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Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) House Republicans have begun work on specific bills intended to dismantle the health care law, knowing that a full repeal of the overhaul probably will go no farther than their own chamber. Some of the measures being written would open an interstate market for health insurance,... Read More →

 On July 21, President Obama signed yet another landmark piece of legislation putting the middle class above the special interests that for so long had a stranglehold on America’s government.  At the signing ceremony, the President laid out the historical perspective as well as the perspective... Read More →

(Detroit Free Press/July 6, 2010) Two-thirds of U.S. counties became economically healthier in May, thanks to more manufacturing jobs in the Midwest and fewer home foreclosures in the Sun Belt, according to the Associated Press’ monthly analysis of conditions around the country. Yet the improvement... Read More →

Daniel Ortega (from left), a Phoenix lawyer and immigration advocate; Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox; and the Rev. Warren Stewart are among speakers at a July 6 news conference discussing the federal suit challenging Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 (photo credit: The Arizona Republic) (The... Read More →

(Miami Herald/June 3, 2010) –On Pensacola Beach this week, business picked up at the Radical Rides parasailing stand for all the wrong reasons. ”We had people come in who took off from work and took their kids out of school,” owner Roger Bevan said. ”They thought it would be their... Read More →

(Washington Post/April 15, 2010) Maryland will become the first state in the country to redraw districts by counting prisoners in their home towns instead of their cells, a change that is expected to help Baltimore avoid losing political power. Civil rights advocates praised the No Representation Without... Read More →

(Miami Herald/April 13, 2010) In the most dramatic show of opposition in the state, more than 6,300 of Miami-Dade’s 21,260 public-school teachers took a personal or sick day Monday to protest controversial legislation that would overhaul their pay. Though schools remained open and were staffed... Read More →

Massachusetts residents gathered in front of the State House on March 16 to rally for national healthcare and against in-state premium increases. Massachusetts health insurers have proposed a 32 percent premium hike for residents who already pay the highest healthcare prices in the nation. (Christian... Read More →

On March 23, President Barack Obama signed into law an historic health care overhaul bill that would guarantee coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans under its provisions. The arduous road to health care reform of this magnitude was more than a year-long bipartisan battle. On February 25th, House... Read More →

(Post Tribune/March 16, 2010) GARY - Ragen Hatcher took her first step toward a mayoral run Tuesday by filing paperwork to create a campaign exploratory committee at the Lake County Government Center. The at-large member of the City Council said she is alarmed by her hometown’s high unemployment... Read More →