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  • Bill Clinton: Imperfect Healthcare Reform Better Than None
    By: Yamileth Medina | -

    The current healthcare reform debate must bring up some bad memories for former President Bill Clinton. He, with the help of then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, tried to enact their own bill to reform the health insurance industry early in his first term. Their attempts failed to receive enough support from his party and failed; the Democrats then suffered a humiliating defeat in the 1994 mid-term elections. Yesterday, he visited the Senate to encourage the Democratic party to vote in ...

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  • Healthcare Reform With Pre-existing Conditions: Wait 6 Months For Insurance?
    By: Yamileth Medina | - The Democrats' healthcare reform bill has been touted as the solution for Americans with pre-existing conditions that make them "uninsurable" in the eyes of private health insurance companies. Normally, underwriters for health insurance plans consider consumers with serious health problems as too high a risk to take on; they profit by collecting premiums while paying as few claims as possible. This has put much of our population in a quandary and helped fuel our current health care crisis. Indee ...
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  • Healthcare Reform Might Cover Prayer
    By: Yamileth Medina | - With healthcare reform moving ever closer to reality, supporters and opponents are scrambling to add and subtract provisions. The Senate may take longer to vote than its House of Representatives counterparts, but debate is still going strong. Majority Leader Harry Reid is mediating battles over the public option, cost, illegal immigrants, abortion coverage...and prayer? Yes, apparently there is a clause in the Senate Finance and Health committees' versions of the bill that would require health i ...
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  • Differences Between The Republican And Democratic Healthcare Reform Bills
    By: Yamileth Medina | - The Republican Party has spent the past several months serving as vocal opposition to the healthcare reform bills supported by the Barack Obama administration and Democratic members of Congress. During that time, they have seen success in influencing public opinion. However, many were frustrated that Republicans hadn't offered their own plan. Surely they didn't believe that the health insurance system in the U.S. is perfect the way it is? Well, the wait is over. Senate Minority Leader John Boehn ...
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  • The House And Senate Have Each Come Up
    By: speedin08 | - In 2001, the US economy had entered a recession and the government issued rebate checks to most people in hopes people would run out and spend them and help stimulate the economy. While the effectiveness of that move haven't been proven one way or another really, congress is currently looking to run a similar program in 2008. The House and Senate have each come up with different rebate plans that are currently under discussion: The House would like to pass a plan that gives $600 to each individu ...
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  • How Ted Kennedy's Replacement Is Impacting Healthcare Reform
    By: Yamileth Medina | - Several months ago, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (often referred to as Ted) passed away. Oft-referred to as a "liberal lion", he was one of the Senate's major supporters of healthcare reform and express vociferous support for the public option. His temporary replacement, Paul G. Kirk Jr. has taken up the mantle of his former mentor. Kennedy's death was considered a blow to the prospects of a public option, although Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have recently renew ...
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  • Employers Mandated To Provide Health Insurance Plan? Maybe Not
    By: Yamileth Medina | - The newest wrinkle in healthcare reform comes from the Senate. There has been much speculation on the possibility of an employer mandate, which would require that businesses of a certain size offer a health insurance plan to their employees--considered by some as a surefire way to get more Americans insured. However, anonymous Senate officials have told the Associated Press that such a mandate won't be included in the final Senate bill. Health insurers were counting on such a requirement, in add ...
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  • Student Associations Lobby For Bill To Revamp Student Loans
    By: Jeff Mictabor | - Student governments and organizations at colleges and universities nationwide are pushing lawmakers to pass legislation that supporters say will make acquiring a higher education more accessible and affordable.

    The legislative measure, known as the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), was passed by the House of Representatives on Sept. 17 in a vote of 253 to 171, largely along party lines. All but four Democrats voted for the bill, and only six Republicans also voted i ...

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  • Health Insurance Premiums For Older Individuals To Increase Under Reform
    By: Yamileth Medina | - The healthcare reform bills passed by committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate have significant differences. These variations will have to be hammered out before a final bill is presented to both chambers in Congress. In general, the House's bill is more comprehensive and allows for greater public involvement in providing Americans with health insurance. Interest groups are vying for benefits in the bill, which will no doubt see budget cuts before it comes up for a general v ...
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  • Driving Laws "€" Drunken Driving To Be Prevented!
    By: Vijay Koragappa Shetty | - Senate Bill makes it mandatory to have Alcohol ignition interlocks installed on the vehicles of all convicted drunk drivers, including first time offenders. Let this first step towards stopping people from driving in an inebriated state work in reducing accidents due to drunken driving. Lawmakers should tighten statutes that demands drivers to use ignition interlock devices to make sure they are being used rightly.

