By The Admin on March 30, 2010
Democrat Kendrick Meek will become the first U.S. Senate candidate to qualify for the Florida ballot by petition after his campaign finished turning in more than 145,000 signatures Monday.
He needed 112,476 to qualify. The extra will help ensure he meets the goal in case some are determined invalid.
“Just the coffee talk shop about this effort [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Florida
By The Admin on March 30, 2010
The Republican National Committee has fired a staffer who helped organize a $1,946 visit last month to a sex-themed Hollywood club, and the GOP says it will recoup the money from a donor who also participated.
The episode is the latest in a string of questionable spending by the RNC as Republicans prepare for a [...]
Posted in Party Politics
By The Admin on March 30, 2010
Abdullah Jones, Men’s Health Network
The day before policymakers voted on President Barack Obama’s controversial, but historical health care bill, members of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) and the National Medical Association (NMA) met in Virginia for the first day of a series of panel discussions between state legislators, physicians and other health [...]
Posted in Featured, Health
By The Admin on March 30, 2010
President Barack Obama’s top health care official put health insurers on notice Monday that the new health overhaul law requires them to cover kids with medical problems, trying to dispel uncertainty over a much-publicized benefit.
It remained unclear if the sternly worded letter from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would settle a dispute [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on March 30, 2010
President Barack Obama says he believes the Tea Party is built around a “core group” of people who question whether he is a U.S. citizen and believe he is a socialist.
But beyond that, Obama tells NBC he recognizes the movement involves “folks who have legitimate concerns” about the national debt and whether the government [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, White House
