Word: reformer
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...long way from the public shows of affection their predecessors staged, particularly Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand, who movingly held hands in 1984 in a Verdun cemetery. There's been tension over policy, too. Charles Grant, director of the London-based think tank Centre for European Reform, points out that France and Germany have been at odds on issues from how best to reflate their economies during the economic crisis to the smartest strategies for dealing with Russia. (See pictures of Paris' expansion...
...reauthorize three controversial powers that are set to expire at year's end: the Patriot Act's powers to grant roving wiretaps on unnamed suspects, and to force broad disclosure of documents, which some call the library records power; and the never-used authority, provided for in Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004, for surveillance of lone wolf terrorists unaffiliated with any group or foreign nation. But on Wednesday, some liberals and open government advocates cheered Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to rewrite how and when the Administration invokes the state secret privilege. (Read why librarians hate...
...answer is all of the above. As the only Republican on the Finance Committee still in talks with Democrats on a final bill, Snowe now finds herself with extraordinary leverage as crunch time hits for health reform. Snowe could provide the 60th vote that may be needed for Democrats to overcome a GOP filibuster on the Senate floor. All of which means that pretty much anything Snowe wants, she is going to get - and any bill that emerges from this excruciating process will bear her stamp. (See the top 10 players in health-care reform...
...what does she want to see achieved under health-care reform? In a word: affordability. With her tailored suits and her refined manner, Snowe gives off a sort of wellborn Northeast Establishment vibe. But her background is solidly working class. She was orphaned at 9 when her father, a Greek immigrant and cook, died of a heart attack a year after her mother succumbed to cancer. What drives her as much as anything else is the perspective that comes from representing a small, relatively poor state where the principal effect of well-intentioned, piecemeal efforts at health reform has been...
...prescription-drug program. The idea has found a receptive ear at the Obama White House, where officials believe it could be a way to bridge the ideological divide that has made the public option for the least insured a flash point for some of the loudest arguments over health reform...