    Such devices can do wonders in reducing drunken driving. It does not ...

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  • Health Care Reform
    By: Jamie Hanson | - Americans across the nation are watching closely as the House and Senate prepare to debate health care reform proposals. Reactions to proposed legislation cover a wide spectrum among constituents, from frustration to fury to breathless anticipation. Roadblocks have surfaced on both sides of the issue as questions arise regarding the best way to bring about needed reform.

    For average Americans, concern over health care becomes personal as they seek to find affordable coverage that s ...

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  • Obama's Loan Modification Plan - An Introduction
    By: Bruce E. Nelson | -

    President Barack Obama signed a law enacted by Congress to protect credit card holders, Reuters reported. Senate by 90 votes in favor and five against, approved earlier this week so-called "Bill of Rights credit card holders," increases support for those who enjoy this type of banking services. The law creates restrictions that does not allow the bankers, to use unnecessarily excessive interest rates, impose "change of terms of credit" on a customer, forcing early repayment with no ...

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  • Concern As Trucking Industry Lobbyist Begins Fmcsa Chief Confirmation Hearings
    By: Robert Reeves | - California trucking accident lawyers regularly follow legislation impacting trucking safety, and other developments that impact the safety of truckers and the motorists who share the roads with them. This week, President Barrack Obama's nomination for head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration began confirmation hearings in the Senate. What trucking accident lawyers and safety advocates have been concerned about is that nominee Anne Ferro served as a trucking industry lobbyist for ...
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  • Transportation Infrastructure Benefits The Real Estate Industry In Jackson Michigan
    By: Mark Goedert | - The Senate passed a bill in February of 2009 that would provide funds to states and localities for capital investment for surface transportation projects including highways, bridges, transit, and rail projects.

    The investment is expected to moderate traffic congestion and support a variety of transportation alternatives to improve the quality of life in American communities and increase the value of real estate.

    The goal is to stimulate economic growth and job creatio ...

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  • Lessons Sandwiched Boomers Can Learn From Senator Ted Kennedy
    By: Phyllis Goldberg | - Senator Ted Kennedy was the last of the Kennedy brothers whose power, challenges and triumphs dominated a generation of politics. He was eulogized as an inspiration to his family and to those in public service. His body of work toward progressive causes in the U.S. Senate was proof that he understood how policies affected people. Caring passionately about the people he served, he worked tirelessly on their behalf.

    Yet his life was marred by tragedy and scandal - from the assassin ...

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  • Low Income Housing Grants For First-time Home Buyers In The Down River Area
    By: Mark Goedert | - The new bill passed by Senate earlier in the year allows states to trade in a portion of their 2009 low-income housing tax credits for Treasury Grants. These grants would be used to finance the construction, or purchase and rehab of low-income housing, including those with or without tax credit allocations.

    The low housing grants will include funding for the following causes:

    Pontiac Housing Capital Fund for rehabilitating and retrofitting public housing units, ...

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  • Running For Office In Utah
    By: Art Gib | - Running for an elected office in Utah comes with its own share of pros and cons. A lot has been going on at the state capital lately as far as elections go and campaign finance issues have been a hot topic in the state senate. As a result, a few of the upcoming Utah United States senate candidates have been on their toes waiting for the chips to fall. All in all, the next election in Utah will be an interesting one to follow, to say the least.

    Utah citizens have some power-house ...

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  • Legislation To Hold Foreign Companies Responsible For Defective Imported Products
    By: Robert Reeves | - A new bill introduced in the US Senate attempts to make it easier for Americans to hold foreign countries accountable for any product liability issues associated with their products. Although the bill comes in time for the Chinese drywall lawsuits that have begun to pile up, its promoters believe that it could extend to other products manufactured by overseas companies.

    The bill, the Foreign Manufacturers of Legal Accountability Act of 2009, has been introduced by Rhode Island Dem ...

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  • Health Insurance Quote Reform : Easytoinsureme : 7/21/09
    By: EasyToInsureME | - This Week in Health Care Reform


    After weeks of logjam on Capitol Hill, lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have reported progress in their respective negotiations this week, clearing way for a possible vote on sweeping health care reform legislation after the August recess. To help you make sense of the numerous reform plans and plan details, review the attached chart.

