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When Health Repeal Fails, What Should the GOP Do?
Repeal will not succeed, but there are other ways to fix the healthcare bill. The Republican plan to repeal the Democrats health care bill won't succeed. But as my latest column for The Week points out there is still much the GOP can do to repair the bill's flaws. Next week, Republicans in …Germany Pushes Religious Freedom in Muslim World
As the New Year's attack on an Egyptian church showed, Christian minorities abroad often face persecution. Now Germany's decided to take a stand. On December 17, 2010, the German Bundestag in Berlin passed a parliamentary resolution defending the fundamental human right to freedom of religion …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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Semi-Married
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to invite his girlfriend Sandra Lee into the Governor’s mansion is another sign of the decline of marriage. Governor Andrew Cuomo has seen fit to invite his girlfriend of five years, the statuesque blonde Sandra Lee , into the Governor’s mansion. Sandra Lee …6.3 Million Lost Health Insurance in 2009
Health care spending slowed its rate of growth in 2009. But here's the bad news: the recession had a catastrophic effect on Americans' coverage. So here's the good news : health care spending slowed its rate of growth in 2009, posting the lowest increase in half a century. Here's the bad news: …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 …
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…
Saving Captain Honors
The Navy was wrong to relieve Captain Honors of his command of the USS Enterprise . But there is still time to salvage his military career. Frum Forum ’s Peter Worthington isn’t the only one who is dismayed and disappointed that the Navy has relieved Captain Owen Honors of his command of the …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 …
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 …
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: …
Are Health Insurers Too Weak?
Empowering health insurers may help contain health care costs, but the move could also stifle medical research and innovation. David Frum’s comments about insurance companies raise an important point, but he’s wrong to assume that a system that empowers insurers will necessarily produce more …A Realistic Plan for Reforming the Health Care Act
Next week, Republicans in the House will vote to repeal Democratic health reform. Then the act will proceed to the Senate, where nothing will happen. What then? Next week, Republicans in the House of Representatives will vote to repeal Democratic health reform. Promise kept! Then the "Repeal-th…Flashback to the Last GOP Takeover
Do you remember where you were when Newt Gingrich assumed the speakership in 1995? Do you remember where you were when Newt Gingrich assumed the speakership in 1995? I do! I spent the evening at a party at which Gingrich himself showed up - accompanied by two of the original cast members of the …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 …