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...addition to the presentation of election reform, the Council passed legislation to formalize the launch of Crimson Forum, a Web site that encourages undergraduates to discuss a wide variety of academic and campus-related issues. The site’s content will be similar to discussions held over House lists but will instead be consolidated in one spot, according to project manager and Student Initiatives Committee member Tengbo...
...editing error, the print version of the Mar. 8 news article "Election Change Endorsed By UC" featured a jump headline that read "UC Makes Changes to Election Commission." To clarify, the Undergraduate Council's Election Reform Task Force presented a report endorsing 11 specific recommendations that are only preliminary at this stage and have yet to be given final approval...
...debate in the House of Representatives and the Senate, thousands of town-hall meetings across the country, countless days of blockading through various Congressional rules and regulations, and preliminary passage in both chambers of Congress, it is high time for our members of Congress to pass comprehensive health-care reform. Yet it seems that partisan tactics will forever stymie any real reform. Therefore, we believe it was appropriate for President Obama last week to indirectly call on Congress to invoke reconciliation, a budget procedure that allows for a simple-majority vote to overcome fiscal differences in the House...
Furthermore, we disapprove of the media’s reporting on the issue of health care and Congress’s attempt to reach an agreement on reform. Throughout the media coverage, the current effort to pass a bill has been portrayed as ramming reform down voters’ throats, despite the fact that the bill still has 59 votes in the Senate. From the usual conservative press coverage like The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times to more independent coverage like CNN and Time Magazine, the media has consistently and misguidedly portrayed the bill as blatantly ignoring...
Despite some botched handling of the issue, we do commend President Obama for sticking to health-care reform in spite of the difficult political climate. Burdened by other pressing issues, like the need for jobs creation and Sen. Scott Brown’s critical electoral win, the president has maintained focus on health care in the rising spotlight and not let the issue die. While many other issues merit action, health care is, nevertheless, one of the president’s top domestic priorities. Given the extraordinary efforts to derail it, President Obama has now acted decisively on the future...