Fox News yesterday tried their best to spin a mistake he made at a speech the other day about the proposed savings of his health care bill, where he stated it would bring down the deficit by $ 1 trillion over the next decade.
Instead they made it a point to call out that the actual [...]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I know, we’re not maintaining this blog much but there’s an issue that just has to be adressed:
The Nobel Peace Prize that President Obama recently was awarded.
He’s gotten a lot of flack over this, especially in the conservative media – he even himself stated that he doesn’t really think he deserves it. And he might [...]
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After earlier in his career having stated he believed in decriminalization of Marijuana use, he made a major faux pas recently in an interactive town hall meeting that has created major waves in the online community. To be fair, dissing the entire “online audience” which is exactly the same crowd that raised half a billion [...]
With little notice by the mainstream media, President Barack Obama has removed vital protections on doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who refuse to perform abortions and other procedures they consider immoral. It is nothing less than an assault on civil liberties and medical conscience, says Newt Gingrich.
It seems Obamas decision to consider medical care [...]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Obama renewed his call for direct US dialogue with Iran, saying he hoped to create the conditions to “start sitting across the table, face to face” in the coming months.
“I think there’s the possibility, at least, of a relationship of mutual respect and progress,” Obama said at the first press conference of his young presidency, [...]
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The House gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill extending health insurance to millions of low-income children, and President Obama signed it this afternoon, in the first of what he hopes will be many steps to guarantee coverage for all Americans.
Story on NYTimes
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
A Senate panel approved major portions of the Democrats’ “stimulus” bill on Tuesday over objections from Republicans that debate had been squelched and not even one hearing had been held on the topic.
The appropriations bill also allocates approximately $49 billion in spending on energy provisions, including $40 billion going through the Department of Energy.
Other measures [...]
President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order ending the ban on federal funds for international groups that promote or perform abortions, officials told The Associated Press on Friday.
Story on USA Today
The House Ways and Means Committee has approved $275 billion in tax cuts
The House Energy and Commerce Committee late Thursday approved a $2.8 billion program that would expand broadband service into underserved areas.
It also approved various programs costing an estimated $27 billion to promote energy efficiency.
On a key vote Democrats preserved a tax break for [...]
