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Politicians may enter the debate as well. California state senator Sam Aanestad, a Republican, says the legislature should not be in the business of setting the standard of care in medicine, preferring that it be left to the doctors with legislative oversight - unless taxpayers' money is involved. "If it's all private funding, then that's between the mother and her doctor and whoever is paying for it," says Aanestad. "But if we find that taxpayer dollars have been used or are going to be used in the medical care of these kids, not just the eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Octuplets Mom Speaks, and the Questions Grow | 2/7/2009 | See Source »

...exactly like what President Barack Obama asked for last month. The measure - now heralded as $780 billion, down from $890 billion - will include about 40% in tax cuts and more than 80% of the spending will flood the faltering economy within the next 18 months. But with just three Republican votes, the bill falls well short of the bipartisan goal Obama worked hard to achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barely Bipartisan, a Stimulus Deal Is Done | 2/7/2009 | See Source »

...Will you draw Republican votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Ben Nelson Get a Bipartisan Stimulus Win? | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

...moderates are united in their disdain for what they consider extraneous spending in the massive economic package, which most Republicans are unwilling to support. Nelson and his Republican partner, Maine Senator Susan Collins, compiled a list all of the programs in which the Congressional Budget Offices estimated that less than 10% of funds would be spent in the first 18 months. From that list they selected about $100 billion in programs, mostly in education, state aid and science that, while perhaps worthy pursuits, they don't believe belong in the stimulus bill. At the same time, the coalition has also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Ben Nelson Get a Bipartisan Stimulus Win? | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

...people on both sides of the aisle on this issue and on the next issue and the issue thereafter. He recognizes that getting input from everybody makes a great deal of sense even though ultimately there may be 59 Democratic votes. But he knows that just picking off a Republican to get your 60 votes is not bipartisan enough for what we want to do here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Ben Nelson Get a Bipartisan Stimulus Win? | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

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