    Public Plan

    House Democrats Reach Compromise: After weeks of infighting, H ...

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  • Missouri Revises Helmet Law
    By: Philip Louie | - On April 29, 2009, the Missouri House of Representatives voted 93-65 to pass Senate Bill 202, which would make significant changes to the state's mandatory helmet law. SB 202 passed the Senate in March with a 23-6 vote. Under the current law, all motorcycle passengers and riders must wear state-approved helmets on all of the state's roadways. The new legislation, however, makes an exception for riders 21 years and older:

    Any person who is twenty-one years of age or older may opera ...

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  • Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly : Easytoinsureme : July 30th, 2009
    By: EasyToInsureME | - The House is scheduled to leave town for summer recess on July 31, and the Senate's current schedule sends them home a week later on August 7. It will be next to impossible for the House to address health care reform on the floor in that timeframe, and the Senate Leadership has already put off Senate floor action until September. The focal point in the Senate, the Finance Committee has three options: work out a deal and go to mark-up before the break; put out paper but no mark-up before the brea ...
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  • Casey Speaks On Healthcare Reform At Roundtable Discussion In Pittsburgh. :
    By: EasyToInsureME | - Most know that Senate democrats have issued a statement claiming that the August deadline on Health Care reform imposed by Barack Obama will not be met, but not many know that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says that they will vote on the legislation, possibly as early as next week.

    Emanuel isnt alone, all across the country political pressure is being utilized to gain public support, support of key democrats, and business leaders, and our region hasnt been ...

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  • Casey Speaks On Healthcare Reform At Roundtable Discussion In Pittsburgh. :
    By: EasyToInsureME | - Most know that Senate democrats have issued a statement claiming that the August deadline on Health Care reform imposed by Barack Obama will not be met, but not many know that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says that they will vote on the legislation, possibly as early as next week.

    Emanuel isnt alone, all across the country political pressure is being utilized to gain public support, support of key democrats, and business leaders, and our region hasnt been ...

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  • Florida Health Plan Can Serve U.s : Aaron Deslatte
    By: EasyToInsureME | - Gov. Charlie Crist took a stab last week at saying where he stood as a U.S. Senate candidate on one of Washington's most contentious issues: whether to involve the federal government further in providing health care.

    Florida has nearly 4 million uninsured residents. And according to a new Families USA report, 3,500 more each week are losing their insurance or dropping it because premiums have doubled in the past decade.

    With national Democrats blanketing Florida wi ...

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  • Sound Reasons To Support A Member Of Parliament
    By: Tahir Jamil | - I request people of Pakistan and world community to support my nomination as a Senator in Pakistan Senate or Member National Assembly (MNA) or Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) or Nazim in district government. Due to sound reasons explained below and on my website articles, I am very suitable candidate for above mentioned seats.
    Those people representatives are considered honest who mis-manage 50 percent funds and spend 50 percent on development. I solemnly take oath that I will live on s ...

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  • Health Insurance Quote Reform : Easytoinsureme : July 17th 2009
    By: EasyToInsureME | - This Week in Health Reform

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    HELP Committee Passes Reform Bill: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee became the first Congressional panel to advance health care reform legislation to the Senate floor for larger consideration, with a 13-10 vote on its bill out of markup. As Republicans on the panel voted unanimously against the measure, the partisan split signified potential trouble ahead. President Barack Obama commended the a ...

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  • Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly : Easytoinsureme : July 16th 2009
    By: EasyToInsureME | - On the health care reform front, the Senate HELP Committee continues to slug it out amendment by amendment, with Democrats winning all of the important ones on straight party-line votes. The HELP Committee started the week by unveiling its new language on the public plan and the employer mandate, but it still has no language on biogenerics. The committee hopes to complete this work by week's end. The Finance Committee has yet to meet to mark up a bill because it doesn't have a bill as yet - the ...
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  • Pennsylvania Senate Seat, Words Fly : Janie Lorber
    By: EasyToInsureME | - Words are flying between Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Joe Sestak in the battle for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvanias senate seat, suggesting that the contest will become one of the more vicious for next years midterm elections.

    Mr. Specter, a moderate Republican who became a Democrat in April because he was losing badly in polls to conservative challenger Pat Toomey, issued his first response on Thursday to a steady drumbeat of recent attacks ...

