats' signature healthcare bill.

jesse-jackson, politics, reveran-jesse-jackson, cant-be-black-and-vote-against-health-care

After spending binge, White House says it will focus on deficits

Seeded on Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:39 PM EST (Politico)

plans to announce in next year's State of the Union address that he wants to focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit in 2010 – and will downplay other new domestic spending beyond jobs programs, according to top aides involved in the planning.

politics, bill-clinton, government-spending, obamanomics, obama-spending, 2010-stateo-of-the-union

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting

Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 12:57 AM EST (nbcchicago.com)

President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.

politics, obamas-insensitivity, obamas-missteps, obama-following-the-shooting

Unemployment officially tops 10% at 10.2% 26 Year High!

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:27 PM EST (Yahoo!)

The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to a 26-1/2-year high of 10.2 percent last month, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.

politics, jobless-rate, unemployment-rate, over-10-unemployment, 26-year-high

Report Says 75 Percent of Young Americans Unfit for Military Service

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:55 AM EST (FOXNews.com)

It's tough enough selling military service to teen-agers who might not be so keen on getting their heads shaved or buy the whole "we do more by 9 a.m." line. And the fact that enlisting today could very well mean a visit to the front lines doesn't help, either.

politics, military-service, young-americans, fit-for-service, unfit-for-duty

Nancy Pelosi: Broken Promise

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:24 AM EST (Campaign Standard)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" commi …

politics, nancy-pelosi, broken-promises, political-promises-broken

Pelosi's Government-Run Health Plan Will Require a Monthly Abortion Premium

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:26 PM EST (United States House of Representatives)

Health care reform should not be used as an opportunity to use federal funds to pay for elective abortions. Health reform should be an opportunity to protect human life - not end it.

abortion, politics, abortion-funded-by-health-care-legislation, health-care-reform-abortion, health-care-reform-funds-abortion

Gore's Dual Role in Spotlight - Advocate and Investor

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:18 AM EST (The New York Times)

Former Vice President Al Gore thought he had spotted a winner last year when a small California firm sought financing for an energy-saving technology from the venture capital firm where Mr. Gore is a partner.

politics, gore, al-gore, greenvine, ecovine, gores-dual-role

Republicans Are Poised for Gains in Key Elections

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 11:59 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

Republicans appear positioned for strong results in three hard-fought elections Tuesday. But isolated, off-year contests aren't always reliable indicators of what will happen in the wider federal and state races held in even-numbered years.

politics, republicans, 2009-elections, republicans-poised-for-big-gains

Ron Paul responds to Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story"

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 12:03 AM EST (Raw Story)

Seeded by Adrian Thorn (Clipped by politicalwhiz)

Speaking to veteran CNN interviewer Larry King on Sunday, Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul argued that he is just as upset with America's economic system as activist filmmaker Michael Moore -- except the longtime doctor does not believe the illness is purely based on capital …

wall-street, politics, bailout, capitalism, socialism, michael-moore, ron-paul

Promises to Keep: Candidate Obama vs. President Obama

Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 11:55 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

Barack Obama made a lot of promises during his two-year campaign for change.

politics, fox-news, broken-promises, presidential-promises, obama-promises, president-vs-candidate

Cash for Clunkers costs taxpayers $24,000 per car

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:59 PM EDT (CNN)

A total of 690,000 new vehicles were sold under the Cash for Clunkers program last summer, but only 125,000 of those were vehicles that would not have been sold anyway, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the automotive Web site Edmunds.com.

business, cars, cash-for-clunkers, cash-for-clunkers-fail

'Desecrated flag' video is DNC finalist

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:46 PM EDT (Politico)

One of the 20 finalists in health care video contest run by Barack Obama's campaign arm features a mural of an America flag splattered with health care graffiti until it's covered completely by black paint.

politics, health-care, freedom-of-speech, health-care-reform, dececrated-flag, dnc-finalist

CBO Puts House Health Bill Total Cost At $1.055 Trillion

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:30 PM EDT (NASDAQ.com Stock Tracker)

The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday a U.S. House health-care system re-write would extend health insurance to 96% of the nonelderly U.S. population by 2019, and spend $1.055 trillion to do so.

politics, health-care-reform, cbo-costs, trillion-dollar-bill

House health bill clocks in at 1,990 pages More than, War & Peace, Torah...

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:05 PM EDT (Politico)

It runs more pages than War and Peace, has nearly five times as many words as the Torah, and its tables of contents alone run far longer than this story.

politics, health-care-reform, health-reform, obamacare, healthcare-bill

Can President Obama make his decision yet? More Troops or Not

Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:43 AM EDT

The truth of the matter is this, more and more Americans are dying daily, and the President seems to be more interested in anything but making a decision on whether or not we're going to send more troops. Personally I don't care if we do or don't...

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politics, anti-war, pro-war, war-in-afghanistan, additional-troops, obama-war, winnable-war, president-obama-needs-to-make-a-decision, win-in-afhganistan

REAL Price Tag for Health Care reform:Over $1 Trillion!

Seeded on Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:26 AM EDT (apnews.myway.com)

Health care legislation taking shape in the House carries a price tag of at least $1 trillion over a decade, significantly higher than the target President Barack Obama has set, congressional officials said Friday as they struggled to finish work on the measure for a vote early n …

politics, health-care-reform, obamacare, trillion-dollar-health-care, cbo-estimates-wrong

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