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...intelligence committees as well as Representative John Conyers' proposal for an investigative commission with subpoena power, currently being considered by the House Armed Services Committee. Meanwhile, Leahy's staffers say the Senator is trying to build bipartisan support for a commission. But he's had little support from Republicans, and the congressional recess will likely slow his efforts. The break may have the same effect on Republican calls - from former Speaker Newt Gingrich to Representative Pete Hoekstra - for investigations into Pelosi's claims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama: Still Opposed to Truth Commission | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...last time this country undertook a serious debate over health-care reform, back when Hillary Clinton put together her proposal in 1993, the Republican strategy could have been summed up in three words: Just say no. This time around, however, the clamor for fundamental change of a system that covers too few and costs too much has grown to the point where the minority party knows that simple obstructionism is a dangerous route to take. "The status quo is no longer acceptable," political strategist Frank Luntz wrote in a confidential memo to congressional Republicans earlier this month. "The overwhelming majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans Weigh In with a Health-Care Plan | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...weeks ago, the Harvard Republican Club released the results of its college-wide student poll—on the question of official recognition for the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps—in an e-mail that capped off a weeklong campaign on the issue. The results broke down the percentage of respondents “in favor” and “opposed” to official recognition, based on the number of students who had answered...

Author: By Jenny Zhang | Title: Morality and Conditional Support | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...South Florida, the area received the highest reimbursements for medical supplies like inhalation drugs - about 20% more than the second highest recipient area, Cook County, Ill., which contains Chicago and is itself no slouch when it comes to fraud of this type. Florida Senator Mel Martinez, the ranking Republican on the Special Committee on Aging, has called hearings on the matter this month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There a Cure for Miami's Soaring Health-Care Costs? | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...know things are getting weird when Britain's largest mass-market daily, the Sun, co-opts a regicidal 17th century republican who shut down Parliament at gunpoint as an avatar of democracy. But Oliver Cromwell's angry exhortation to MPs supplied the paper's front-page headline yesterday: "In the Name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Expense Scandal Claims Its First Big Victim | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

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