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...what does this mean for 2007 and 2008, if Democrats do win one or both houses of Congress? Certain kinds of legislation that the G.O.P. has passed over the last four years over Democratic opposition, such as tort reform and and limits to late-term abortions, probably wouldn't be put on the floor for votes if Democrats ran the House. And Mayhew's research does show that hearings and investigations increase dramatically with divided government, as one party seeks to embarrass the executive branch of the other. So expect to see lots of subpoenas flying from the offices...
...respect. He preaches to the party choir (literally in some cases) on issues like God, guns and gays. He has advocated for - and won - a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. He has kept taxes low, attracted record numbers of new jobs to the state, and rammed through tort reform. In September, the conservative Cato Institute ranked him as No. 2 governor in the nation on fiscal responsibility - "a better governor," they said, than Bush...
...steel industry, the car industry. We had to be there to get to here--all of us as a society. There's a framework under which this can be remediated and repaired. We don't need anyone's involvement other than the people who've been trespassed on. The tort system in this country is broken when in class actions, such as the silicone-breast-implant issue, a small number of trial lawyers can come in and claim 40% of the take in cases often based on bad science. The winners are the trial lawyers...
...privatize Social Security and reforming the Medicare prescription drug program. Whalen has emphasized reducing wasteful government spending and government intrusion that hampers free enterprise. He also supports private sector solutions, a modified flat tax system to help small businesses and stimulate economic growth, "consumer-driven" health care reform, tort reform and permanent extension of federal income tax cuts...
Nowhere in your story does it mention the real reason Americans cannot afford surgery in our hospitals. Health-care costs are rising despite the ever championed cause of tort reform, because of failed risky investments made by the insurance industry. Our well-lobbied legislators turn a blind eye as campaign fund raisers pass the buck to the health-care system and blame malpractice damages for skyrocketing costs...