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  • Illinois: Making Government Records As Public As They Should Be
    By: C. Dyson | - The recent and long time awaited for new Illinois Freedom of Information Act (Senate Bill 189), passed by the state's Senate now awaits being signed into law by the Governor. If signed, the new law will take effect starting 1 January 2010, hopefully radically changing the situation with the current state of government records openness for public inspection that is regarded by vast number of the state's residents as unsatisfactory.

    The issues has a really long history, and Illino ...

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  • Pa. House Sends Health Insurance Bill To Senate : Mark Scolforo
    By: EasyToInsureME | - HARRISBURG - A bill to open Pennsylvania's government-subsidized health-insurance program to 85,000 more lower-income adults won House approval yesterday.

    But the chances of this bill reaching Gov. Rendell's desk appear bleak.

    While passage had been a priority of House Democrats, who symbolically numbered it House Bill 1, only a single Republican representative crossed party lines in the 104-96 vote.

    It was sent to the Republican-majority state Senate ...

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  • To Import Or Not To Import: The Prescription Drug Question
    By: Dr. Bryan A. Liang | - That is the question that many of our lawmakers are asking. Senators Dorgan (D-ND), Snowe (R-ME), McCain (R-AZ) and Stabenow (D-MI) brought that question to the forefront when they introduced the "Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009" (S. 525) in March. Currently waiting to be placed on the Senate calendar, the bill would allow for prescription drug importation.

    While a good-intentioned idea, the Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) believes that "Pharmaceuti ...

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  • New York City Restaurants To Avoid When Visiting Nyc
    By: Shawn Hickman | - Every September the New York State Senate publishes a list of the dirtiest restaurants in New York City. This list is comprised of restaurants that have the most violations from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

    The three degrees of violations include general violations, documentation violations regarding displaying of licenses, and critical violations directly affecting health. Multiple pest violations are one of the reasons many of these restaurants ended up on t ...

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  • The Health Insurance Bill In A Nutshell
    By: EasyToInsureME | - The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee released a compromise health insurance bill today. The bill mandates that all Americans purchase health insurance and places some restrictions on private health insurers, but it does not include a public option which progressives say would enable Americans to choose a government-backed plan instead of private health insurance.

    It establishes a Medical Advisory Council, which consists of individuals with "appropriate experi ...

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  • New Drug Law Will Remove Drug History From Public Records
    By: Elena Tentser | - There is much uproar in Albany these days: the capital of New York State is in turmoil due to the rift within the state Senate. The issue that prompted such drastic division of opinion addresses the Rockefeller drug law reforms passed as part of the 2009-2010 budget package, which allows some drug offenders to conceal their criminal records after completing drug court. Is it just a matter of cutting costs?

    Senate Republicans want to repeal this provision because they feel it may ...

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  • Senator Says Health Insurance Plan Won't Cover Illegal Immigrants : Jim Landers
    By: EasyToInsureME | - Health care reforms aiming for universal coverage won't provide insurance for illegal immigrants and may not address the cost to state and local governments for providing medical care to this large group of the uninsured, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday.

    "We're not going to cover undocumented aliens, undocumented workers," Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said at a meeting with reporters. "That's too politically explosive."

    Universal health insur ...

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  • Us Congressional Republicans Split On Health-care Plans : Patrick Yoest
    By: EasyToInsureME | - A group of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate issued an alternative health-care proposal that would scrap the tax exclusion for employer-provided health benefits on Wednesday at the same time a group of moderate House Republicans outlined their own approach on health care.

    At the same time, a number of Senate Republicans are participating in talks in the Senate Finance Committee to write bipartisan health-care legislation.

    At least for n ...

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  • Health Plans Would Add To Controls On Insurers : Robert Pear
    By: EasyToInsureME | - The government could rein in aggressive marketing practices of health insurance companies, regulate their premiums and allow workers to drop out of group health plans to seek a better deal on their own under legislation being developed by leading Democratic senators.

    The Senate proposals, which emerged this week, are broadly similar to ones being drafted by the chairmen of three House committees. Democrats in both houses would vastly expand federal regulation of insurance to guara ...

