By The Admin on October 30, 2009
With Democrats and Republicans engaged in a heated debate over health care, former Sen. Edward Brooke, the first black man elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate, pointedly suggested Wednesday that lawmakers put aside their partisan differences awhile.
At a Capitol ceremony honoring him, the 90-year-old Massachusetts Republican addressed a multitude of issues on Congress’ [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on October 30, 2009
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
- In June 2007, presidential candidate Barack Obama told a New York crowd that much of the big money influence peddling in Washington is illegal and that he’d crack down on it once in office. Five months later in an Iowa speech he was even blunter. He warned corporate lobbyists that their days [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on October 25, 2009
A key Democratic senator says he believes Democrats are close to the 60 votes they need to advance a health care bill that includes a new program for government-backed health insurance.
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York says he thinks a public option plan will be in the Senate bill.
Schumer says he thinks it will be [...]
Posted in Congress, Health
By The Admin on October 25, 2009
James Janega, Chicago Tribune
- Students from Washington University in St. Louis raised civil rights complaints Thursday against a popular Chicago night club after six African-Americans were denied entry under the bar’s “no baggy pants” policy even as fellow students said the bar admitted scores of similarly dressed white students.
“It’s pretty demoralizing,” said Regis Murayi, 21, [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on October 25, 2009
President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
The declaration, signed Friday night and announced Saturday, comes with the disease more prevalent than ever in the country and production delays undercutting the government’s [...]
Posted in Featured, Health, White House
