Politics

Consequences Of Failure: Will The BP Oil Spill Change Our Energy Consumption And Cost?

June 12, 2010
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The oil is still flowing, and reporters can’t get enough of it. It is the biggest story, at the moment, and rightly so. Failing to stop the gushing well will be a thorn in the side of BP for years to come, if they survive that long. The company can forget about any real...

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Damage Compensation For Oil Spill Damage: Claims Begin To Flow

May 18, 2010
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Damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig is estimated in the billions. People from Louisiana to Florida are getting to ask for compensation from the oil company, BP. It is expected to take years or decades to sort all of the claims. It is expected BP will pay more than the $75 million...

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Health Care Reform Bill Allows Students To Receive Parents’ Health Insurance Coverage

April 2, 2010
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Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cobra, Medicare, Humana and many more will be allowing young adults to receive their parent’s health insurance benefits. For some time young adults who were enrolled full time and under 22 were covered under their parents’ insurance. These two stipulations have meant that many young adults have not been...

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Your Thoughts – Health Care Summit Hit Or Miss?

February 26, 2010
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The health-care summit held by Pres. Obama with US lawmakers was held on Thursday for a little over seven hours. This televised sit down to talk about healthcare changes and how to bridge the gap between the Democrats and Republicans, was a last-ditch effort by the Democrats to push forward the big healthcare legislation....

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HUFFINGTON POST: Republicans Have Seven Reasons Why Health Care Summit Is Bad

February 25, 2010
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The GOP have come up with reasons as to why the health-care summit is not on the level. The Huffington Post reports on seven different instances where the Republicans have come out against the health-care summit one way or another. These reasons include the bill itself, how the bill came to be, the length...

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NEWSWEEK Poll Shows Health Care Legislation Support Relies On Understanding – Uninformed Rallied Against It

February 20, 2010
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A recent Newsweek poll showed that many people work and views about what healthcare reform legislation is all about. In the poll, 49% were opposed to Obama’s health care plan and 40% were in favor of it. But this was before they knew what was in the plan. After hearing the key features of...

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CPAC Gives GOP Momentum – Can The Democrats Compete?

February 18, 2010
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The CPAC, Conservative Political Action Conference, received a large number of well known and high level Republicans. Dick Cheney, Former Vice President of the United States, spoke to the rally of conservative activists on Thursday. He told the group at the CPAC, “I think 2010 will be a phenomenal year for the conservative cause...

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Its Not So Bad – GOP Optimistic About Health Care Summit

February 18, 2010
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The Health Care Summit to be held next week by President Barack Obama has had many republican lawmakers on the edge of their seats, or angry. But that’s ok because some of the GOP see it as a chance for some political gain. The Health Care Bill has had some trouble lately. The President...

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Democratic National Committee Ad Shows Republican Hypocrisy – Praise And Critique of The Stimulus Package

February 17, 2010
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Wednesday is the one year anniversary of the signing of the American recovery and reinvestment act. The $787 billion stimulus package was passed with almost every Senate Republican opposing with the exception of two. The Huffington Post has an advertisement from the Democratic National Committee showing the hypocrisies of the Republican naysayers. In the...

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Health Care Summit – Sit Down Or Walk Away?

February 14, 2010
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The White House is holding a health summit and has invited the GOP in for a nice one-of-a-kind televised sit down to discuss health care legislation. Some House Republicans have come out against the February 25 event saying they doubt it would produce any bipartisan agreement and are wondering if the Democrats are willing...

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