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  • Bankruptcy Loan Modification Bill Is Approved By House
    By: Alex Blue | - Last week, a bill which allows bankruptcy judges to lower mortgage payments was approved by the house and will now be sent to the Senate. This bill is expected to show great relief to struggling homeowners unable to meet their monthly mortgage payments currently. Before the bill was approved by the House, major banks and lenders voiced their strong opposition stating the act of lowering mortgage payments would only drive up housing costs over time. Those homeowners interested in learning more ab ...
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  • Eagles Tickets - Not Happy With Republicans
    By: Brent Warnken | - Eagles' band member Don Henley has beef with republican senate candidate Charles DeVore after DeVore allegedly used two of his solo songs in campaign videos without the singer's permission. Apparently the two songs in question are: "The Boys of Summer" and "All She Wants to Do Is Dance." The lyrics in latter song were apparently altered to attack rival democrat Barbara Boxer, according to a report issued by BBC News. Dancing must be bad. Henley is suing the republican for use of his material ...
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  • Democratic Pilgrimage To Cuba
    By: dr weeks | - For the past 50 years Fidel Castro has been patiently waiting for a U.S. President and Congress to bend his way.

    That time has come. His perseverance has been rewarded.

    Members of the Congressional Black Caucus traveled to Cuba following Senate lawmakers announcement to ease travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba. The following Democratic members of Congress that recently visited Cuba included Reps. Barbara Lee(CA), Mel Watt (NC), Emanuel Cleaver (MO) ...

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  • Will Senate Spit Or Swallow The Cramdown Bill?
    By: Andy Asbury | - Struggling homeowners who've been considering filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy may soon receive good news. A new piece of legislation referred to formally as the "Helping Families Save Their Home Act," or more commonly as the "cram down bill," is on its way to the Senate.

    Designed to complement President Obama's strategies to quell the nation's foreclosure and economic crises, the cram down bill would allow bankruptcy judges to modify the terms of a person's mortgage if they face los ...

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  • Gop Bill To Prevent Michigan Bank And Government Foreclosures
    By: Joseph Smith | - A controversy has ensued over Michigan Senate Republicans approval of a bill intended to prevent bank and government foreclosures but is viewed by Senate Democrats as giving more protection on banks rather than on homeowners.

    Senate Republicans have decided to address the bank and government foreclosures prevention problem by balancing the needs and interest of mortgage lenders and distressed homeowners.

    Senate Democratic Floor Leader Buzz Thomas said that ...

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  • Philippine's Senate Probes Work Accidents
    By: Cat White | - Philippines: The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SMBA) has asked for the cooperation of labour officials and the management if Hanjin Heavy Industries Co Philippines (HHIC-Phil) in an attempt to reduce work accidents and work injuries.
    It also wants to look into more serious incidents, involving safety problems that resulted in the death of 19 personnel at the Hanjin shipyard.
    SMBA Administrator and CEO Armed Arreza made the call Wednesday 4th February 2009, a day after the Sen ...

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  • Senate High Hopes For The Stimulus Bill, Firm In Ending The Foreclosure Crisis Together With Obama
    By: Joseph Smith | - Good news for everyone! As the economic incentive packages is now moving up to the Senate, key senators coming from both parties have promised that they are determined to push for measures aimed at stimulating sales and help homeowners on the verge of foreclosure. The floor debate begins on Monday. Below are three ideas that will most likely turn up in amendments:

    First, Senate Republicans will most likely present a provision which could persuade lenders to present a 30-year fi ...

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  • Christians Sleeping - Antichrist Creeping
    By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - Thursday May 3, 2007 was recognized as America's national day of prayer. Even as Christians gathered to petition God for many things, members of congress met to debate and finally vote on hate crimes bill HR 1592. The bill squeezed by and was voted into law with 237 yeas and 180 nays.

    The fight is not over because for all of the individuals and organizations who wrote their representatives to ask that they vote against the bill now the same effort must be repeated to defeat the Se ...

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  • What About Potassium?
    By: rolfie | - Information on potassium

    When you read about potassium and senate document report 264 you'll life should be changed forever. You're going to discover that the biggest fallacy most people aren't aware of is that if we eat a balanced diet, (the four food groups), we get all the nutrients we need to stay healthy and live a long life. The truth is, this has been a matter of public record for the past 60 years. Fact is that our farming soils are severely depleted of these so important ...

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  • Scare Mongering Juggernaut Sacked! Now What?
    By: James Opiko | - The Chickens have home to roost, so to speak. The corrupt Republican smear & scare mongering juggernaut has been sacked!

    A strong Democratic onslaught has left the "Quarterback" limping badly, and his "Receivers" are scattered all over the political playing field.

    Throw in Pastor Ted Haggard's Methamphetamine laced gay sex scandal, and not even a "Saddam Finale" could rescue the Republicans.

    Over the last three weeks the Republican strategy has been b ...

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