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...America’s dysfunctional health-care system, but there is little question that in his speech he assumed leadership over the nearly century-long effort to provide health insurance to every American man, woman, and child. Sometime in the very near future, Obama will be able to lay claim to fixing health care...
Bachmann, Representative Michele • claim by that Democrats seek the defeat of in 2010 because they fear the possible ascension to the presidency of, rather than the more likely explanation that they're simply appalled by the relentless barrage of batty statements...
...colleagues to look at "within a day or two" of Sept. 15, the deadline set by Reid. But if anything, the President's speech gave the negotiators more, not less, to think about. The controversy over Republican Representative Joe Wilson's shouting "You lie!" at the President over his claim that illegal immigrants wouldn't benefit from health-care reform apparently sparked some reconsideration of the relevant language. "We really thought we'd resolved this question of people who are here illegally, but as we reflected on the President's speech last night, we wanted to go back and drill...
...show up to court to hear the verdict on Friday afternoon. In August of last year, Chen admitted to his wife's wiring over $20 million to overseas bank accounts, but insisted they were political donations and that she did so without his knowledge. He continues to claim innocence, and will appeal, according to a statement released by Chen Shui-bian's office on Wednesday. (Read "Another Political Storm Hits Taiwan...
...Clyburn's own outrage was a bit overdrawn. Just before Wilson's scream, Obama himself had accused his unnamed opponents of offering "a lie, plain and simple." He was responding to the claim by some critics that Obama wanted panels of scientists empowered to deny health care to the ill and infirm, or as the President put it, "to kill off senior citizens." On this point, there is some discussion that could reasonably take place, if people agreed to speak reasonably...