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...when he decided that Brinton should become his wife, he proposed to her during a hike one winter evening at Ensign Peak, a foothill overloooking a snow-covered Salt Lake City. It was the spot where, years before, Brinton’s father had proposed to her mother...
...family, and with many Republican office-holders owing their positions in large part to the RNC, it is duplicitous for Republicans to campaign on moral values while taking funds from a committee guilty of such exotic debauchery. And in the wake of the sex scandals of Nevada Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, it appears doubly hypocritical. This behavior does not exemplify the values of the Republican base...
...suicide in May 2000, which the family blamed on Accutane, an acne medication. Until recently he lived in the infamous C Street House, a group lodging for young and upcoming religious conservative members of the House and Senators run by a Christian organization (other alums include Larry Craig, John Ensign and Mark Sanford...
There's even a push in Congress to let employers further link lifestyles to insurance premiums. Right now companies that run their own insurance programs can reward employees with bonuses or premium reductions of up to 20% if they meet certain health guidelines. John Ensign, Republican Senator from Nevada, and Tom Carper, Democratic Senator from Delaware, co-sponsored an amendment to the current health care bill that would raise the limit to as high as 50%. The Senate Finance Committee gave it a thumbs-up in September...
...think organizations that focus on improving health and eradicating disease would be thrilled that employers are coming up with more incentives to lose weight and stop smoking. But in October the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society and 61 other organizations sent a letter to Congress calling the Ensign-Carper amendment discriminatory and warning that it could make health insurance too expensive for the people who need it most. Says George Huntley of the American Diabetes Association: "This is not a wellness program. It's a penalty for failing to achieve a specific health status...