Minnesota U.S. Reps. Michele Bachmann and Chip Cravaack are the targets of radio ads by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee over their votes to “end Medicare.” The ad buy is extremely small and is part of the DCCC’s “Drive to 25? campaign, an effort launched in January with the aim More…
Republican lawmakers and anti–abortion rights group Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life are pushing a ban on abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy and after conception, citing a medical and scientific “consensus” that fetuses feel pain at 20 weeks. But according to statements and research from leaders in the medical and More…
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to the attorneys general of all 50 states requesting assistance in quashing discrimination against HIV-positive people in certain training programs.
“It is critical that we continue to work to eradicate discriminatory and stigmatizing treatment towards individuals with HIV based More…
A bill to prohibit private health insurers from covering abortion passed the Florida Senate Health Regulations Committee 8 to 4 on Monday.
Senate Bill 1414, introduced by Republican Sen. Stephen R. Wise, says that if an individual or group health insurance policy is purchased in whole or in part with More…
Minnesota Republicans introduced two more bills on Thursday to ban abortions “at or after 20 weeks gestational age,” bringing the total number of bills banning various aspects of abortion to eight. Four would eliminate state funding for abortion services, and four more would prevent women from having abortions More…
After a heated discussion Tuesday evening, the House Health Reform Committee passed a bill along party lines that would halt implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in Minnesota until the constitutionality of the law is considered by the U.S. Supreme Court. The committee meeting grew contentious as Republicans’ repeated More…
Democrats’ push to expand entitlement programs is just an attempt to get Americans hooked on federal spending just “like a drug dealer,” former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said Monday night at the annual Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition fundraiser.
Santorum, who is widely expected to seek the Republican More…
Citizens for Ethics in Washington filed an IRS complaint against former Sen. Norm Coleman’s American Action Network Tuesday alleging that the group violated its 501(c)4 status by working to elect Republicans. CREW posits that AAN used its tax status to protect Republican donors from disclosure and spent the majority of More…
There could be a standoff between the U.S. House and Senate during the next vote on the government’s funding plan for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 when it comes to defunding what anti-abortion rights lawmakers and groups have come to deem a “corrupt organization”: Planned Parenthood. The Continuing Resolution’s next More…
Among the many Republican-backed provisions to cut federal spending is the proposal to transform Medicaid into block grants.
Republicans have posited the initiative as a reform on Medicaid, claiming the transformation will save $180 billion within the next 10 years, according to Kaiser Health News. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates
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