... his handling of social issues, such as a contraception controversy similar to the one now taking place on the national stage. "The legislature passed a bill for a morning after pill, insisted that Catholic churches provide this to their employees and universities and hospitals," Romney said. "I vetoed that bill ...
... for those opportunities whenever possible. LANCE WILLIAMS: It turns out many diseases share similar symptoms, but more severe diseases are reimbursed by Medicare at higher rates. ANNEKE DOTY: He encouraged the physicians to stop documenting syncope, which is fainting or dizzy spell, and instead use the term autonomic nerve dysfunction ...
... 10 years. Another proposal up for consideration, a Republican plan for a net tax revenue increase of nearly $300 billion in exchange for lower tax rates. House Speaker John Boehner called that a fair offer. REP. JOHN BOEHNER, R-Ohio, speaker of the House: I think that reforming our tax ...
... of her experience with Mr. Cain. "It's unpleasant and it's sensational and she does not want to do that," he said in an interview. He added, "She has a life to live and a career, and she doesn't want to become another Anita Hill." Chris Wilson, who ...
... In fact, two Democratic senators who voted with their colleagues to end debate and move to a final vote said they would vote against the bill.) The White House had been making a full-court press this week for the bill. President Obama touted it constantly on his three-day ...
... talk about this compromise issue or this "coming to some sort of agreement" issue. He said, "Barack Obama" -- speaking of his own plan: "Barack Obama hates it. Harry Reid hates it. Nancy Pelosi hates it. Now, why would Republicans want to be on the side of Barack Obama, Harry Reid ...
Friday on the NewsHour, New York Times finance specialist Gretchen Morgenson and co-author Josh Rosner, a longtime housing analyst, talk about their new bestseller, "Reckless Endangerment" (no. 17 on the Times list this week). The book is a sustained indictment of Washington's role in the housing crisis and highlights the role of the so-called GSEs...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was upbeat Thursday after he and other Republican senators met with President Obama at the White House to discuss the conditions under which Congress will vote on increasing the country's debt limit, but repeated his position -- shared by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio -- that any increase in...
Pro-Gadhafi and opposition forces continued to clash Monday in Libya. An air strike against opposition fighters attempted to push back rebels as they advanced toward Tripoli. Bill Neeley and Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News report.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks to reporters Thursday at the Capitol. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. At 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday, moments before the House's consideration of President Obama's $858 billion tax cut package was about to slip into a second day, the tally was called. "On this vote, the yeas are 277, the...
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