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No vacation for Congress
July 29, 2009It is a disgrace that Congress is leaving the nation’s capital for summer vacation as the American people are left to deal with a healthcare crisis that has exploded into a national emergency. For each day...
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Party of no and hate
July 29, 2009EDITORIAL What does the Republican Party stand for any more? If you had asked an old line GOPer, like Colin Powell 10 years ago, he might have said that it stands for 'free markets' and a...
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Devil and details
July 29, 2009EDITORIAL The president has urged passage of health reform in 2009. The main reason is to remedy quickly harm inflicted on some many thousands of working families each month Congress delays. But the Republicans – and...
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Corporate profiteering at heart of foreclosure crisis
July 29, 2009Maximizing corporate profits remains as a driving factor in the housing crisis according to Congressional testimony and news reports today. Testifying before Congress on the foreclosure crisis, Keith S. Ernst, of the Center for Responsible Lending,...
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Capitol Hill swamped with calls for health care public option
July 29, 2009Union members and other health care reform advocates bombarded Capitol Hill July 28 with phone calls demanding enactment of health care reform with a strong “public option.” The telephone calls came during a nationwide “call-in day...
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