One of the big topics in the health care debate this weekend was Sarah Palin's statement calling ObamaCare "evil" and suggesting it would create "death panels" that could deny care to elderly Americans. There seems to be a lot of confusion over this statement and whether the bill...
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For Rep. Anh Cao (R-La.), his vote against Democrats' health care bill may just be "the death of [his] political career." Rep. Cao represents an overwhelmingly Democratic district in New Orleans. Cao is one of seven Republicans whom Democrats have chosen to pursue strongly, hoping to convince...
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This week, the House passed a bill that imposes further regulations on financial firms - on executive pay which is bad enough in itself, and to add insult to injury, on the way those firms and employees do business. The bill is "aimed at preventing financial firms from adopting compensation systems...
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