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CBO: Health Repeal Would Cost $230B

CBO: Health Repeal Would Cost $230B Politico reports: Republicans kicked off the first day of congressional proceedings to overturn health reform with unwelcome news: a Congressional Budget Office estimate that repeal would increase the deficit by $230 billion by 2021. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

Helen Thomas Finds New Job

Helen Thomas Finds New Job Falls-Church News Press reports: Legendary journalist and 50-year veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas has come out of a seven-month retirement to resume her weekly political affairs column today, published in print and online exclusively in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

Army Suicides Hit Record High

Army Suicides Hit Record High USA Today reports: The Army's largest post saw a record-high number of soldiers kill themselves in 2010 despite a mental health effort aimed at reversing the trend. The Army says 22 soldiers have either killed themselves or are suspected of doing …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

Passengers Thwart Hijacker

Passengers Thwart Hijacker Reuters reports: Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo overpowered a would-be hijacker as the plane landed at Istanbul airport on Wednesday, fellow passengers told Turkish media. Police said the man was a Turk who had demanded that …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

Gates OKs More Troops for Afghanistan

Gates OKs More Troops for Afghanistan The Wall Street Journal reports: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to send an additional 1,400 Marine combat forces to Afghanistan, officials said, in a surprise move ahead of the spring fighting season to try to cement tentative …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Was Fraudulent

Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Was Fraudulent The British Medical Journal reports: “Science is at once the most questioning and . . . sceptical of activities and also the most trusting, ” said Arnold Relman, former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine , in 1989. “It …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

Sen. McCaskill Open to Dropping Mandate

Sen. McCaskill Open to Dropping Mandate Politico reports : Speaking on MSNBC Wednesday morning, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill suggested that Democrats should ditch the individual mandate required in President Obama's health reform law. It's a proposed amendment to legislati…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

Dem Identification At Historic Lows

Dem Identification At Historic Lows Gallup reports : PRINCETON, NJ -- In 2010, 31% of Americans identified as Democrats, down five percentage points from just two years ago and tied for the lowest annual average Gallup has measured in the last 22 years. While Democrats still outnumber …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

House GOP Already Bending its Own Rules

House GOP Already Bending its Own Rules Politico reports : Just hours after taking control of the House, Republicans passed a sweeping set of rules promising transparency and reform. But the new majority is already showing these promises aren’t exactly set in stone. After …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

GOP Still Weak in Massachusetts

GOP Still Weak in Massachusetts Politico reports : One year after the euphoria surrounding Scott Brown’s stunning upset Senate special election victory for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s seat, long-suffering Massachusetts Republicans find themselves back in a familiar place: …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 6, 2011

O'Donnell to Resubmit Campaign Funding Records

O'Donnell to Resubmit Campaign Funding Records Politics Daily reports: A lawyer for Christine O'Donnell has informed federal officials that the failed Delaware Senate candidate will resubmit financial records for her 2009-10 campaign. O'Donnell, whose campaign finances are the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

Obama to Speak at US Chamber

Obama to Speak at US Chamber The Hill reports: President Obama will address the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 7 to discuss jobs and the economy, an administration official told The Hill on Wednesday. "The president will discuss his commitment to growing the economy and …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

Boehner Elected Speaker

Boehner Elected House Speaker The New York Times reports: The new speaker of the House, John Boehner, promised a new era of transparency in lawmaking on Wednesday, but he also pledged to aggressively push forward the conservative agenda that swept his party into power. A …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

Eleven Dems Vote Shuler for Leader

Eleven Dems Vote Shuler for Leader The Hill reports: Nineteen House Democrats cast protest votes against Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in her bid to become minority leader. Eleven Democrats voted for Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) to lead the party during the next Congress, while a …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

December Report Shows Jump in Jobs

December Report Shows Jump in Jobs The Hill reports: The nation's job market showed surprising signs of life in December as private employers added 297,000 jobs, more than three times the number expected by economists, reflecting accelerating growth. Large and small companies …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

Cleric Al-Sadr Returns to Iraq

Cleric Al-Sadr Returns to Iraq The Washington Post reports: The anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr made a surprise return to Iraq on Wednesday, ending four years of self-imposed exile in Iran and signaling the full rehabilitation of his Sadrist faction within Iraq's …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

Bachmann Thinking About 2012 Prez Run

Bachmann Thinking About 2012 Prez Run ABC News reports: Forget the fervent chatter speculating that Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann is considering launching a campaign to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar for the Minnesota U.S. Senate seat in the next national election cycle. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

Dean Rips Outgoing Obama Aides

Dean Rips Outgoing Obama Aides The Huffington Post reports: Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean took broad swipes at what he called the "contempt" of some senior, departing White House advisers while, curiously, praising the possibility of former Commerce …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

Gibbs to Leave White House

Gibbs to Leave White House The New York Times reports : Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary and close confidante to President Obama, said Wednesday that he will step down and become an outside political adviser to the president and his re-election campaign. Mr. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011

End-of-Life Planning Dumped from Medicare Regs

End-of-Life Planning Dropped from Medicare Regs The New York Times reports: The Obama administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare regulation to delete references to end-of-life planning as part of the annual physical examinations covered under the new health care …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 5, 2011