Catholics and clergy dined over $65 plates of sausage, bacon and scrambled eggs Wednesday morning at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the upcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II, which will take place Sunday in Rome. But the larger theme of this year’s National Catholic More…
The Virginia Legislature passed a health care bill Wednesday that bans private insurance providers from covering abortions if they participate in a state health care exchange mandated under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to the Associated Press.
The bill passed the Senate with a tie-breaking More…
On Wednesday, Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly will try to quash Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell’s proposed amendment to ban state insurance exchanges created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from paying for abortions. This includes private insurance providers that participate in the exchanges.*
The General Assembly earlier this More…
Idaho could soon become the sixth state to opt out of abortion coverage from the year-old Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Idaho House of Representatives voted 56-13 last week to prohibit the use of federal subsidies for abortion coverage in state insurance exchanges set up in federal health care More…
As the fight over union rights continues to rage in Wisconsin, at least four other states have become battlegrounds as well. It has been reported that Iowa, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio have all had thousands show up at their respective statehouses to protest ongoing legislative attempts to limit union power. More…
The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service this week released the results of a study on the economic security of families in Virginia. The report evaluates economic stability among residents of the state and concludes that traditional metrics for doing so are woefully inadequate. Namely, it More…
Rep. Michele Bachmann has the early primary states of New Hampshire and South Carolina on her itinerary, while former Gov. Tim Pawlenty is headed to early-caucus state Nevada following trips to Virginia, Florida and Arkansas — the latter fueling speculation that Pawlenty may make a play for supporters of Mike More…
Exit polls indicate that jobs and the economy were the top issues on the minds of voters on Tuesday when they trotted off to the polls. While climate change and energy issues played a role in a number of campaigns — with environmentalists running advertisements in key districts criticizing Republican More…
Environmentalists scrambled today to get control of the midterm narrative following a crushing defeat for Democrats in the House and Senate.
At a press conference today at the National Press Club, the heads of the major environmental groups stressed to reporters that the midterm election was not a “referendum” on More…
Two other big results for the energy/climate crowd.
First, Gov. Joe Manchin (D) is projected to beat Republican John Raese in the West Virginia Senate race. Manchin campaigned heavily against cap-and-trade. In fact, in a now-infamous campaign ad, he actually shot the House climate bill.
Second, projections indicate that More…
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