Don’t say they’re not on message.
A group of Republicans this afternoon will meet with reporters to protest the Democrats’ plans to eliminate tens of billions of dollars in government subsidies to private companies that lend to students. The Democrats’ bill would have students borrow directly from the More…
David M. Herszenhorn at The New York Times points out a curious thing happening in the midst of the debate over student lending reform: Although the plan to eliminate billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to private lenders originated, by some accounts, with President Bill Clinton, it’s now More…
As Capitol Hill Democrats consider proposals to pull the country out of its huge deficit hole, they’re repeatedly running into a formidable impediment: themselves.
On issues as diverse as health care and student lending, provisions designed to rein in deficit spending have all run smack into the ubiquitous inclination of More…
So says CongressDaily’s Anna Edney, who reports that Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, predicted today that the Democrats will have a merged bill to the Congressional Budget Office in a “couple days.”
That’s a much different message than the one coming More…
The Democrats’ proposal to terminate the Children’s Health Insurance Program would hike health care costs for some of the country’s low-income families, likely increasing the number of uninsured kids in the name of expanding coverage, several health policy experts and state health officials warned Friday.
Under the sweeping More…
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) was none too happy when House leaders stripped his single-payer provision from their $894 billion health reform proposal. Today, he’s urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to reinstate it.
“Like many other important reforms included in the underlying bill, the Kucinich amendment is the More…
That’s the message coming from Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.). According to The Hill, the chairman of the Education and Labor Committee told reporters today that, “Unless there are major problems I would expect the opportunity for amendments to be very limited, if at all.”
Can targeted federal investments in green energies and technologies create jobs and pull the United States out of its current economic funk?
That’s the message coming from a growing number of economists and Washington policymakers, who are urging Congress to make green investments a focus of legislation — expected to More…
As the economy continues to flop, congressional Democrats are pushing harder to move a second economic stimulus bill before the end of the year.
Taxpayers will remember that the first round of stimulus efforts came in the form of direct-to-the-door rebate checks — $600 for individuals and $1,200 for married More…
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