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Democratic Obamacare Is Coming To America Just When Jobless Benefits, Fed Medicaid Matching and Stimulus Aid To States Become Exhausted.
5 hours ago ago from The Centrist
The Democratic Senate is on the verge of going along and passing their version of Obamacare Healthcare reform. The Democrats in the House passed their version of historic healthcare reform in November 2009. The reconciled bill and all of its implications for 1/6 of the US GDP and millions of Americans will one day be sent to President Obama's desk for signature. This Centrist is forecasting that that day will be MLK's birthday in 2010. ...
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5 hours ago ago from Overton\'s Arrow
Op-Ed Columnist Tiger Woods, Person of the Year NYTimes.com Very nice. Perhaps we lost our cynicism with 9/11, but maybe we should go back to a hearty skepticism. Perhaps Public Enemy has the answer: Don't Believe the Hype. (tags: 2009 decade skepticism history fooled politics celebrity ) Summary: What Federal Health Reform Means for State and Local Governments Stunning. All this, and nobody can tell whether or not costs ...
Related contentN.J. Governor-Elect Christie Seeks 25% Spending Cut (Update2)
4 hours ago ago from All About Work & Financial
New Jersey’s Republican Governor- elect Christopher Christie may cut as much as 25 percent of state spending next year amid dwindling revenue. Budget director Charlene Holzbaur in a memo to department heads ordered cuts of 15 percent to 25 percent from projected spending levels for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The letter was posted on the Star-Ledger of Newark’s Web site. The state will face “severe budgetary constraints for fiscal ...
Related contentGranholm calls 2009 ‘difficult year’
7 hours ago ago from Michigan Messenger
LANSING — After a year that included a battle over the state's budget that lead to a temporary government shut-down, coupled with an economy in freefall, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said it was a difficult year. Gov. Jennifer Granholm holds court with the Michigan press corps Tuesday in the Governor's Ceremonial Office in the Capitol. Things have utterly changed, she said. The old way of being is gone and it's not coming ...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Secret Detention - “If you don’t have enough evidence to charge someone criminally but you think he’s illegal, we can make him disappear.” Those chilling words were spoken by James Pendergraph, then executive director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of State and Local Coordination, at a conference of police and sheriffs in August 2008. Also present was Amnesty International’s ...
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State Street to Buy Securities Business of Italian Bank
15 hours ago ago from The New York Times
BOSTON (AP) The State Street Corporation , the financial services provider, said Tuesday that it would buy the securities services business of Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo for about $1.87 billion in cash. State Street said the acquisition would broaden its presence overseas, as the Intesa unit has offices in Italy and Luxembourg. State Street anticipates financing the transaction with available capital. The deal ...
Related contentStates' jobless funds are being drained in recession
1 day ago ago from Washington Post - Politics
The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need $90 billion in loans to keep issuing the benefit checks. This Story The shortfalls are putting pressure on governments to either raise taxes or shrink the aid payments. Debates over the state benefit programs have erupted in South ...
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11 hours ago ago from Spinner
It was a momentous 12 months for music -- and sometimes for all the wrong reasons. The year 2009 saw one of pop's biggest figures depart on the eve of his comeback, saw one of American rock's most iconic figures make a field in Somerset the 51st state of the US for one summer night, and the band that defined Britpop fall asunder. This, then, was the year that was 2009 in music. Michael Jackson Dies The end of year music lists should have ...
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