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Grassley-led ministry review ends with same decades-old questions

Image by Matt MahurinThere wasn’t a great deal of fanfare last week when U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley released a three-year-long committee staff review of the financial activities of several media-based ministries and churches, but that is likely because the paper offers no concrete steps forward.

Another Dem Senator Hopping on the Reconciliation Train?

By | 02.17.10 | 1:35 pm

Eight Democrats in the Senate have signed a letter pushing for a majority-rules reconciliation vote on a health care bill that includes a public insurance option. Now it looks like there might be a ninth one coming on board.

The Iowa Independent reports:

Several sources, including a a

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Controversy Swirls on Hill Around Public Health Plan

By | 06.03.09 | 3:09 pm

Liberals love it. Conservatives hate it. Moderates have proposed some compromises, and the Obama administration is weighing ways to appease all camps. Whatever battles are brewing in this year’s looming health care reform debate, none is likely to reach the intensity of that over a government-sponsored insurance plan.

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