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...once last summer. Granholm said she told the officials that she wasn't going to be open to the idea "unless they could demonstrate this wouldn't put a target on Michigan. It'd be a difficult sell, politically." David Fathi, U.S. program director at Human Rights Watch in Washington, urges caution in the rush of states moving into the business of transporting prisoners. "There's a risk that conditions will deteriorate as corners are cut to make more money," he says. (See TIME's graphic "Detroit: Now a Ghost Town...
...fashion still considered a liability in Washington? I'm not sure it is. I think that if you look at the women - members of Congress - they are all dressed pretty well and in a style that is appropriate to their position. I have to tell you, when I was the first woman Secretary of State, first of all, I didn't look good in pants - but I didn't wear pants. And I think that is something that has really changed in terms of looking good and being comfortable. Most of the women, either Senators or members of Congress, have...
...assembled Republicans seemed to ignore the caveat: they were the sort of people who are convinced that we are well down the road toward losing our country. Their local leaders had gone to Washington for the Sept. 12 tea-party march. The winner of the Republican of the Year award announced his daily fidelity to Glenn Beck's talk show. They described themselves, more than once, as "fighters for freedom." The man who introduced Rubio said the Democrats were intent on confiscating wealth in order to buy votes: "Our American principles are under attack in a way they never were...
...data protection" of 12 years at a "bare minimum." To defend its position, the group cited Duke University economist Henry Grabowski, whose work it has funded, and two patient groups. One, called RetireSafe, receives regular infusions of "general operating support" from Pfizer and operates out of a small Washington law-firm office. It has been blitzing Capitol Hill with letters arguing that guaranteeing biologics makers fewer than 12 years of exclusivity in the use of their data could cost lives. The other group, the Alliance of Aging Research, is also run by the drug industry. Its chairman is the managing...
...resolved - in favor of protecting the biotech industry or opening up the market to generics - may say a lot about which interest groups will ultimately reap the windfall of the big-stakes battle in Washington. What it means for consumers is somewhat murkier: Will a miracle cure be there when you need one? And if it is, will you be able to afford it? Those are questions that hinge on whether the rest of us can trust Congress to find proper balance between competition and innovation...