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...Democrats insist that Mollohan's fall does not neutralize their corruption attacks against the GOP. ?That?s wishful thinking on their part,? says Brendan Daly, the spokesman for House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi. Counterattacking, Pelosi has criticized a watered-down lobbying reform bill House Republicans introduced this week that only temporarily bans private funding of House member travel and allows private interest groups to pay for meals and flights on corporate jets. She's also linking two hot-button issues to corruption: gas prices and prescription drugs. ?People know that Republicans are in charge in Washington and the culture...
...private, nationally recognized group, and what percentage of surgery patients received preventative antibiotics one hour before incision. The local hospitals are also compared against the national average, the state average, and the highest scoring hospitals in the country. (Although provision of data is voluntary, the 2004 Medicare reform act gives monetary incentives for hospitals that report to the service.) The site, launched in April last year, currently only measures care given to heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical patients. It also has a handy checklist of questions to ask hospitals, and your doctor, before making a decision...
...backed off, with serious consequences. The 1996 climbdown by then Prime Minister Alain Juppé helped bring a socialist government to power the following year; in the 2000 debacle it was Finance Minister Christian Sautter who lost his job. But here's the twist: years later, both sets of reforms have happened anyway. The national pension system was revamped three years ago. The Finance Ministry, long a bastion of public-sector inefficiency, is today one of the few government departments that is successfully reducing its head count, cutting costs and improving productivity. So, if the truly "normal state of affairs...
...reflex response to reform in France is often protest, just imagine tackling the issues that last fall provoked the worst rioting the country had seen since the upheavals of May 1968. But after nearly four decades of neglect, a major offensive is under way to transform the banlieues, the blighted suburban ghettos that ring many French cities. Leading the drive is the French Minister of Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing, Jean-Louis Borloo. "When you have all of society's difficulties, failings and hardships so concentrated in the same places, you need an audacious, comprehensive plan to address them...
Asked about the effectiveness of protests for immigrant rights in the last few weeks, Echaveste applauded the efforts of grassroots organizations pressing for reform, saying that the widespread demonstrations have had a strong impact on the legislative debate. But she cautioned the implementation of further measures such as a walkout staged by high school students. Echaveste said that, as a mother, she would worry about students’ safety if things spiraled out of control, and their propensity for skipping class...