by Bill Scher | Feb 12, 2007 | Blog
Medicare's prescription drug benefit, it's working -- Current TV ad from Big Pharma [Rep. Henry] Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, laid out his health oversight priorities for the year at a Feb. 9 hearing, drawing a bull’s-eye on...
by Bill Scher | Feb 8, 2007 | Blog
Lots of blogger takes on presidential hopeful John Edwards new health care plan, which in part draws on Health Care For America. Tapped's Ezra Klein writes: "it has widened the field of the debate, and unless the other candidates want to explain why they lack the...
by Bill Scher | Feb 8, 2007 | Blog
In the wake of the world's leading authority on climate change definitively concluding that global warming is happening and caused by humans, professional global warming deniers are flailing, and it's hilarious to watch. Over at TomPaine.com, Clean Air Watch's Frank...
by Bill Scher | Feb 7, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Trying to break a House-Senate stalemate over competing minimum wage bills, Rep. Charlie Rangel is planning on moving a bill with $1 billion in business tax breaks, separate from the minimum wage bill, according to CQ Today. That's much smaller than the $8.3 billion...
by Bill Scher | Feb 7, 2007 | Blog
If the head of Wal-Mart and the head of Wal-Mart Watch agree we need universal health care, then we need universal health care. QED. McClatchy Newspapers has the story: A group of businesses and labor unions - led by Wal-Mart and one of the retailer's staunchest...
by Bill Scher | Feb 6, 2007 | Blog
Earlier today, Bloggingheads.tv posted a diavlog between Eric Alterman and myself. Among other topics, we discussed how the Senate should deal with the conservative minority seeking to thwart priorities shared by Campaign for America's Future. You can jump to that...
