by Bill Scher | Feb 6, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, presidential hopeful John Edwards announced a health care plan titled, Universal Health Care Through Shared Responsibility. The New Republic reports today that a core feature of the plan is "the essential idea behind another health care reform plan that has...
by Bill Scher | Feb 6, 2007 | Blog
CQ Today notes that on subsidies to Big Oil, the Bush budget proposal actually inches towards the recently passed House bill, which takes back $14 billion in giveaways and invests it in renewable energy. CQ reports: In a nod to Democrats seeking to end subsidies for...
by Bill Scher | Feb 5, 2007 | Blog
When President released his budget today, it once again showed the limits of the conservative message. Like many conservative leaders, Bush knows he can't rally the public by pledging to deny funds for goals deemed important by the voters, like health care, energy...
by Bill Scher | Feb 5, 2007 | Blog
Today, NY Times columnist Paul Krugman picks up on my earlier post, about how President Bush is following a 2001 Heritage Foundation white paper dictating how to undermine our civil service, ensuring our government doesn't work for us. The piece is behind the Times...
by Bill Scher | Feb 2, 2007 | Blog
President Bush's budget comes out next week, and today's NY Times headline says he wants "Big Medicare and Medicaid Saving". That means big cuts. Cuts where? Less money for middle-class kids in the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Here, the NYT uses White...
by Bill Scher | Feb 2, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell sought to fill the leadership vacuum on energy independence, left by the Bush White House. Rendell announced a plan for a $850M Energy Independence Fund, which would create financial incentives for citizens to install solar...
