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...Iowa; Ted Kennedy and the HELP Committee's top Republican, Mike Enzi of Wyoming; and Senators Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Health Care. In recent months Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a top HELP Committee Democrat, was added as Kennedy's understudy as the Massachusetts Democrat sought treatment for brain cancer. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota and his GOP counterpart Judd Gregg of New Hampshire were also added after President Obama included his $634 billion outline for health...
...addition, with many states facing massive budget deficits, some fear that Obama’s decision may prompt states with stem cell funding programs already in place—such as California, Connecticut, Illinois, and New York—to cut back on their support. In New Jersey, for instance, $34 million for stem-cell research has already been cut from this year’s state budget...
...Bayh, who along with Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson and Connecticut independent Joe Lieberman is one of the so-called Gang of 15, a coalition of moderate Democratic Senators, says it's all about the message: everything should circle back to the perilous economy. "Like getting health-care costs under control is important to the economy, and getting the deficit down," he says. "Sustainable sources of energy at reasonable prices is also important to the economy. Dealing with the financial crisis is obviously important to the economy. So what needs to be done is, Obama's got to move...
...gold round robin on day two, where, along with the Hawks from Roger Williams, the two schools easily showed themselves to be the class of the field. Boston College finished the gold round robin with an 11-12 record, while Tufts took fourth overall with a 10-13 record. Connecticut College finished the silver round robin at 12-11 to claim fifth overall, with MIT (11-12), Yale (7-16), and Brown (4-19) claiming the sixth, seventh, and eighth positions, respectively. “Many of the teams did not have all of their members compete here this weekend...
...Vermont (1,174), North Dakota (1,181), and South Dakota (1,545). However, the report also ranks the states according to parameters that go beyond their share of homeless children, factoring in, among other things, incidence of such health conditions as asthma and tooth decay. With that framework, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Rhode Island and North Dakota were rated among states that dealt best with the problem overall. At the bottom of the list: Texas, Georgia, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana...