Feb 04 Health Reform Watch: In Courts and Congress, Health Reform Faces Challengers By Lea Winerman The health reform law faced major challenges this week in the courts and in Congress. The big news of came Monday in Florida, when U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson became the second judge to declare the law's individual mandate… Continue reading
Feb 04 What If Health Reform Had No Mandate? Politicians, Experts Weigh In In the wake of a second ruling from a federal judge this week who found the insurance mandate in the health reform law to be unconstitutional, there's a growing amount of chatter in the health policy world about whether… Continue reading
Feb 04 Obama Likely to Face Questions on Egypt People demonstrate against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the White House last week. Photo by Collin David Anderson via Flickr. When President Obama takes the stage at 3:10 p.m. ET with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, he… Continue reading
Feb 03 Divided Congress Starts Drawing Budget Battle Lines President Obama is 10 days away from releasing his budget proposal, but that isn't stopping Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill from staking out their territory in the coming fight over how to fund the government. Rep. Paul Ryan,… Continue reading
Feb 03 President Obama’s Push for Innovation Hits Happy Valley Last week, President Obama visited Wisconsin to highlight efforts to rebuild the economy. He heads to Pennsylvania next. Photo by Brian Kersey/Pool-Getty Images. The crisis in Egypt has largely sidelined President Obama's plan to sell his "Winning the… Continue reading
Feb 02 Health Care Repeal Fails in the Senate Republican efforts to repeal President Obama's signature health care reform law failed in the Senate Wednesday after supporters of repeal failed to garner the necessary 60 votes to overcome a procedural hurdle. An amendment offered by Sen. Mitch McConnell of… Continue reading
Feb 02 Remembering Nancy Reagan’s Crucial Role as Husband’s Centennial Nears As we approach the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth on Feb. 6, 1911, there will be some re-thinking of his presidency and the role he played in history. But no examination of him is complete without a… Continue reading
Feb 02 As Recession Lingers in Evangelical Epicenters, How Will Voters React? Nixa, Mo.'s Main Street; Creative Commons photo courtesy Casey Spivey NIXA, Mo. | By most standard measures -- gross domestic product, consumer spending and the like -- the United States is in the midst of a… Continue reading
Feb 02 Senate to Vote on Repeal of Health Care Reform Law People demonstrate against the health care reform bill last year in Washington. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. As most of official Washington keeps its eyes on the streets of Cairo, the Senate on Wednesday will continue its ongoing… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch Kerry: U.S. Needs New ‘Egyptian-People-Centric Policy’ Ray Suarez speaks with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., about the situation in Egypt and the U.S. government's fine line between the longstanding alliance and supporting democratic reforms. In a New York Times editorial, Kerry called on… Continue watching