The White House wants to reverse $ 500 million in cuts to the Medicaid program meant to start in 2014, aiming to ensure that states have adequate funds to assist those that remain uninsured under the Affordable Care Act. A bit of history is helpful here. For decades now, Medicaid has sent states billions of… Read more »
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No gun filibustering senator wants to talk about it
“We asked all 14 Republican senators for an interview about their filibuster threat, but none of them were available.” Well, at least they have some shame. Or recognition that going on national television to tell the country they don’t even want sensible gun regulations to be debated on the Senate floor is kind of bad… Read more »
CNN’s Jake Tapper Wants To Know: ‘Where’s The Public Outrage’ About Fox News Reporter Facing Jail Time?
On his CNN program Monday afternoon, Jake Tapper took a moment to look at the “buried lead” that is Fox News reporter Jana Winter facing jail time for refusing to out her confidential sources in a Colorado case. “Where is the public outrage?” Tapper asked his audience. In July 2012, during a “huge scoop,” Winter… Read more »
Hagel wants to strip commanders’ power to reverse criminal convictions
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is recommending that military commanders be stripped of their ability to reverse criminal convictions of service members, a move that comes in response to a congressional uproar over an Air Force officer’s decision to overturn a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case, U.S. officials said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com